Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-04-23

The Lord knoweth them that are
ance to each one who is sincere in
heart and earnestly seeking to know
God. These. the Apostle declares. are
IA peculiar people. Jealous of good
works" Their good works are not the
building of hospitals. asylums, schools
and colleges, although they rejoice that
The world has the inclination to do
these things. The Church engages in
the same kind of good works that our
Lord engaged in at His First Advent.
The Scriptures assert that He went
about doing good In line with this
statement is the Apostles injunction
that the Church do good unto all men.
especially unto them who are of the
Household of Faith. Gala tians Clio.
blessed Your Eyes, For They See"
who are trusting in the precious blood
of Christ for their redemption. These
the Church will serve on every occa-
sion. The greatest possible good that
can be done will be that of serving
them with the Truth. The Glad It'd
Ings of great joy which shall be to all
people is the very best Message that
can be brought to any one-not only
speaking peace through the blood of
Jesus. but also inspiring the glorious
hope of joint-heirship with Christ in
the Messianis Kingdom. The Bible
tells us that the time is coming when
all the blind eyes shall be opened and
all the deaf ears shall he unstopped
That time is during the next Age
Meantime. God is doing a wonderful
work He is gathering here and there
the sanity ones-thOse who have am
ear to hear His call. OF this class our
Lord said. blessed are your eyes. for
they see; and your ears. for they hear"
In gathering this special class. God
is looking. not at the outward appear
ance. hut at the heart. He desires
those whose hearts are right. This
does not mean. as once we thought,
that all whom God does not select. or
elect. are to be thrown to devils and
roasted to all eternity. What change
comes over everything when we real
ize that God is not premeditating evil
against even those who may be His
enemies through wicked works. but is
merely calling out class now which
He will use later to assist the Redeem
er in blessing all the families of the
earth!-Galatians 3:16, %.
The Scriptures declare that in choos-
ing this special class, the Church, God
is calling mot many wise men after
the flesh, not many mighty. not many
NOBLE" but 1.-The poor of this world,
rich in faith'-those whom the world
would consider the mean things. the
weak the ignoble. The Bible tells us
that the rich have plenty to satisfy
their hearts and therefore do not feel
their need
1t is the same With the intellectual.
They rather look down upon the aver
age human being. and say that poor
| people do not know any better than
to believe the story of the fall of man
| and all the rest of the Bible stories
| Thus in what they think is wisdom
| they ignore the Word of God in which
| from degradation. sin and death is
| shown as connected with the story of
| Adam and Eve. their fall and the re
Gemption effected by the death of .Je
sus on Calvary. Whoever leaves out
| this part of the Bible loses the con
l link nd h<
! Plan of God for mans salvation
Therefore the wise according to tn.
course of this world cannot understand
the Divine Program.
The Bible says that not many nobl,
are called. One may be poor and un
educated. and yet have very nobl.
mind This class know that they ar,
morally above the average. Therefor
they often have self-satisfied feelin;
which does not permit them to recog
nize that they are sinners. And 81
they are not ready to see that they AN,
all other human beings need Savior
"Ye Are His Workmanship"
Those whom God has accepted an
forgiven through the blood of His S0I
our Redeenler. are no longer under tn
former sentence of sin. These sti
have weaknesses of the flesh and az
striving against them. although the
may never be as successful as som
other persons who were better borI
But the Heavenly Father knows t
what extent each is striving again.
sin. seeking to put down the old II;
lure. Others may misjndge us: but II
/ knows US.
OF this class the Apostle Paul say
lit is God that worketh in you bot
!, to will and to do His good pleasure
He h:s given us exceeding great an
precious promises. that by these wor
. ing in us. showing us the course
take and the result of faithfulness. W
may gradually attain the Divine Ii
ture This is the consummalion al
q comes to US by Divine Power-"cllan
ed in a moment. in the twinkling Of |;
a eye" Whether we shall he granite
: that glorious change depends upon Il
, zeal with which we love Righteousness