The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-07-24

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gels and His love
for Adams sinful posterity. God had
q sympathetic love for humanity. not
an afrectionate love: for there was
nothing I'm fallen man worthy Of Di-
vine love. This sympathetic love has
IN mercy arranged Plan of Salvation
for our race God has provided the
death of our Lord Jesus Christ to be
our Redemption-price- recover man.
kind. not from eternal torture, but
from death. Otherwise we would have
no future life.-John 3:16.
This step on behalf Of humanity
turned our dying condition into a
sleeping state. Instead of perishing
like the brute beasts. men merely fall
asleep. to await the morning Of the
New Dispensation, when our Lord will
call the sleepers from the tomb. John
5:2s, 29) They will come forth to an
opportunity for restitution to human
perfection In a worldwide Paradise.
As ST. Peter declared. all the Holy
Prophets made repeated references to
the time when the willing and obedient
shall be brought back into fellowship
with God. and all the wicked destroyed
as unworthy Of favor.-Acts 3:19-23.
Gods Love For the Church.
Then the Pastor discussed the
Church and showed that Gods love for
the saints Is very different from His
love for the fallen race. The Church
consists Of all those who are In cove
nant relationship with God through
Christ psalm 5O:5) 1t does not in.
clude those who merely turn from sin
to say. Il will lead a wicked life no
longer" These are still of the world.
children of wrath even as others;
they have not taken the step which will
constitute them children of God
Adam had been son of God; but he
had sinned and forfeited the Fathers
love When he came under the sen
tence Dying. thou shalt de-" he was
cut of from fellowship with God He
and his posterity became sinners un-
der the death sentence. unworthy of
Divine favor. While God permitted
certain blessings to come to mankind
sunshine. rain. etc.-He has kept aIoof
from our race. treating them as aliens
and strangers. We must be justified,
made right. before He will deal with us.
God set aside six great Thousand.
Year Days for the world to have ex-
perience with sin and death. Even the
wisest of mankind have been unable
TO extricate themselves from the bond
age of corruption Gods time for their
deliverance is the great Seventh Thou
sand-Year Day. when Jesus and His
Church will bless all the families of
the earth. Our race has had a severe
experience with sin and its results. As
we look over into Europe. we see what
evil passions can accomplish. Yet the
savagery there Is only beginning; 1t
Will be very much worse. With all our
preaching and teaching we have not
bettered our race greatly. When they
realize the true situation men will
know that sin is the most terrible thing
The Beginning of the New Creation.
The remainder OF the sermon dealt
with the development Of the Church
According TO the Divine Program for
mans salvation. our Lord was to die
scientifically for the race. the Church
was to be gathered. and then the Mil
lennium was to begin. The Father had
planned that the New Creation should
be those who would give up their hu
man rights, laying them at His feet.
and desiring to know and to do His
will This our Lord Jesus did at Jor-
dan: and God started the New Crea-
ton by begetting the Son to the Divine
nature. amounting Him with the Holy
Spirit to be the great King and Priest
for mankind. Then for three and a
half years the Father tested Him, and
found Him worthy.-Rev. $40.
One feature OF this Divine Plan was
not revealed in the past-there was to
be Body Of Christ. consisting of both
Jews and Gentiles. made one New
Man. one complete Christ. with Christ
Jesus as their Head sEphesians 1:l9-
%: 2:11-16; Ball: 4:l1-l6l The Mes
siah IL to be composed Of many mem.
bers. selected from amongst mankind.
The cali went first to the Jews. Of
whom about twenty thousand
quickly responded. so deeply consecrat.
I'd were they. Then the door was open
I'd to the Gentiles. But they had not
had the assistance Of the LawCovenant.
and therefore It has taken eighteen
hundred years to complete the pre-
destined number. Only those are call
ed who have the disposition of faith
ana obedience to the Divine will