The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1913-04-17

ff1SS6R RUSSELD| in due time
The Pastor declared that the Bible
everywhere holds up the Lord Jesus
christ as the glorious Pattern Of what
K most pleasing to the Heavenly "a
ther 10 be copied by all desiring Gods
favor. He, reminded his hearers that
certain steps are necessary before any
can come into that favor, aud properly
be called Gods children. Both our
Lord and His Apostles make this point
very clear.
Very few have Gods favor at the
present time. said the Pastor. In Gods
due time. however. all shall be brought
10 a knowledge OF Messiah. and priVi-
legged through Hin 10 enjoy ererlast-
ing life. But what Is coming and what
is here are two different things. No
one has authority to make the Narrow
Way n Broad Way, or to say that
many will find 1t. when the Scriptures
declare. Few there be that find it"
The Pastor showed clearly that bis
text related only 10 the consecrated
few who. during this Age. heard and
accepted the invitation to become foot
step followers OF Jesus. These have
their sins forgiven as result Of faith
IN the precious blood Of Christ, and OF
conservation to do Gods will. These
have the Redeemer as their Advocate.
To These Our Text Applies.
These are exhcrtcd to come boldly TO
the Throne of Heavenly Grace. to OBJ
talnmercy and to find grace to help In
every time Of need These may know
that their prayers IRE always heard.
The exhortations Of the Apostles are
TO these alone--nOt to the world.
In our context. the Apostle holds up
tbe Lord Jesus as the great Pattern
of humility. St. Paul tells us that our
Lord was rich. yet in obedience to the
Fathers will He laid aside His riches
and became poor. He Invested Him
self Of His spirit conditions and took
inStend human conditions,
From being above angels. He will
In-ly took IL nature and place IA little
lower than angels" He did this. know
Ing TINT It was only a preliminary step.
and that others Of Self-denlal and suf-
rerlng would, follow. A man-Adam-
had sinned. and had involved race In
his death sentence. Only an uncon-
demned man could redeem him. 1t
WIS for this purpose that Jesus left
Ills glory. and was found In fashion
H. man," He was holy. harmless.
indebted. Otherwise, he could not
hrYe been the Retleeme"
At thirty years Of age. our Lord went
forth. declaring the Message which
lie knew would be misunderstanding
Message that He was the Sin-Oferlng.
| and that rs the result OF His sacrifice.
the MillenntaI Kingdom would come.
which would bless all the families Of
the earth. The Jews were not ready
for that Message. As the Scriptures
foretold. they crncIfed Him-ignorant'
Iy.-1 Corinthians %.
The Rewards Of Humility and Loyalty:
According to 81. Paul, the Father set
before our Lord a JOY us reward for
His sacrifice. The details OF that Joy
we may infer to be: ~ The JOY Of the
Fathers smile OF approval. e, The JOY
Of bringing many SONS to glory. ~
The Joy Of restoring mankind to their
original perfection. az The Joy of an
exaltation to n still higher station than
His former one. Ser Hebrews 1918.
Since His exaltatiou. our Redeemer
awaits the glorious time when all foes
of righteousness shall be brought low,
and righteousness exalted. But first
must come the completion Of the
/ Church Of Christ. Then will follow the
blessing Of all mankind.
satan's Course In Contrast.
Notice the contrast between satan's
course and our Lords. Instead of
humbiing himself and Willingly doing
what was pleasing to God. Sat6n took
the opposite course. He was proud,
naughty. and sought to exalt himself.
Iucifer was rich before he became Sa-
tan, the Adversary. Yet he was not So
rich as the ,Logos, through whom Dt-
vine energy operated in the creation.
Mark well the course OF pride, which
led to sin. and will ultimately lead t"
Satan's destruction. Mark well the
course Of Jesus. which led through hu-
utility to the highest glory. Which ex-
ample shall we follow? What folly it
would be to permit pride to gain a