The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1913-07-05


therefore, was optional with the Logos,
and L. He had not chosen to accept the
proposition, 1t doubtless would have
been extended to others. But such was
the love and loyalty of Gods Only Be.
gotten that to know the Fathers pleas
ure in the matter was to cheerfully
obey. It was a joy to Him to serve In
any manner and to further Gods will.
No doubt the Son veal have done
this without any suggestion OF a re-
ward, but the Apostle suggests that a
great reward was proffered Him. He
says, WHO for the Joy that was set
before Him endured" His joyful obe-
dience began when He exchanged the
higher nature for the human. The
same JOY continued when, as the Man
Christ Jesus, He offered up Himself.
and was faithfully obedient to the Fa-
theirs will to the very last, saying,
The cup which My Father hath pour
ed for Me. shall l not drink it?"
St Paul further explains that it was
the Redeemer's faithfulness and loy-
atty to the Father. in doing His will to
the extent Of laying down the human
life, that became the basis of His still
higher exaltation-above His prehuman
condition. The Apostle says, Where
fore God also hath highly exalted Him.
and given Him a name which Is above
every name; that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, Of things In
Heaven and things in earth" Thus, as
the Apostle explains, He has been ex-
allied and qualified to be made a Prince
and a Savior and able to grant forgive
ness Of sins to as many as will come
unto the Father through Him.
What SIM Forgiveness Means.
Forgiveness Of sin has two aspects:
% the cancellation of the legal CON
demnation; and (2) the recovery Of the
sinner from his loss. his imperfection.
Jesus came into the world to accom-
plish both Of these results. By His
death He would legally satisfy the Di-
vine Justice. giving His life as instead
of Adams life, which was forfeited by
sin. Then. according to the Fathers
promise, being raised from the death
state to a glorious state, with plenitude
of power, He would use that power
and opportunity for the release, or re-
covery, Of mankind from the mental,
moral and physical degradation
brought about by sin.
Thus we read that Jesus died that
God might be just and yet be the
Justifer of all those who believe in
Jesus-of all who shall become Ills dis
ciples and follow His leading and d.
rection. Again, we read that He came
to seek and to save. to recover, that
which was lost.
Sinners of Two Classes Saved.
It was just like our great Heavenly
Father to take advantage Of the oppor-
tunity Of human salvation from sin to
illustrate different characters amongst
men and different degrees of His favor
toward these. He foresaw that the
great necessity of the world would be
the Messianic Kingdom. the powerful
Reign of the Redeemer forcefully put
lIllS Nv Sill II All uLlll ~ hLSOuSuSSD.
scattering ignorance, darkness, super
StitiOn. etc.
He foresaw that some of the human
family would need to have stripes.
punishments. corrections in righteous
ness, in order to teach them the great
lesson that all unrighteousness Is sin:
and that all sin brings degradation.
pain. death. according to Di-
vine arrangement. Messiah's King
dom would be necessary to show how
obedience to God would, on the con
trary, bring q gradual uplifting and
recovery out of sin. sorrow, tears and
death, eventually back to perfection.
But while the great mass Of mankind
would need the severe lessons Of the
Millennium. the Reign of Christ. a GER
tain few would be able now to develop
an eye of faith and an ear Of faith by
virtue of their desire to do Gods will.
These would be doubly precious in
Gods sight: for without faith 1t Is i'm
possible to please Him." and those who
could exercise faith under adverse con-
ulLlOAS HOutu Dc AAS kySCullAI LA0uSukC,
Therefore God has arranged to gather
out this special class In advance, and
these He calls His Elect, the Church of
the Gospel Age. "
This call. to which these respond. is
not so forceful as will be the call of
the future: they must have hearing
ears and attentive hearts to hear the
voice of God in the present time at all.
Additionally, they must be both able
and willing to walk by faith. their
path lighted only by the Lamp Of Gods
Word. "Thy Word is a lamp to my
feet, a lantern to my footsteps"
Furthermore. they must walk in a mar
row way, a difficult path of separation
from the world. Not only must they
strive to live separate and apart from
sin. but after the pattern of their Re-
deemer they must present their bodies
living sacrifices, holy. acceptable to God.
through the merit Of Jesus sacrifice.
These are ~scripturally styled the JUS
tilted by faith. the sanctified, or set
apart to the service of God. These.
under the typical Arrangement of God
with Israel OF old, were pictured in the
tribe of Levi, who were set apart from
the remaining tribes to be Gods spe-
cial servants, and ultimately to be the
instructors and guides Of their breth-
rem Of the other tribes, So the elect
class In process Of selection since the
ascension OF Jesus since Pentecost-
are to he God,s snarial s~aryapta NJ
and by in the blessing of the world In