Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-03

upon the whole world, 30 the entire 70
lease from the curse will come 10 every
member of the race, through Jesus.
The broad basis for this work has ah
ready been laid In the death OF Jesus,
Christ died for our sins, according 10
the Scriptures" q Corinthians 1879
Jesus Christ, by the grace OF God,
tasted death for every man, He 10
the Precipitation for our sins. and moi
for ours only but also for the sins OF
the whole world, ~ John 2:2
As all the race were involved in the
death sentence, the one redemptiyo
work was necessary for the releasing
OF all, In Gods arrangement He l2s
divided the redeemed into 'wo greicS
clnsses, both Of which Will attain ever
lasting life But one class will receive
It on the spiritual, or Heavenly, plane
while the other viii get II on the earth
ly plane This does not signify uni
yersasm, for while these two classes
are to be saved the Bible distinctly
tells Of some who will receive the grace
Of God IN vain and die the Second
Death-Reyeation 2l:S
From this viewpoint, note the force
OF the Apostles words "The wages OF
sin IS death, but the gift Of God Is cier
! nal life. through Jesus Christ onf
Lord" Romnns G.23l The death sen.
tence passed upon nh through one
man. Adam The gift Of God Is to
come to all humanity through the sec
ond Adam, the Lord.
The Riches OF Gods Grace.
Our Great Creator Is rich in grace,
the Apostle tells US. He not only pur'
posed 10 recover mankind from the dis
advantages Of the fail, but additionally
took advantage Of the circumstances
connected with the permission OF SIN
TO give an especial opportunity to any
OF the sinners TO manifest II they
would. special loyalty 10 Himself. God
might have placed different penalty
against sin. He might have excluded
our first parents from Eden for year
and then have returned them, or lie
might have simply bnnlshed the race
from Eden, and have allowed all to
live without sentence OF death against
us Had He done so, Jesus would not
have needed to die for mans redemp-
tlon Because the sentence OF death
had been imposed, however, 1t must be
cancelled before the race could be re-
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vor
1t is evident then, that God wished
to have the death penalty upon our
race. so as TO make necessary the death
of His Son. This, in turn, meant that
the Father invited the Son to become
mans RedeemCr, and that the Son nc
ceptcd the offer, and came into this
world for that very purpose. This I'M
plied that the Father would reward
Hin with high exaltatlon, In recog
milton of His loyalty and obedience un-
to death, even Of the cross. Thus Je-
sus suffered for our sins, and entered
into His glory.
But God had further Plan. Hence
He sent Jesus to die for the world
nearly two thousand years before He
was ready to deal with the world And
that long period of nearly two thou
sand years has since been devoted TO
the calling out OF the Church, to be the
Bride of Christ, and Joint-heir In His
Kingdom This Church Is described
as n Little Flock, sanity few, who
through much tribulation are walking
in the footsteps OF the Redeemer, and
ultimately will he accounted therefore
as worthy TO share with Him In His
glories-on the spirit plane.
This election of the Church in no
sense or degree hinders the great work
of God for the world. On the con
trary, God in His Wisdom has made
the election of the Church to be help
ful and connective link in His great
Plan for blessing and restoring man
kind to human perfection and earthly
Eden.-Acts 3:l0-2l.
The Bible Triumphant.
We are all witnesses to the confu-
sion which has prevailed amongst us
as the people of God. Our difficulties
have been connected with this prob
lem of eternal torture and redemp-
ton and recovery therefrom. How
glad we are, MS children OF God and
students of His Word, for the light
that is now shining upon US! This
does not mean that we have made the
light, and may therefore boast Of 1t.
1t means that as in the dawnlng OF
the natural day the darkness fees
gradually, so now in the dawning OF
the New Dispensation, Messiah's Day,
thousand years long, the light OF
Divine Truth is shining more and
more clearly. 1t is scattering our dark
ness and our fears, and enabling us,
I as people of God, more and more to
love the great Fountain Of blessing,
from whom cometh every good and
every perfect gift.
Now we see that the faults which
have been found with the Bible belong
not to It. 1t is consistent 1t contains
/ the Divine Plan. or Program SO com
, prehensve and so beautiful as to be