The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1915-06-14

lRaslQR RQSstlllj c cnu,ss from no.
man 20 spiritual
conditions. but resurrection al
ready begun In the hearts and the
minds OF the New Creatures IN
Christ. We must not lose sight 81
the fact. however, that these are
part aud parcel of the same resur-
rection. Whoever does not begin
that resurrection here will not end
Il there. whoever begins IL here and
falls 60 go on viii not re, II there.
only by getting comprehensive
ylew Of the matter can We perceive
the full import Of the Bible teach
ing.
There IL something very definite
in the Bible. Perhaps IN times
pani We failed to get its real import
Book Of such deep mysteries that
u could be understood only ~ The
clergy Tlut Ne Hfs beginning 10
zee that God's Book IN the most
reasonable and logical ever writ.
ten. And tic fact that although
at various times In the worlds his.
tory. II T. the most reasonable Of
hooks and contains the most won
dcffui story. brings conviction that
81 is indeed the word 81 God.
Yet much Of tn. Word has been
hidden because or THE error end
Misunderstanding which IN. AdN~r-
sary fvist~d upon ms during the
Dark Ag~p A. me get the eyes If
auf understanding open. Ne see that
the Eihie teaches what 50 most ~
ns - reffeiufF~~-thaf ever where
are death. sickness. sorrow. weak 3
ures mental moral aud phYsirat.
rs one tnanN aisobedisace rtn eu-
tered into the world, and death az q
a a. a. a
upon all men for all have ktnn~d.
says ~. Apostle. sRnmsns hi-.f
Isut This thought that death is the
penalty % sin ~ everywhere re-
locted aud We are told that sfer.
nal torment IL ths penalty Both
common sense and the Bible are
thus discredited,
Tn. facts arc that death. the
great enemy OF humanity. 10 here
helps us. there would be no future
life. Plain. simple. reasonable. -
the bible proposition Death IL
upon all mankind: and Gods pro-
vision 10 that ali shall be recovered
from tho death sentence, Death
came through one mans diSohe-
dl~nce and ~ 90 he Get aside through
smother mans obedience The Lord
Jesus came into tho world and gave
Himself a Ransom-p price for ALL
Price that corresponds with IN. first
man who sinnrd.-- Corinthians ID
81. -.
hot. IS the Apostle points out ~
WAS necessary nos only that Christ
should die for mankind bat that
lie should rise from the dead for
our Justification. tkomanr tisa
RS For christ merely TO die and
then to make no application OF It's
merit for US would leave us IN as
terrible condition as before
Therefore God ma. provided not only
maj our lord should die. but that
lie should also be raised from the
dead The time set apart for the
worlds recovery is the period OF
MesaIah's glorious Reign. when lie
VIII deliver mankind from the bono
axe ~ corruption which came
through one mans disobedience-
The Church Risen With Christ
our text speaks Of the Church as
separate from the world. Elsewhere
the Bible declares that the whois
world lies in the Wicked one. Man.
kind ere uili under condemnation
But the Apostle explains that the
Church have now escaped the con
demnation that IL upon the world
We have not gotten free from weak
nesseH Of the flesh and the death
condition. but from the condemna
tion--the legal phase Of the subject
God IL taking this Church class out
Of the world. TO be made partakers
Of the very hlEhes, rank OF spirit
nature--the Divine. q Peter. ist.l
This Is the promise made 10 the
Church of the First-borns. whose
names are written In Heaven.
All who belong to the true Church
OF Christ should know that they
have this resurrection. But to be
risen with Christ we must be dead
ever shares His death will also
share His resurrection. We mus,
walk In Ills steps. II Peter 2:si.
AZ our Lord came not TO do Ills
own viii. but the will OF the Father
who sent Him ,John e.3s). SO VIC
must do the Fathers will. we mus,
not desire our own way. We should
seek to know Gods Will respecting
what We shall eat. what we shall
wear. what we shall say. what we
shall do. To do 40 win five us what
the Apostle calls the spirit OF a
sound mind"
Before we became the Lords chill
dren. we ala not tnlnk properly
along these lines. Like the IDENTIFIES
we thought OF what would satisfy our
lappetites. Now we think of what
would enable us best to serve the
Lord and what Is best for our vel
fare. Since we have come into
Gods family. all our talents are His
and the more we realize how few
are our talents and our opportuni
ties, and how little We are worth
TO the Lord and everybody else, the
more anxious we are to make the
best out OF everything we have
mental, moral. physical.
D~ad 80 SELF and s~If-Wii.
We are to have In mind also tina,
we are TO he dead to self-wili. our
will Is that which we wish. and our
wishes represent our personality. II
We yield our own wishes to another
We give up our will to that extent
II we give up our will to some
church denomination. Il becomes our
head. our ruler. II we give mp our
talents etc. 10 some society or or
der. IL takes supervision OF our
affairs and our time. God Is pur-
posing TO have an order--the order
Of the Royal Priesthood.
Some of us wear a Cross and
Crown Pin The cross represents
our faith In the death OF Christ and
our desire TO walk Ia Ills steps. the
crown, the reward OF glory, honor