Monroe City Democrat. (Monroe City, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1913-04-17

The Pastor declared that the Bible
everywhere holds up the Lord Jesus
Christ as the glorious Pattern of what
is most pleasing to the Heavenly Fa-
Their, to be copied by all desiring Gods
favor. He reminded his hearers that
certain steps are necessary before any
can come into that favor. and 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
to knowledge Of Messiah. and privi-
legged through Him to enjoy everlast-
ing life. But what Is coming and what
is here are two different things. No
one has authority to make the Narrow
Way Broad Way. or to say that
many will find It. when the Scriptures
declare, Few there be that find it,"
The Pastor showed clearly that his
text related only to 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 a 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 exhorted to come boldly to
the Throne of Heavenly Grace, to OBJ.
tain mercy and to find grace to help in
every time of need. These may know
that their prayers are always heard.
The eXhortations of the Apostles are
to these alone-not to the world.
In our context. the Apostle holds up
the 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
instead human conditions.
From being above angels, He will
ingly took nature and place "a little
lower than angels" He did this. know
ing that 1t was only preliminary step,
and that others of self-denial and suf-
fering would follow. A man-Adam-
had sinned, and had involved n race in
his death sentence. Only an uncon-
demned man could redeem him. 1t
was for this purpose that Jesus left
His glory. and was found in fashion
as man" He was holy, harmless,
indebted. otherwise, he could not
have been the Redeemer.
At thirty years of age, our Lord went
forth. declaring the Message which
He knew would be misunderstood the
Message that He was the Offering,
and that as the result of His sacrifice,
the Millennial 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 cruCified Him-ignOrant-
ly.-1 Corinthians 2;S.
The Rewards of Humility and Loyalty.
According to ST. Paul, the Father set
before our Lord Joy as reward for
His sacrifice. The details of that joy
we may infer to be: a The joy of the
Fathers smile of approval. (2l The JOY
of bringing many sons to glory. (3l
The Joy of restoring mankind to their
original perfection. "a The joy Of an
exaltation to still higher station than
His former one See Hebrews 1918.
Since His exaltation, 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
humbling himself and willingly doing
what was nlaasine 10 God Satan loob