The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-07-13

mans salvation!
Three Glasses In tho Church.
The Pastor next showed that the
consecrated people Of God will finally
be found in one of three classes. The
little Flock, to whom our Lord de-
clared it is the Fathers good pleasure
to give the Kingdom, is a limited
number-so far as We can judge prob
ably $4,000. Then comes the Great
Company, whose number no man
knows"-God not having revealed it
a class unworthy Of a place in the
Little Flock, but yet loyal in heart to
God and the principles of righteous
into the Second Death, the class that
do despite to the Covenant of Grace.
Formerly the Pastor was inclined TO
think that this class would be very
small. but of late he realizes that &C.
cording to the experiences of the typi-
cal people the number will be much
larger than he once had thought; for
many Israelites fell in the wilderness
on account Of having rejected the tes-
timony Of the LORD and their death
was typical.
No one Is on trial for life, the Pas
tor declared, except those who have
gotten free from the sentence or
Adamic death. No one has a standing
with God except those who have turn
ed from sin and have presented their
h0dina I'm fDII poDsacra ZION IN u;D,
Those who have taken these steps have
been accepted by the Lord Jesus, in
harmony with the Fathers great Plan.
Immediately after our Lord has &C
cepted them, He counts them as His
flesh; and then the Father also ac-
cepts that flesh; for, as the Scriptures
point out, the flesh Of Christ has been
in offering throughout the Gospel Age.
Jesus first offered His own flesh. When
He had finished that work, He ap
peared in the presence of God and
made satisfaction for the sins of the
Church, beginning with the Apostles.
Then the Father indicated His accept
ance of their sacrifices by giving them
the Holy Spirit.
Throughout the Gospel Age, the Pas.
tor continued, all believers have re.
ceived the Holy Spirit just as soon as
they have been accepted Of the Father,
through the great Advocate. ALTHOUGH
the Age the members of the Body of
Christ have been coming to Him; and
the flesh Of the Church, the consecrat-
ed ones, has been counted as the flesh
Of Jesus. This flesh has been suffering
for nearly nineteen hundred years
Christ suffering in the flesh.
Thus we see the fulflment Of the
Scripture which declares that the
Church is filling up that which remains
Of the Affections Of Christ. "If we suf-
fer with Him, we shall also reign with
Him" And 'the sufferings of the pres
ent time are not worthy to be COM
pared with the glory which shall be re-
vealed" in the Church which is the
Body of Christ. The Prophets Of old,
says st. Peter, spoke Of the sufferings
Of The Christ and Of the glory that
shall follow. All who share the suffer
ings will also share the coming bless
ings-glory, honor and immortality.
The Three Bodies of Christ.
Then the Pastor pointed out that
those who are received Of the Lord are
in spirit all one as New Creatures.
There is n Body Of Christ in the flesh
Of the Church. Then there is the other
Body Of Christ, the New Creature
Body, composed Of the new natures of
all who are begotten of the Holy Spirit
as New Creatures; and these New
Creatures inhabit this flesh Of Christ.
Here are two Bodies Of Christ then
the Body of Christ In the flesh, and the
Body Of Christ spiritually, which is
dwelling in these earthly t]abernacles
and seeking to bring them to the sacri.
fetal point day by day In everything.
He also showed that the final Body of
Christ beyond the veil will be com.
posed of the more than conQuerors"
only-Jesus, the Captain, and all who
voluntarily lay down their lives In
following His example.
Thus there are three Bodies of Christ.
The final n is taken out Of the other
IWOs 4uOSG WIZ uLS lSlL constitute
the Great Company and those who go
into the Second Death. But those who
constitute these Bodies are the only
ones with whom God is dealing-the
only ones whom He has yet received.
And eve these were not received until
they had come to the full point Of COZ
secration and were begotten Of the
Holy Spirit as New Creatures. There
fore it is the New Creature that is on
trial, not the flesh. Throughout the
entire Gospel Age, only the New Crea.
lures in Christ have been on trial for
life or death eternal.
Who May Reject Christ.
The Pastor then explained that nc
one can reject Christ in the full sense
Of the word and go into the Second
Death unless he had fully come into
Christ and had become His disciple
While many have heard Of Christ and
have been drawn toward Him, yet III
til they offer themselves to God in
conservation and receive the begetting
Of the Holy Spirit, they do not really
hear Him who speaks from Heaven.
Those who are begotten Of the Holy
Spirit get a new understanding, a new
hearing, new ears as it were, and new
eyes. AS New Creatures they see, hear
and understand differently from what
they formerly did. AS st. Paul says,
1.-THE natural man receiveth not the
things of the Spirit Of God; for they
he know them, because they are spirit
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