The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-06-17

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l4ASIQR RQSSELLD GCorinthians 1922
23) The Pastor
spoke IN part as follows;
The Apostle Paul tells us that before
God created the world, In His infinite
Wisdom He purposed In Himself To
have a Church class, and arranged the
terms and conditions upon which mem
bership In this New Creation was to
be offered specifically to certain Gre
ated beings AS the Father wished
that In all things His Son. the mighty
LogOs, should have prominence, the
| first offer was made to Him. This
new nature was to be the highest OF
all creation. To gain this prize the
LOgos must demonstrate His love and
loyalty to the Father by obedience to
the Fathers will. SO He voluntarily
left the Heavenly glory and humbled
Himself to take a human form-not a
sinful form, but perfect human nature,
"a little lower than the angels
Then the Logos humbled Himself
still further, even unto the ign0min-
ious death Of the Cross, on the charge
that He was blasphemer against God.
After His death came His resurrection,
after which He assembled into the pres
ence of the Father. where He did
work for the Church, as the Apostle
Lord the Holy Spirit TO shed forth upon
the faithful little band of disciples who
had been with Him during His earthly
ministry This indicated that Christ
is God's-that God had glorified Him
and had empowered and authorized
Him regarding this blessing Of the d.
vine nature; and that the begetting to
this Divine nature would be granted to
all who would follow In Jesus steps,
Philippians 2:7-11; Hebrews 9:24; 2
Corinthians 5:17
For eighteen centuries the Gospel
Message has gone forth, the object be-
ing to call out from amongst mankind
those who will follow In Jesus foot
steps and become members Of the Body |
of Christ-a new Creation. These are
to be His joint-heirs in the Heavenly |
Il Peter Ia, 81 We are
living In "the last time" the end OF
this Gospel Age, when this special sal
walton OF the Church Is to be revealed.
Following His Steps.
Those who desire to become members
Of the New Creation must first turn
away from sin and toward God. This
must be heart turning-a change Of
They must really see that
sin is most injurious thing. The pen
atty which the Divine Court OF the
Universe has attached to sin Is death,
degradation. sickness, sorrow,
pain and dying; and those who turn to
iOd should fear sin, lest 1t should con-
animate them and jeopardize their fu-
ure life. But they were born with the
llsease Of death, which they have in
lerited as members Of the Adamic race.
By his sin Of disobedience Father
Idam brought upon himself the death
'enalty and has entailed 1t upon all bis
But God has made an arrangement
y which they may get back into His
amily. He has provided that His
'nly Begotten Son, our Lord Jesus
hrist. should taste death for Adam:
nd since mankind were condemned In ,
dam. our Lords death redeemed not
My Father Adam. but all his posteri- ,
?. Il Corinthians 1921. 22.) God has
rovided this way by which those de- +,
rous Of turning away from sin may !
ave their sins forgiven; but each must
vail himself Of the way b
All mankind are criminals before the
'eat Court OF the Universe The only :
ay by which that Court can recognize Q
sinner Is through great Advocate :
no Is not sinner. That Advocate \
Jesus Christ the Righteous q John q
~, the only One qualified in the sight n
that Court 10 represent convicts. I
Hoover desires His services must .
imply with His terms III any man 4
III come after Me fbe My disciplel, {,
/ him deny himself, take up his cross u
i'd follow Me" (Matthew 1924 To .
ny himself means to give up his own
III and accept instead the will Of Je- II
IS; IN other words. he ceases to be his q
vn. and becomes the Lords. Those :.
ho take these steps are then begotten v
the Holy Spirit. and counted mem 2,
RS Of the Body OF Christ !,
Wheat and Tsre Christians. 81
There are very many who seem not 81
.arly to see what II is to be a Chris b.
N. This Is the reason why we can ca
,k out over Europe and see several In
ndred million so-calIed Christians "