The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1914-06-22

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30 that they would not die, but BE-
worthy to be. the people Of God. Yet
they died, generation after generation.
At last they realized that the faule
was with themselves; they had entered
into a contract which they could NOT
keep. They had agreed TO keep the Law
Of God, and were not able to do 30. ag
That was the very lesson which God
desired them to learn. the Pastor de-
cIared- and O only Israel. but all
humanity. The Apostle explains that
In dealing with Israel God wus deal
ing typicaIly- SO that HB people Of tins
Gospel Age world Grf ~" iexxou hy
seeing wherein Israel failed, and BY
realizing that had we been in their
place we would have failed for the
same reason.
BY and by, through the Prophets.
God promised to give Israel another
Covenant, at some future day. This
New Covenant will be more favora-
Bile to them. The difference between
the Old Law Covenant and the New
Law Covenant will not be in regard
to Gods Law, for His Law is perfect
The Scriptures declare that the differ
ence will be in regard to the Mediator.
Although Moses was faithful in all his
House. yet he was a member Of the
fallen a Of Adam, and therefore i'm
perfect. He could not give the people
life; for he had no real life-rights to
give any mor than had any n else.
AS a typical mediator he offered typ
zeal sacrifices, which could not really
take away sin. But the Mediator of
the New Covenant will be empowered
to lift the curse of death and to re-
store, not only Israel. but all mankind,
to the image and likeness of God, from
which they fell.
The Purpose of jesus Death.
The Pastor next discussed the work
of the Gospel Age. About two thou
sand years after the Covenant made
with Abraham, the Logos was made
flesh, in order to become the Seed of
Abraham and bless all the families of
the earth. Throughout the Gospel Age
a most important work has been car
ried out. The New Law Covenant
cannot be inaugurated until there is a
Mediator Of that Covenant. This Me-
diator, the speaker showed, Is to be
Christ the Head, and the Church His
Body.
In the typical ceremony. Moses could
not institute the Law Covenant until
first he had sacrificed bulls and goats.
In the antique. the great antitypicaE
Moses must first offer the better sac
riices." Jesus first Of all sacrificed
Himself; now he must sacrifice the
Church. This work requires all Of the
Age. At Jordan, when He Of
fered Himself In conservation, He kill
ed the %antitypical bullock; and later,
He was "led like a lamb to the slaugh-
At Pentecost u Lord began to
deal with the antitypical-goat class
the Church. When the Offering Of the
OF the Church which is
Christ's Body is ended, then the Body
of the a%ntitypical Moses will be com.
plete. AS st. Peter declares, Foe
Moses truly said unto the fathers. A
Prophet shall the Lord your God raise
up unto you Of your brethren, like unto
me; Him shall ye hear in all things
whatsoever He shall say unto you"
The time for the New Covenant, the
believes. is lear at hand. When
the antitypical Moses brings In this
Covenant. He will remove the curse
Of death. According to the Scriptures,
It will take Him exactly one thousand
years to accomplish this work, to over
come sin. to dissolve the hard hearts /,
Of humanity, and to give instead the
warm, tender, gentle, sympathetic heart
hat was lost in Eden six thousand
years ago.
Alive In Christ. s..
The Church, the Pastor declared.
we're dead in trespasses and sins, like
he rest of the world. But God has
Iuickened them-made them alive
through the imputation Of the merit Of
Christ, in advance of the world. Gods
purpose in so doing is that He wishes
to select a special class from
amongst mankind. But not every
body has been invited to be Of this
lass. Millions in heather lands hare ,
never heard Of Jesus Christ; and all
the civilized world, there are peo-
pie who have heard with their ears,
but not with their minds. They do
not comprehend that they are sinners,
that God has provided a Savior and
that He is now inviting some to come
INTO covenant relationship with Him
self. Prejudice, superstition. false :
and false theories prevent
many from receiving the Truth. ~
The Pastor holds that all OF the ="
creeds Of Christendom contain false
doctrines. The Bible. he maintains.
says that the Devil put these erroneous
doctrines into the creeds. Should any
ask why it is that the Devil could
have part in the making Of our creeds, .~
the Pastor replies that the Adversary :
misled our forefathers through his
wiles; for he is deceitful. Whenever
thought to do something very
zealously for God, Satan would lead
them past the right mark. into some
thing very much to Gods discredit and
10 their own deception.
Looking I've the pages Of history.
The speaker can see that the Devil has
been working hard with all who have Z
aver tried to get out of darkness into {,
light. Therefore it behooves the PEG.
pie OF God to watch continually. The
only safe course is to try to walk very
to the Lord, in humility of mind,
full confidence in His Power, trust
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