Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1914-05-14

and recognizing the fact that Chris
died for our sins, according to tn,
Scriptures. He is our Redeemer. Gu,
sins could nvt be forgiven excep
through the merit of the Sacrifice
which God has provided freely for us
Until this sacrifice is seen and accept
ed. there can be no further progress to
ward God on the part of the one seek
ing to draw near Him.
Those who see and accept the Sacri.
fee provided for us are then privileged
to go Gil to the antitypical LAYER
When they turn away from sin. they
find that certain filthinesses of the
flesh remains with them; and they
endeavor to rid themselves of these
weaknesses. They make the effort to
cleanse their thoughts, words and ac-
tons, in order to be more pleasing to
God. Going still further i'm their desire
to draw near to God, they come to the
Door Of the antitypical Tabernacle.
Two Classes of the Consecrated.
The Pastor next showed that during
the Jewish Age no Jew was fully jus
tilted. All that Israel had was typical
justification and typical relationship
with God; for until the real sacrifice
for sin had been offered by our Lord
Jesus Christ and had been presented
to the Father, there could be no actual
justification. justification, he declared.
is progressive matter When one
merely sees the sacrifice of Christ, he is
not justified. But as he draws nearer
and nearer, he is coming more and more
into that condition which is right.
Every step toward God-every step of
faith, obedience and desire to please
Him-is step toward complete iustifi-
cation.
Referring again to the typical Taber-
nacle, the Pastor discussed the sacri-
fees ON the Day of Atonement. In the
antitype, he declared all of the people
of God who have come to Him in con-
secration are represented by the two
goats that took part in the ceremony of
that day. They are either the Lords
goat class or the goat class. After
they have passed through the antityp,
lcal Court--after they have entered the
antitypical Gate, passed the antitypical
Altar and washed Mt the antitypical
Laver-they are tied, as it were. at the
Door OF the antitypical Tabernacle;
that is to say, they consecrate them
selves to God.
In the type. the goats were brought
to the Door of the Tabernacle, and
there waited for the high priest to cast
lots upon them. AS soon as he had
done so, he offered the Lords goat in
sacrifice. In the antitype this signifies
Gods acceptance of the sacrifice of the
consecrated; and from that moment
onward the person is reckoned dead
AS the Apostle says, "Ye are dead and
your life is hid with Christ in God"
Thenceforth the goat represents mere
ly the old nature-the fesh-counted
dead. The New Creature is thereafter
represented in the body of the high
priest-a member of his body
The Pastor then carefully explained
that as the sacrifice of the bullock pre-
coded the sacrifice of the goat and
made it possible. so in the antitype
Christ's sacrifice preceded the sacrifice
of the Church. and made theirs posi-
BILE Those who do not care to present
their bodies as living sacrifices are not
invited now. Their opportunity will
come during the next Age. At present
the call is for those who desire to fol
low in the footsteps of .Jesus-those
who will lay down life itself in His
service. This is the class to which
reference is made in the text which
reads: I'VE have an Advocate with the
Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous"
This class have forsaken sin, drawn
nigh unto God. and have come to the
place where they say. 20 Lord. l give
myself to Thee" Then the Lord ac-
cepts their offering.
This is the antitypical Staying of the
goat; this is the death of the old ma
ture: and just Mt the moment when thu
old nature is reckoncdly dead. at thar
| same moment the New Creature lie
gins begotten Of the Holy Spirit. tina,
these may be children of God. spiritual
sons of God These have become the
Lords in two senses: first. in the sense
| that they are New Creatures begotten
of the Holy Spirit, and will be gloritied
in the First Resurrection by and by. il
faithful: and second that they are also
reckoned as members of the Body OF
Christ on the human plane.
present Your Bodies"
Referring again to his text, the Pas
tor demonstrated that the APOSTLE
argument in the context relates pri
marily to the presenting of the human
nature in sacrifice. Only the hei
priest could offer the sacrifice in tn,
type. In the antique. the great Higi
Priest offers those who present them
selves Each one who presents hi
body a living sacrifice in consecratiol
is then taken in hand by our Lord
'rhenceforth the sacrifice is reckone
dead.