The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-10-09

the very letter. Neither did He lift
up His soul unto vanity and pride,
nor hearken to the admonitions CT the
Adversary. On the contrary. He hum
bled Himself, even unto the death Of
the cross. This was His great test
far beyond the mere keeping Of the
Law of the Golden Rule.
And because Of His faithfulness. as
*he Apostle declares, God also hath
nlgnly exalted Him, n given Him 8
name above every name"-the name
Of Messiah, the King of ~Glory-"that
at the name Of Jesus every knee
should bow, both Of things in Heaven
and things in earth" Thus was full
filled in Him the promise Of verse s,
He shall receive the blessing from
Jehovah, and righteousness from the
God of His salvation"
diff Up Your Heads, We Gates"
Succeeding verses Of this Psalm pic.
ture the Redeemer entering into His
glorious reward, saying. Lift up your
heads, o We gates; and be ye lifted up,
We everlasting doors; and the King Of
glory snan come In" The ushering
Of Messiah into the honor and glory of
the Kingdom Of God, to establish right
eousness in the earth, to put down re-
bellion and sin. and to destroy the
Vorks Of the Devil. is really the usher
ing In Of Jehovah's Kingdom. for which
we pray, ""Thy Kingdom come"
Jesus came not to glorify Himself,
nor to do His own will, He declared,
but to do the will of the Father in
Heaven. All Messiah's victory will re-
feet glory upon Jehovah, the great Au-
thor Of the wonderful Plan Of Saliva
ton; for. as st. Paul declares, all
things are of the Father, and all things
are by the SOM Corinthians SO.
Partakers of His Holiness.
During this Gospel Age God has been
selecting from amongst mankind a
sanity class, energiZed by a similar
spirit to that Of the Redeemer. But,
unlike the Redeemer, these are mem
bers Of the sinner race. Our first
thought would be that thus they would
be effectually barred from participa-
ton with the Savior in His victories
and coming glory. But behold the
wonders Of the Divine arrangement!
AS the Redeemer gave His life to be q
Ransom-price for Adams life and for
all those who lost life through him,
Divine Mercy has made a special pro,
vision whereby the, followers of Jesus
who have His spirit, may be made &C
ceptable with the Father at the pres.
ent time.
This special provision for the Church
is that If they consecrate their hearts,
their wills, and all they possess. to do
the Fathers will, our Redeemer will
appropriate to them the share Of for
giveness and restitution which other
wise would be theirs to enjoy and use
during the Millennium. This the Scrip
lures designate justification by faith;
and such, we are informed, are holy
and acceptable to God.
Can They Keep the Law?
From the time they are accepted Of
God these are treated as New Crea-
lures. and no longer dealt with accord
Ing to the flesh. With these the stand
ards ale the heart intentions, and not
1eshly perfection. OF these, there
fore, IL is written, THE righteousness
Of the Law is fulfilled in us, who walk
[live] not after the flesh. but after the
Spirit."-Romans Sd.
But have these the clean hands and
pure hearts necessary for O place In
the Kingdom? The Bible answers that
these New Creatures are pure in heart
loyal to God. Otherwise they would
not have been accepted of the Lord,
nor begotten Of the Holy Spirit. And
as for their hands, their lives, the New
Creature eve had soiled hands of
impurity and wilful sin. The only i'm.
projections these New Creatures can
have are such as belong to the flesh
such as they may be unable to fully
conquer. And these weaknesses and
im~perfections Of the flesh are covered
in, advance. provision being made
through the redeeming blood Of Him
who tasted death for every mau-
through Him "who gave Himself a
Ransom for all"
What Of Their Vanity? and Vows?
Can 1t be said of the true followers
Of Jesus that they make such a cove
nant as Jesus made, and that they are
able to keep it, and have not made 1t
deceitfully? And can it be said of
them that they lift not up their souls
to vanity, to pride? 1t cannot be claim.
ed that all who. name the name of
Christ, and have entered into covenant
relationship with God through Him,
keep their covenant faithfully. But II
can be said that some do so, and such
shall share with Jesus His glorious
reward. These faithful ones. these
~overcomers, more than conquerors,'
do not lift up their souls to vanity and
the pride Of life. They do not become
followers of Satan. who said in his
heart. 81 will exalt myself; but con.
trariwise, they follow the Lamb
whithersoever He goeth."
The Vow taken by all Of the Lords
c%onsecrated ones who receive the Holy
SplrlC IS Tue same VOW WHICH Jesus
took. the same Covenant. The Master
made a Covenant of Sacrifice with the
Father by which He surrendered His
own will. and that included everything
Of an earthly kind. Similarly, all whom
He accepts as His s~acriicers and joint
heirs enter into the same Covenant oil
Sacrifice. and present their bodies Hv,
Ing sacrifices.
Alas, ONE according to the Scrip
lures. will fail to gain the great prize
and will receive a lower blessing! We,
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