The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-06-28

AAASut i've through HIM. -sTTI6TTE-xv
see Jessas ait His First Advent begin
! the fulfilling OF Gods Promise Tor
tae blessing OF humanity. we note
Aaa ohedte0cs, aeI9-sacrinae. loyalty
20 the Father, faithfulness unto death.
the death OF the cross we
behold His exaitat1on by the Father
Els ascension up TO whore he was he
GorR-at the right hand OF God. And
we note that He has now stll higher
glories than He had before He came
into the worid-the Father's reward
Tor Els loyal obedience; as st. Paul ex-
plains, Wherefore God also hath high
lyexaited Hira"-Philippians 90.
From Jesus lips we hear the Mes,
sage OF the Kingdom-that God In
tends that ultimately Messiah shall be.
come the great King OF earth, author
lied 20 lift up mankind from sin and
degradation. and to restore all the viii
ing and obedaent to human perfection
In q worldwide Eden. Then comes
the Gospel invitation to all believers
in Jesus. The invitation lis to become
joint-heirs in that Kingdom which is to
bless the world.
"He That Coneth Unto God.s
am convinced that many hearts are
longing for God, or, as the Psalmist
expresses 1t, 'sMy heart and my iesh
crieth out for the living God" It is
one thing to know about God, about
Jesus the Divine Plan OF the Ages,
the selection OF the Church to be the
Messianic Kingdom class, and the Mil
lennium, in which The Christ, Head
and Body, will bless and uplift man
kind; but 1t Is quite another matter to
know how TO come to God, how to get
Into this Church class. The general
thought 10, I viii go to some church
| will SEQ God there. But alasl God
is not to be found In every church.
Nay, we cannot even say that every
professed minister OF Christ ia able to
point the longing inquirer the true way
to fellowship and harmony with Je.
hovah,
Alas, too often it Is the case that min
listers have no knowledge OF this way
have never come to God themselves!
Alas, too many viii be found full OF
forms and ceremonies, and some full of
hypocrisies, and some full OF supersti-
ton! It is no wonder, therefore, that
many have gone to church with a hun
ger for God, and a desire TO be taken
Into His family, who have returned to
their homes discouraged, and doubtful
as respects all religion.
In some instances, they Will try an
other church OF another denomination
finding themselves merely
entertained by a talented choir, singing
words not understood, or hearing an
eloquent dissertation on politics, SCI
ence or evolution. Often such conclude
that their soukhunger for God and
Truth and knowledge was abnormal,
that they had better not mention the
matter for fear OF being thought IA.
naticaI. Others In turn explain that
they have sought ministers and asked
the way to God, and had been merely
joAed with and turned aside from fur
Their serious thought.
The Pastor declared himself not re-
Bponsfbie for any n but himself, yet
he realized that this meant a greater
responsibility than that OF any minis
ter in the world-because through his
published M he comes In contact
weekly with about twelve millions OF
Intelligent, thinking people. This was
his a for the topic of today. He
was anxious to lend q helping hand,
orally or by his pen, TO all within his
reach. And he invited correspondence
such.
@The Way, The Truth, the LiFe.'
I must tell you plainly, said the Pas.
tor, that Jehovah God lis a great King
above all kings, as the Bible declares.
You well know that, v IL granted
an audience with an earthly king, it
would be after some one had intro
duced you as worthy and after you
had made preparation In the way OF a
outfit of clothing whose cut and
would be determined for you.
Should we expect to rush wildly into
the presence Of the great Ruler of the
Universe, even If we were perfect,
even Ii we we've in covenant relation
with Him2
il the holy angels may appropriate
" veil their faces in the Divine Pres
snoe. crying, Holy, holy, holy, should
mortals rush In where angels fear to
treadf Further, we are imperfect, Gin
fsyi-aki1l xUoY.,n wDo ova ,.,dar . ni~41a
sentence, or curse, which declares that
: unworthy of Gods favor, fell
or blessing, and are cut of
How shall we overcome
such BARRIERS?
At first 1t would seem to be a hope
less ase But the King OF kings is
gracious, and has sent a Message
Declaring His sympathy. He has point
ID us to the Lamb of God and His
sacrifice for our sins, and has declar-
ID 80 us His willingness to receive us
this One. He win be the
Mediator between God and the world
mankind Ia due time, during the
thousand year period OF His Messianic
Reign.-1 Timothy 2:4-6.
We might wait and have the benefit |
that general dealing I'm which the
Mediator viii cancel all the claims OF
Justice against the race and deal with
all mankind according to their condi-
lions of weakness or strength OF char
actey. But we want to approach now,
and especially since we have heard
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