The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-04-27

ranged and a. teaching q most beauf5-
full and significant lesson respecting
the saOriace Of the a~uti-tspAeal Isaac-
namely. Carasea and '1th6 OxUech, which
1w Hts Body"
Pastor RusaeE1'B text was, 'TR ye DO
CEszfst'AI than are ye Abraha1nts Seed
and heirs according to the PrOmiss''
{GalatEsna 800.
The Pastor began by demonstrating
3rons Scripture that Goa calls our pres
emit condition a cursed one. that man
kind are under the curse Of death, and
that the only way By which the world
can come under Gods blessing Is by
the bringing in Of a new condition.
AND 30 when God said to Abraham,
elm thy Seed shall all the families Of
the earth be blessed" He meant that
this Seed would roE away the curse Of
death and roll in the blessing OF life In
the full seuse upon humanity.
Then the Pastor pointed out that the
Logos left tho Heavenly courts and
became a human being-takng q low
Or nature than He had beforehand was
born Of the stock OF Abraham, in order
to become the promised Seed which
was TO rell sway the curse Of death.
BE next showed why Jesus, accord
ing to the desh, could not be Messiah,
the promised Seed. Even in His per.
fiction the Man Jesus could have done
nothing more for the world than to
guide many into happier conditions. He
could net have been the great Deliver
az who vas TO bless all the families Of
earth-the dead as well as the living.
New Jesus Became the Messiah.
The Pastor explained how Jesus be-
came the Messiah when He was bap-
ttsed Of John at Jordan. He showed
that the watar baptism was only the
symbol OF the real baptism which took
place there; and to support his claim
he quoted the prophetic statement re-
spscttng Jesus, "LO, I eonne to do Thy
will. o My God"-everytfling written
in the Book. WebrewB 10:5-9) This
statement means that QUE Lord, by
becoming our Sacrifice, fulfilled the
types and shadows Of the Law Cove
n~ant-various things that were not
commandments at all, but that were
1oreshadcwed by the Jewish sacrifices.
For instance, the type showed that
before there could be an a~toOeEne0t for
sin, the bullock Of the sin-OGering
muae Arst DO offered. Our Lord came
to be the aRtitypical Sin-ongering, 70
present His perfect human nature-all
that He had-to give himself in Gods
service as O sacrifice. The speaker
threw q new light on the Apostles
somewhat ambiguous statement, "He
&RksEb away tho FIRST, Shat He may e.
tabliah the second" declaring that the
coKTecttaoughS2 g. - Fenevewthet type.
that He may estabafah tho anttstype.
Our Lord came 30 set aside the type.
This He did when Hs presented Him
self a living Sacrifice at Jordan 30 do
unreserve6ay the Fathers Will. This
meant, primarily, our Lords 6eaehs for
mankind were under the death sem
tence pronounced upon their Father,
AGfgIu. Therefore,. It was necessary
! that their Redeemer should taste death
for mankind before BE could have
wherowith 30 saEfsfy the claims Of
Justice ON Adams behalf and ask for
the release OF Adam and his race.
Next the Pastor explained that VIXEN
our Lord cried ON tine cross, eft 70 fin
1shedy' He merely meant that His own
personal work Of the sacrifice Of Elm
SELF was e1ded. Then came Els resur-
trectaon and His manifestation 10 Els
disciples, that they might know that
He had risen from the dead. He ap-
lneagad and showed Himself under Off
R&sgant conditions to prove two things:
t19 That He was 10 longer dead; e.
That He was changed from what He
had been before. The speaker dgvelt
LRS length upon Dur lords several mani
1estations after His resurrection. He
lpointed out that during the forty days
before cur Lords ascension He showed
Himself only q few minutes at a time,
Tor perhaps an hour In all, and He ap-
peared and disappeared In a way that
no one but a spirit being could do. Az
81. Peter declared, "He was put ta
Meath I'm flesh, but quiekenea I'm apsyassa
made alive q spirit being.
WHY 1ssus Assembled on Hinh.
Our Lords ascension, the Pastor a9.
Grlnsa, was another step I'm Che Divine
Plan for the salvation Of the world.
It was necessary, as 81. Paul declared.
that Jesus should appear In the pres
enee Of God and make presentation OF
Els blood, the merit OF His sacrifice.
the value of His sacriacial death. that
the Church might be justified throuah
His merit, and that the Father might
give the Church the benefit OK the
cleansing which our Lord had accom-
plfs1ed fng thas class. Many have mot
noticed that the Scriptures limit our
Lerd's work during the Gospel Age to
the Church class which is being salscts
ed or elected, from amongst uaauaasadss.
Dy faith thia class are reconcslsa TO
GOd through the blood Of Christ. These
have an Advocate with the Father,
Jesus Christ the Righteous, and nan
draw rear ts Gs@a with good courage.
having .thaar hearts gnrdnkiaA frnn anv