The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-05-04

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their lifetime subject to bondage be-
cause Of their fear Of death Of the
aeshh-the old nature. They are not
outrageous enough to follow the Lamb
whithersoever He gosth. although they
are loyal, faithful. These, the pnstor
believes, will get the secondary. pine.
Instead Of being on the Throne with
Lord, they will be baforc tho
Throne; instead Of wearing the crown.
they will have only a palm branch.
When the. foolish virgins shall have
passed through tho great tribulation
mentioned in Revelation Z. they viii be
q grand class. But they might be in
the highest class If they were more
Jealous. It remains with themselves
to make their calling and election sure.
God nominated them, but they fail Of
election because they fall to have sufa-
Gent zeal, love and earnestness to gain
the great prize Of joint-heirshfp with
Christ In the Mesgiantc Kingdom.
These different classes, the Pastor
declared, are all one Body at the pres
ent time; for all are called In the one
hope of their calling, and there IL no
decision yet as to the two classes. All
who receive the Holy Spirit are one
company now. But at the end Of this
Age the great Master will make the IL
vision between the two classes Of vtr-
gins-between the wise and the foolish,
between the Great Company and tho
Little Flock. At the present time, how
ever, all who are begotten of the Holy,
Spirit belong to the probationary Body
Of Christ. But after the division shall
have been made, only the Little Flock
will be Of the permanent Body Of
Christ-the Church in glory, clothed
with glory, honor, and immortality.
Suffering With Christ.
Next the Pastor discussed various
texts which declare that all the follow
ers Of Christ must suffer in the flesh,
even as Jesus suffered. He pointed out
the nature Of our Lords Euffertngs,
who was misunderstood, slandered.
m4srepresented, etc. While the follow
ers OF Jesus cannot possibly expect to-
suffer In all the ways that the Master
suffered, nevertheless they have SIM
liar experiences to His. It is a mis-
taken idea, the speaker maintained, to
believe that suffering is a sign of d.
vine displeasure. No Christian thinks
that the Father was %displeased with
our Redeemer; on the contrary, as the
Scriptures say, Jesus was holy, harm
less and separate from sinners. And
yet u Lord suffered much-it pleased
God to brutse Him, to put Him to
grief. to put Him to shame.
The thought is not that the Father
took pleasure in the sufferings Of His
Son, but that in the reat Divine Plan
1t seemed wtSest and best that He
should subject the Son to severe tests
in order that both angels and men,
looking back at Jesus experiences
from Jordan to Calvary, could see that
He was faithful unto death; and in or
that the reward Of Jesus obedi-
might be manifest-that all might
see the condition upon which God
gives His choicest blessings. To all
eternity this Will be an incentive to
any who may have the opportunity of
serving God; such will know that who
ever renders service to Him and en-
dures suffering for righteousness sake
have the spirit Of glory rest upon
him and will be amply rewarded.
The Pastor then dwelt at length upon
the privilege Of suffering with Christ.
He quoted Scripture to demonstrate
that only those who suffer with Christ
shall reign with Him. Those who are
dead with Christ shall live with Him
on the spiritual plane, partakers Of His
Divine nature, sharers of His glory.
All these blessings are conditional
upon their demonstrating that they are
worthy to be members Of His Body,
and are actuated by His spirit. Some
privileged to suffer more than do
others. In presenting this thought, the
used the diamond as an illustra-
ton. A large diamond requires much
more polishing than does O small dia-
mond; yet a large diamond is worthy OF
much polishing. Our Lord and st. Paul
were large diamonds. Therefore they
were subjected to much affection,
much difficulty, in order that they
might show forth more fully the
praises Of Him who called them to His
glory.
The Pastor concluded his discourse
by calling attention to the wonderful
blessings and privileges that ara COM
ing to the world today and to the in
creased knowledge and light upon all
subjects, but especially upon the Word
God. He declared that Gods peo-
pie see as never before the lengths,
breadths, heights and depths Of Gods
and Plan; and that even the
world are coming to see something Of
bis goodness and His wonderful ar
engagements. The eyes OF the world
are opening more and more widely,
and the decisions that have been upon
world are rapidly disappearing.
This is the dawning OF a New Day.
But with the increase Of light comes
increased responsibility. When God
gives US a certain amount Of the light
Truth, II is for us to demonstrate
whether or not We appreciate it, and
whether or not we have been loyal to
what we have received. If we take
The steps Of appreciation and obedi-
snce, we thus evidence our readiness
for more light. And so we may so
from grace to grace, from knowledge
TO knowledge, from creeping like a
child to walking like a man-until we
all come to the full stature Of q man
In Christ Jesus.
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