The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1915-03-07

;Der1nott, Rector OF the Church
late Conception.
I ..od rs Justice and peace and ioyEEin
inc lIoi Ghost Rom. NV, II
Justice Dominates.
lshls brings lis TO another meaning
OF sthe Kingdom or God. This king
dom Is sometimes called Justice. be-
cause it is built upon the justice OF
Y tltirist. Who is the source or all 1rs-
lice and holiness. In this sense the
apostle says. The Kingdom OF God
Is within YOU. GlStike XVII. 81.
|, .frisi reigns by faith IN ali who be-
lteve III Him, but in special manner.
he refgns III them whose life HIS jus.
lice doininates-fliin their thoughts.
guarding their words unto speech ac-
zcordtns 20 Ills law and directing
Their. actions as become the members
OF HIS mythical body This is not
a pharasaical justice which He de-
clares unfit for His Kingdom II Is NOT
apparent justice, observant OF few
exterIisls only. but justice satten-
tive TO the divine will in all its man
lfcstations. Christ's Kingdom Of grace
s4foHnd with this Justice.
tl1ally by the Kingdom Of God
IS meant the kingdom OF His glory.
Y IS the kingdom that our Lord re-
!. teisssto when He says. Come Blessed
OF my Father. possess the kingdom
winch was prepared for you from the
foundation OF the world = tMatt: XIV
"a The thief dying beside Christ re-
aferred TO this Kingdom when he ask
ed for clemency in these words.
lord. remember me when thou shalt
come into Thy kingdcm.''t duke
A8l1I. 10. II was Of this kingdom
our Lord spoke when He said 10 Nico-
-denfls; Unless q man be borne again
OF water and the Holy Ghost he can
not enter into the Kingdom OF God. A
John III, 81. And in his epistle to
me Ephesians the apostle says OF It,
NO forntcator, or unclean or covet-
Gus person (Which is Serving of
ido1s) hath Inheritance in the King
dom of Christ and OF Cod (Eph. ",
D 81
These and many other passages OF
Holy Writ refer to the Kingdom Of
Heaven as the Kingdom Of Gods glory.
it's kingdom open to all, For God
VIII have all men to be saved and to
come to the knowledge of the truth q.
II Tim. III, ~.
Personal Work Required.
But personal work is required to
enter the Kingdom of Gods glory. The
Kingdom of God within every soul
must precede it. This interior king
dom comes from two eIements-the
grace Of God, which is given to every
man sufficiently for his salvation. and
the acceptance Of grace on the part
Of man. This acceptance implies per-
sonal work. It implies. first OF all,
falth, and then the sincere endeavor.
GO live according to the whole will of
GOD, This is the will Of God your.
sanct1fication." q Thess. nv, 81. That
Christ left certain. work to be done
by all is evident from the words OF
the apostle, ~ rejoice In my suffer
ings for you and fill UP those things
that are wanting of the sufferings Of
Christ is my flesh for His body, which
is the church. (Col. I, 24). It is true
that the apostle speaks here Of vicar
1ous, rather than personaI arunement.
However, he shows that the redeem
iEs work OF Christ, considered in its
entirety. is not completed in Him
self, but must be filled in nv the
members OF the church OF this filling
In, some is vicarious. by which the
members can help each other, but.
without certain personal work this
ming IN, rails of effect. This is es-5
pecially true OF faith and certain
works which must be personal to give
entrance into the Kingdom of Gods
glory. Grace fructifies into eternal
life. or glory by cooperation with it.
Our Lord aliudes to this grace in His
conversation With the Samaritan wo-5
man. II he water that / will give shall.
become Il. fountain OF water espringing
UP into eternal life. (John w. 145 !.
-t he speaks of cooperation when He
says, IF thou wilt enter into iife.
Keep the commandments 2 eAIatt. XIX.
lti The: kingdom OF glory is "a
pearl OF great service laIatt. KIN:
46l. No sacrifice can be counted too
sreat to obtain it. The redemntionI
OF Christ connotes tho fall OF man
Inc redemption is meaningless with
out the fall Tie history Of the
World from the beginning. with IFS
pages Of crime and blood findaa satis-
factory explanation only in the fan ar
ma n; With clouded INTELLECT. and
aaswill prone 10 evil as the result on
the. IN! sfall, man must do battle WITH
hlmself all the days tof his life. lob,
says ;lS he life OF man On earth is al
Warfare W.. Oh. Nil. I'D bur grace mer-
lied py The redemption Of Christ is
always within his reach, and by grace
ne can work out his salvation. The
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