The Manchester journal. [volume] (Manchester, Vt.) 1861-current, 1915-09-30

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Having seen what the world Is 10
get, let us sec What the Caureh win
receive To the Church Jesus said,
Except We eat the flesh AMI drink the
blood OF the son ~ Man, yc have no
NE IN YOU" The Church 4 not only
10 eat the flesh but also 10 drink the
blood. OF the son az Man A'c do not
eat the flesh IN the same wuy that the
world does Those blessings that are
coming TO the world by al by, we
appropriate now by faith. We accept
| the Cali OF this Age. 20 be tie follow
ers OF Jesus our Savior, tu sacrifice
! our earthly life az He sacI feed His
earthly life II Is nm invitation TO leave
the world and IL ambitions, hopes and
relationships, ard become Now Crea
| lures In Christ Jesus. TO be begotten 10
the spirit nature and finally I . be born
of the Spirit hirher than anzcls, prin-
clpalities, powers and every n me save
the Jesus and TIC Father. This Is the
Invitation, and we have accepted II.
We are 10 do as Jesus did. But first
His merit Is imputed 20 US. To impute
is to reckon. There is difference be
tween reckonirg and giving lie IA
actually to give these blessings TO the
world during thn Millennium Man
kind will be getting more health, more
power, more moral energy: they VIII
get back ACTUALLY what they lost. To
the Church these things are Imputed,
or counted. by faith. To illustrate II
you had not chosen this High Calling,
you would have had the right TO the
earthly restitution provided for all
mankind. But In this arrangement OF
this present Age the Lord imputes to
you whatever you lack OF perfection.
This means that 20 whoever has only
twenty-five per cent. Of perfection OF
character, Jesus will impute seventy.
FIVE per cent, etc. Instead OF actually
girinO you what you lack, lifting you
up to perfection, He impstes 1t to you.
Thus the Church are feeding upon
His flesh. We realize that God Is CIV
Ing us now, in this imputation a great
blessing In the forgiveness OF our sins,
a compensation for all our weaknesses.
But this would only make us on
parity with the world In the Age TO
come We are to do more. II Is for
the Church to drink His blood; 1t II
for us to give up our life with Hts
life. The world will not make sacri-
fee of their earthly life. But we who
become joint-sacriiicers with Jesus sac
riiice our earthly lives-the blood, In
the figure. We give up all our rights
to earthly life and .natire, even u our
Lord gave up His earthly rights. And
as the Father gave Him the higher
life, so He has promised to give W
that life If we wifi do the same. 70
That Is our Covenant. the agreement
to drink of His blood, to share with
Him In His sufferings and DEATH That
is the special Covenant that brings US
now into the family Of God 1t was
Jesus cup, because for Him primarily
the Father poured It, He drank Of 1t
gladly, In full submission to the Fa-
TIERS will. We have heard that we
have the privilege Of coming In with
Him and laying down our lives; and
here we are We have laid our all at
the Lords feet, that He might give VI
the new life, the new nature the splr-
tual life, the Divine nature, far above
angels, principalitles and powers.
,hrist's Members to Have Immortality.
At the beginning of your Christian
experience, you did not understand all
lbout this, any more than did the
we've Apostles and those Others. But
low we see that we cannot get eternal
ife except we eat Jesus flesh and
rink His blood. This means some
hing more than merely everlasting
life. Adam had life, but not life In
limsef" inherent life. He did not
ave immortality. The angels have not
lfe in themselves; God makes proyi-
ion for their necessities. And so He
viii provide for the necessities Of the
Whole human family. When Adam was
"As the Father hath life In Himself,
o hath He given to the Son TO have
fe In Himself" John J:26) He Is
, give 1t to His Body members. Great
$ will be the privileges and honors OF
be angels, and great as will be the
lessings Of perfected mankind, yet to
Re Church of God, because they have
lten the flesh and drunk the blood Of
le Son Of Man, will be the superlative
0ry and honor-immortality the shar-
x Of the Divine nature.
the conditions imposed
)on those who would make sure their
Illing and election TO this exalted 20
ton are exacting. though a reason
Die service" They shall share in
cir Redeemer's exaltntion II they
are His ignomny by walking In His
His example In this
esent time when evil Is permitted TO
umph The Master was desplsed and
jected Of men, and finally was cruel
d by those who professed 10 love
d follow righteousness. Similarly.
roughout the Gospel Age whoever has
a n II. n