The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1914-12-24
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4 Yes, both. For when He came here
to this earth He took on the seed of
man--humanity. He emptied himself,
and became humble as child, a SER
want. Heb. lI-14-16. Forasmuch then
as the children are partakers of flesh
and blood, He also Himself likewise
took part Of the same, that through
death, He might destroy him that had
! the power of death, that is the devil.
For verify He took not on Him the
nature of angels, but He took on Him
the seed of Abraham, sed of man;
man is made lower than the angels.
Heb. II-6-7. Then let this mind be in
YOU which was also in Christ Jesus,
who made of Himself of no reputation,
and took upon Him the form of SER
want, and was made in the likeness of
men, and being found in fashion as a
man: He humbled Himself, and be-
came obedient unto death, even the
death of the cross. Phil. ll-5-7-8. So
He came to this earth, and emptied
Himself Of all things, to be equal with
man; hungry, cold, poor, no home,
false brethren among His kinsmen,
looked down upon for his birthplace,
and the wicked place where he lived,
to give us an example. We, too, can
overcome, no matter what are the en-
yironments around us. How did He
overcome? By faith in God, through
prayer and works. Faith without
works is dead. James ll-26. How did
Christ conquer, and how can we? All
through the Scriptures, the Spirit is
represented as being the operating
power of God. The Spirit of God was
brooding upon the face of the waters.
Gen. IL. Revised version). Spirit
poured out as in Acts. II. The
Psalmist in speaking of the death of
living creatures, and their restoration,
declares that God sends forth His
Spirits, and they are created by the
same Spirit Jesus was begotten. By
the same Spirit He went about doing
good. By the gifts of that Spirit
we are begotten again, regenerated;
and by the same Spirit there are be-
slowed upon them gifts for service.
The reason why the Scriptures speak
of the Holy Spirit as person is that
It brings to US and everyone who be-
lieves, the personal presence of our
Lord Jesus Christ. John X1V-18. !
will not leave you desolate Tor or
phans). come unto you. He tells US
in verse 16 how He will come. The
Father will give you another comfort
err, that He (the Father) may be with
you forever 23rd verse. Martha and
Mary said, Lord if Thou hadst been
here my brother had not died, so
Christ was here as a man, He could
only be bodily in but one place at a
time, and to the Holy Spirit is given
power to make the Father, and the
Son present to the believer. If you
have two friends on the same tele-
phone line miles away both hold the
receiver at the same time, both will
hear you talk, it brings you SO near to
each other. So the Holy Spirit is
placed upon Gods messengers-the
angels. Heb. LA. But the angels are
not the Spirit. Placed upon human
messengers, but the human messen-
gers are not the Spirit, but they are
possessed by the Spirit, and used by
the Spirit, and have the power of the
Spirit within them. Jesus was the Son
of God, yet how He could take on the
form of man, we cannot tell, but the
Word says He did, and became like
man, and died upon the cross. lisa.
LIII-12. Poured out His soul unto
death, died and rose again. Rev. Lis.
Was dead and alive forevermore. So
if immortal, could not die like mortal
man. Christ being Divine, and using
Divine power is two different things.
In the Dec. Bird adv. a mistake in
the Scripture reference: The Remnant
Church has the Testimony of Jesus
Christ which is the Spirit of Prophecy.
Reference should have been Rev. XIX
10. instead of Rev. XIX-19. adv.