The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-06-29

M that despiSeth Me
despiseth Him
that sent Me-"
luke 10:16) He
said In part:
(lkA2lGK kg22Llll By nature we are
all children of
wrath, sinners under sentence of death.
God indeed tells us that He purposes
to bless the world by and by, through
the great Mediatorial Kingdom that
will rule the world for a thousand
years to help mankind up out of deg
radiation, sin and death to full perfec-
ton of human nature; and that He
has appointed Jesus Christ to be the
Mediator between Himself and the
world during those thousand years
Meantime, He has also purposed to
take out Of the world some who VIII
have the same mind as was In Christ
Jesus, and to associate this class with
our Lord In the work of blessing the
world. Jesus Himself will be the Head
over this company, and they will be
the Body of Christ. Whoever desires
to become a member OF this Body
which God Is selecting must comply
with the required conditions.
Evidently the one quality for which
God is looking is honesty. sincerity;
He desires really true and really loyal
hearts. One might be very careful to
a penny in respect to money obliga-
lions, and yet not be strictly and
thoroughly honest. He might overes-
innate himself and underestimate 9TH
ers Some people are born with an
honest disposition. All whom God is
now receiving are of this honest heart
ed kind. If He has thus favored us
with the Truth, 1t is for US to main
tain this honesty; for unless honesty
enters into all the affairs Of life, It viii
be impossible to maintain our relation
ship with the Lord
We cannot be too careful with our
conscience; we cannot be too honest
We cannot think of the Lord Jesus as
being dishonest or Of the Apostles as
giving misinformation Therefore 1t is
evident that they did not believe In
He'll fire and eternal torment; for we
cannot think that they would have
omitted preaching about eternal tor
ment IL they had believed It. We love
to think of the Apostles as being hon
est men, in favor with God.
There is a tendency on the part of
all mankind to say, II am all right"
But everybody who is not an idiot
knows differently. "There Is none
righteous, no, not one All have sinned
and come short of the glory OF Go r.
short Of that glorious condition which
God approved when He created our
first parents. We all come short of
that perfection Of human nature. But
II we confess our sins, we demonstrate
our honesty; and He who arranged for
the forgiveness of those sins is faith
full to forgive u.s. If we assert that
we are not sinners, we make God
liar, and the truth is not in us-we
would be dishonest. We should be
honest enough to tell God that we de-
sire to be right John 1 %, 10.
The Terms Of DiscipIsship.
Whoever would become a member of
the Body of Christ must first turn
away from sin and turn toward God.
To those who have taken that step
and are DESTROYS of progressing. the
Lord Jesus says, "sit down and count
the cost" The Bible never urges any
body along this line. duke 1927. 2S)
People who do not understand the b.
BILE work upon ones emotions In urg-
ing others to give themselves to God.
They do not understand that Gods
way Is to think everything out care
fully; that Gods Plan is very cool and
calculating, and that everything con-
corning 1t is to be determined intel
lectually.
There is only one way of becoming a
Christian and that is by entering into
"a covenant with the Lord This cove
nant Is a positive agreement, in which
we give ourselves in sacrifice-to re-
nounce everything of an earthly ma
ture This is the kind of covenant
which our Lord Jesus made; 1t is the
only kind to be made now. psalm
b0:5) Jesus made His Covenant of
Sacrifice at the beginning of His min
iistry, as it is written: 10, come Gin
the volume of the Book it is written of
Me- to do Thy will. o God" Hebrews
1917 Whoever would be follower of
the Lord must make this same cove
nant
1t did not take our Lord long to
count the cost; for He had such high
appreciation Of the privilege that He
delighted to give Himself to God. He
manifested loyalty to that conservation
throughout His lifetime, even unto
the death Of the Cross. Wherefore
God also hath highly exalted Him and
given Him a name which is above ev-
cry name; that at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow. - and that
every tongue should confess that Jesus
Christ is Lord, to the glory Of God the
Father."-Philippians 2:e, 10.
Giving Up Ones VIII.
The Church are to be joint-heirs
with Christ. eff we suffer with Him,
we shall reign with Him. II we be
dead with Him, we shall live with
Him" q Timothy 2:11, 12) 1t is no
wonder that there are terms attached
to so high a calling! These terms we
have in Jesus own words: eff any
man WIN come after Me. let him
deny himself, take up his cross and
follow Matthew 1924.
The first step is to win to be Christ's
disciple. The next step is to deny
himself-to give up his own will and
to take the Lords viii instead of his
own. The will represents the man.
II We deny ourselves. II we give up
our own wills, 1t carries everything
absolutely that we possess. But do
not give up your win to anybody ex-
cept the Lord This does not mean
that we shall not be considerate of
others and not try to yield to others.
The people of God should be ready to
favor others. We should be willing to
give up our preferences In matters of
no Importance. But 1t is another thing
to give over what we shall think and
what we shall do. Whoever does so
would not thereafter have control Of
his body.
This Ia exactly what the evil spirits
endsavor to have US do. They desire
TO get control Of the human win, and
thus to have control over the human
body. When a person becomes thus
possessed, the evil spirits get control
OF his mind and he cannot think for
himself. because his will is gone This
IL also true OF a person who has come
under the power Of hypnotism. But