The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-05-17

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gotten Of the Holy Spirit under the
same Covenant Of Sacrifice, that If
faithful they may attain to the same
Spirit birth by a similar resurrection.
St Peter explains that while the gift
Of the Holy Spirit was from the Fa-
Their, it would not come to the Church
direct. as though ignoring the Lord
Jesus. He says OF Jesus, being by
the right hand Of God exalted. and hay
ing received of the Father the promise
Of the Holy Spirit, He hath shed this
forth" (Acts 2:33). Again he says,
"Who Is gone into Heaven, and is on
the right hand of God, angels and au-
thorities and powers being made sub
ject unto Him." Il Peter 1929. The
Pentecostai blessing, therefore, was q
double attestation. It proved that Je-
sus as the great Redeemer accomplish
ed, in a amer pleasing to the Father.
the work the Father gave Him to do.
It proved that those who received the
Spirit were accepted as son Of God.
their original sin b~eingcanceled through
the merit OF Christ's sacrifice.
And although the miraculous mani
festations Of Gods favor have not been
repeated during this Age, we know
that all Of the same class are partici-
pants in the same blessing. 1.-THE God
and Father Of our Lord Jesus Christ
. q " which according to His abun-
dant mercy hath begotten US again..
Il Peter 1:3.) While we are required
to walk by faith and not by sight"
nevertheless Dur faith has its sure
footing in that original Pentecostal
manifestation. We, as we'll as the
Apostles, can realize that the sacrifice
Of Jesus was acceptable to the Father,
and that we have been accepted
through our Redeemer as members of
His Body, which is the Church.
g, It Is because the Church is one Body,
although Of many MEMBERS, that no
repetition of Pentecost has been neces-
sary. AS oon as we by conservation
come into the one Body, we are sharers
in all the blessings that belong to that
Body, the start Of which came on the
memorable Pentecost Day. "By one
Spirit ye were all baptized into one
Body, which is Christ" Jesus the
Head Of The Christ, The Messiah, first
got His blessing, which was completed
on the plane Of glory. Then He made
application Of His merit for all those
who desire to become members Of His
Body, Of the Bride of Christ.
This was the foundation necessary
for Divine acceptance Of the Church.
On this basis, the gathering Of the
Church has progressed for now nearly
nineteen hundred years. Soon, we be.
lieve, it will be completed. The last
member proving faithful and passing
beyond the veil. the Body will be com.
plete in glory-United to the Head. or
under the other figure. the ~espoused
virgin Church, united to her Lord. will
be the Bride, the Lambs Wife.
The Greater Jubilee.
Pentecost represents to the Church
liberation from the thraldom of sin
and death, Nas we'll as introduction into
the family Of God. Thus it signifies
the beginning Of all the blessings which
the people Of God have known as the
fruits of the Spirit-meekness, gentle
ness, patience. long-suffering, brother
ly-kindness, love. joy. peace-fellow-
ship with God and our Lord Jesus
Christ.-Galatians 500, %.
Nevertheless, the Pastor explained,
those wonderful blessings are not COM
plete. The resurrection-that glorious
change from imp~erfections in the flesh
to perfection on the spirit plane-wfll
be the consummation Of all the
Church's hopes, and that consumma-
ton, although near, we believe, has not
yet been attained.
God has purposely deferred the Sec
ondary o%utpouring Of His Holy Spirit
that upon the world. "all fesh"-until
the establishment OF His Kingdom.
That will be a great Jubilee. 1t was.
by Divine appointment. typiied in Is
rael's experiences. During the fiftieth
year, every Israelite was set free from
bondage and debts Of every kind, and
had q fresh start. Thus was pictured
how during Messiah's glorious reign as
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on account Of Jesus sacrifice will cancel
the sins of the whole world, and grant
release from all weaknesses and as
sistance back to the fitness of Divine
favor. In other words, the Jubilee of
Israel typifed the coming Times of
Restoration Of all things, when Jesus
the Head and the Church the Body, as
The Messiah, will reign for a thousand
years, for the purpose Of blessing all
the families of the earth and uplifting
them out Of sin. weakness, d~epravity-
mental, moral and physical.
Oh, what a Jubilee that will be! No
wonder st. Peter, in describing it and
telling us that 1t will begin at the Sec
ond coming Of Jesus, also tells us that
it will be Times of refreshing from
the Divine presence! 1t will be the
worlds Pentecost. The Holy Spirit
will then be poured out upon all flesh.
We are not to understand. however,
that it will be done Internationally.
Rather, we may surmise that the con-
ditions on which it will be open to all
flesh will be that only those who de-
sire the blessing will receive it. But who
would refuse such a favor when fully
enlightened respecting it. when fully
aware of it's import and possibilities?
We cannot, Of course, know In adj
vance how this ~outpouring of the Holy
Shirt uDon all flesh will be manifest