American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1914-05-02

curse OF uehtn anu tnHt tney can come
under Gods blessing only by the bring.
Ing I'm Of a new condition. Gods pur
pose to lift the curse Is shown In His
Promise to Abraham. "In thy Seed
shall all the families Of the earth be
blessed" This Seed will roll away the
curse and roll in the blessing Of life
Next the Pastor pointed out the
Scriptural evidence that the Logos left
Heaven and became human being.
Of the Abrahamic stock. In order 10 be
come the promised Seed Jesus. nc
cording to the flesh. could not be the
Messiah. the promised Seed; for. al
though perfect Man. He could not
have been the Deliverer whom God
had promised.
How Jesus 6seams the Messiah.
Then the Pastor showed that Jesus
became the Messiah when baptized Of
John In Jordan. There He presented
Himself a living sacrifice. to do un
reservedly the Fathers will. This
meant, primarily. our Lords death as
the antitypical Sin-offering. Mankind
are under the death sentence pro
nounced upon Adam: therefore their
Redeemer must taste death for man.
kind before He could ask for their re-
lease from that penalty.
Our Lords ascension was another
step In the Divine Plan Of salvation
As St Paul declares, It was necessary
for Jesus to appear In the presence OF
Coo With the merit Of His sacrifice,
In order that the Father might give
the Church the benefit OF the cleansing
which our Lord had accomplished
Many have not noticed. he claimed
that the Scriptures limit the work Of
the Gospel Age to the Church.
The Instor also showed that after
Jesus had become the Spiritual Seed
OF Abraham through His anolnting of
the Holy Spirit at Jordan. He began to
limited extent the work Of blessing
But after He had assembled on High
He was then the Perfected One. 40 FAR
as He Himself was concerned. The
speaker demonstrated. however, that
the Scriptures clearly Indicate that
God had purposed that Jesus have n
company OF associates. to be sharers
In the great work Of human up,if,
These constitute the GOSPEL. Church
who are to be given glory. honor and
Immortality In the First Resurrection
Ihey also will become. rs mtnbers ~,
abrnhnm's Spiritual Seed. to,pt. heirs
IN the Messianic Kingdom
The Development Of the Church.
primarily, the Seed Of Abraham. tho
Pastor declared. was to be the Shirt
uai Seed-Christ and the Church ON
the Divine plane. But Abraham's mn,
ural seed-the jews will also bav. :,
part IN the blessing. This is set forth
IN Genesis 22:l6-ls. where God fold
Abraham that his seed would be lIk.
the stars and the sand on the seashor.
Inc speaker then explained how
some from both Jews and Gent,les
nave constituted this Spiritual Seed
Inc early church was mainly OF lew.
'sn origin These had found that ,bev
could not get everlasting life by Keen.
ing the Law. Therefore. m 81 PM
neciared, they must become dead 10 II
accept Christ as their Sin.ofrerinI and
themselves. In order n no.
'oine members OF the Anointed Bodv.
Inc Gentlles were never under m.
Law Covenant, the Pastor demons,ra,
eu' ana therefore they came into chris,
merely by presenting themselves living
sacrifices as did the Jews. An who do
20 oy faith-Jew or Gentle .ore bo
gotten Of the Holy Spirit TO Hcov.n,v
hopes and ambitions Those who con.
.'nue faithful unto death will receive
pace In the gloriaed Church q,
ms Christ company Jesus was the
lieau. ana the faithful In Christ Jesns
nave been the members since,
Tho Natural Seed OF Abraham.
me fastor then showed that tho
experiences Of the Jews tbrouohor,
ne Jewish Age had developed n sne.
IA, cihss' enumerated by 81. Pan, IN |
hebrews H. These Ancient Worthless
VII receive their promised better res
ERECTION In that they will awaken
'eriect men; whereas the rest Of man
una VIII require centuries 10 attain
lumah perfection This Anci.n,
worthy class VIII be- associated win |
ne M"ssinnl" Kingdom ms its ear,,n
na@ IN" Heavenly phase win T..
n''sih'" !" humanity, The world Wi
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