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

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spirit But God knows who are tare
aud who are wheat. When the whea
class are changed In the First Rcsur
rection. tho tHrcs will be- burned-de
stroyed as tares, not as human beings.
In the parable our Lord explains tina
the feld il the world neither tn,
wheat nor the tarcs are the world. Tn,
earth represents the world. out Of
which grow the wheat and the tares
The seed OF Truth entering the world
has brought forth the children OF th,
Kingdom. The seed OF Error dropped
Into the earth has brought forth chill
dren OF error. children OF the Devil. the
great source OF error. They should
neither think themselves Christians
nor be imitation Christians. All should
know that there are but two classes,
real Christians and the world
Honesty the Fundamental Quality.
According TO the Bible God desires
only $4,000 members In the Body OF
Christ He sends forth His Message,
and II reaches only those for whom II
is designed. All others will have their
opportunity during the Messianic King
dom, when for thousand years The
Christ will restore and uplift all the
willing and obedient OF Adams race
to the original perfection lost In Eden
and redeemed at Calvary.
There are different things which hin
der people from understanding and ap-
precia ting the Message. The one quail
ity which God Is seeking seems TO be
that Of honesty. Wherever the Truth
goes, 1t touches those honest hearted
ones who are not too much blinded by
the Adversary. Gradually these real
ixe that our great God has generously
purposed a New Creation, OF which
Jesus IL to be the Head, and the
Church the Body When we begin to
see this, our minds gradually open.
for God begets US with His Holy Spir-
it and, as the Apostle explains, we re
ceive spiritual enlightenment en-
aiding us to understand the deep
things Of God, which we could not UNI
derstand before we became members
Of Gods family.
1t Is one thing to enter into cove
nant however, and another thing to
keep It. Some have very fallen flesh,
and others very noble flesh But God
Is not proving the flesh; He Is trying
The spirit. deuteronomy 1889 What
counts with Him is the real sentiment
IF the heart, the desire. Do your best
TO strive against sin, and earnestly
seek to put away all the weaknesses
VI the flesh. God does not wish any
If the called to fail. Only those who |
ire not sufficiently loyal and who fail |
o develop the right character will be
elected.
garments Spotted and Garments White
God has so arranged that IL overtak-
N in a fault we may be helped out Of
ur difficulty. From the time when we
we're presented to the Father, the merit
t Christ's righteousness covers our
unwilling imperfections We must
year this robe of Christ's righteous
ess until we shall have finished our
curse; for after our resurrection
hange we shall have no blemishes.
low, however, we must watch, and
eep our garments unspotted from the
rorld. The New Creature must pass
trough the world, coming In contact
nth 1t in all the affairs Of life, and
ct keep unspotted from evil.
Probably every New Creature except
lr Lord Jesus has gotten spots on his
lrment at some time. But these must
Q removed; for no one will be admit
ID into the presence of Jehovah God
hose robes are spotted. There Is only
le cleansing fluid which will remove
lese spots-"The blood Of Jesus Christ
is Son cleanseth us from all SIM"
John I'D These words do not refer
the original cleansing; they are not
dressed to sinners, but TO those who
e rObed In Christ's righteousness.
9TH In the original Greek and In the
nglish the thought OF progressive
ork Is set fOrth-the blood keeps
As long as we retain these
bes and have need Of cleansing, the
ood Of Jesus Christ Is the staln-re-
over which God has provided.
When we first came to the Lord for
rgiveness, all our sins were counted
Adamic sins-those which came
rough Adams failure to obey the y
rd. II we had an individual respon- y
,ility In the sense that we consented
some Of these sins, we no doubt re- .
wed a measure Of punishment. This
may still be bearing In the way OF
kness, disease. etc. But our share =
the condemnation inherited from y
am Is all covered by the merit of =,
rist's Righteousness. ).
after we become the Lords, we have !,
, new nature, which does not love v
/; but we also have weaknesses OF u
. flesh, against which the new ma =
e Is striving. Nevertheless 1t ~ not >
,sible for any fallen human being y
live without sin. st. John says that ="
oever thinks Of himself as being sin "
$ deceives himself Il John ] 49, He ~
y not know that he IL lying, but the !"
,rd Of God says that not one Of man ~
d can keep himself perfect. st. Paul
. the same thing: we cannot do the !"