The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-04-05

man IL Rcnpturaliy described a. a
great humiliation IL % Fcahouahie
- suppose that tie Heavenly fat.-
sr would porpstuate 90 All eterni't
that humiliation. after D. had server
ita purpoFe7 Surely mott
Tho Bible tells uH why Iesus
humbled himself 20 the human nat
ture--"a iittie lower than the
angels" a man had Einned and an
der the Divine Law the itedeefnfr
must boo on the same plane u being
as tho one whom lie would redeem.
Thus Jehovah particularly npecifiea
An eye for an eye. a tooth Tor
tooth. "a lifo Tor a iife" Hence the
death ~ an angel Or 81 our Lord IN
Ills prshuman condition could not
have effected the payment u man
penalty ana the consequent release
~ the condemned race Thus again
40 read. - body hast Thou pre-
pared Me"-"for the suffering ~
death. Hebrews 1913. 2a.
No orc questions that this applies
sNciualFniY 10 our is0fd's experiences
during the years 90 which lie who
was rich became poor for our hakes,
I that we through Hiss poverty might
be made rich" surely ~ IL unsup-
possible that the Father would ar
range PLAN by which our Redeesn-
er'a falthfuiuess IN accomplishing
mans redemption would cont Him
an eternity - poverty, humiliation
degradation 20 IS plane "a little low
er than the anRclH"s while the
Church would be made rich and
above anRels"--he made "rartakefs
% the Divine nature Peter a.
AGod Highly Exalted Him
The very same Apostle who tells
~ our Lords humiliation carries the
matter 20 the climax. telling as Of
Ills faithfniness. - the Man Christ
Jesus. even unto the death u tie
cross Then he adds an assurance
Of the Heavenly Fathers faithful
ness IN not leaving His Son on a
lower plane. Wherefore God also
hath highly exalted Him. and hath
gwen Him name above every
name. Philippians 2s-ii
This IL Ia harmony with our Lords
words IN His prayer TO the Father.
ignoring the promises OF a higher
glory a. q reward for His faithful
ness. lie prayed. Father, glofify
Thou me with the glory which ] had
with Thee before the world was
fIohn 1890 In humility lie ask ted
no reward. bot was quite content 20
serve the Fathers Plan and then %
return 20 Hts former glorious estate.
The Heavenly Fathers Response 20
that prayer was. 4 have giorifled
Thee. and I will Riorlfg Thee again
or furfher-the Implication Of stu
/ higher glory than that which He
/ enjoyed before lie was made flesh
The Ineenseerafed Cannot Under
stand
] In the consideration OF spiritual
problems two lines Of difficulties
present themselves. when a nat
ural-minded man undertakes 20 ren-
son these subjects out. he finds them
/ impossibie of comprehension. st.
I Paul explains this difficulty. saving.
I The natural man receiyeth not the
things 81 the Spirit Of God. neither
can 10 know them. because they are
spiritually diacerned.~ II Corinthians
2.i+.l He proceeds 70 tell as that
al men arc natural mon except such
IS have been begotten again BY the
! Holy Spirit. In their resurrection
all natural men viii receive earthly
or human bodies. while all spiritaa
ones. New Creatures IN Christ. will
receive spirit bodies. as St Paul ex-
plains In our context. VERSES 3s-5o.)
Not all Of my hearers can appre-
ciate thiH--only those begoftcn again
by the Holy Spirit Others 7 ask ia
consider what / say and TO hold H.
II they please. until such time as, ia
Gods providence, they may be be-
gotten Of the Holy Spirit. and thus
he enabled to understand spiritual
things.
Another class who have diffieultv
are spirit heEotten, but have been en-
tangled in their reasoning BY the
declaration % the crceds respecting
the resurrection OF the body. When
visiting foreign lands and learning
Of the hold Of superstition upon the
heather. | concluded that we Chris
tisus experience Just as much diff
Guilty IN unlearning our errors as do
the heather in getting free from
theirs.