The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-04-13


za.) Thus we read, "Now the Lord Is
that Spirit; and again, HE was put tc
death In the flesh, but quickened [mads
alive] In the SPIRIT Corinthians
8:17; Peter BIS.
The more we examine the subject
the more foolish and unscriptural ap
pear the views handed down to US from
the Dark Ages. For instance, the
Scriptures clearly set forth that ou1
Redeemer, prior TO becoming a man
was spirit being thu Only Begot
ten Of the Father, full Of grace ant
truth" BIS leaving the spirit plane t.
become man Is scr1ptwaIly described
a. a great stoop, or humiliation. Is Il
reasonable to suppose that the Heav
emily Father would perpetnats to al
eternity that humiliation, after II had
served Its purpossf Surely mott
The Bible tells us why Jesus hum
bed himself to the human Natures
little lower than the angels" 1t was
because a man had sinned, and the Re
deemer must under the Law, be OF
the same plane as the one whom Hs
would redeem. Thus Jehovah partic
ularly specified, IAN aye for an eye, {
tooth for tooth, q hfe for a life
Hence the death OF an angel or Of oul
Lord in His pre-human condition coulc
not have effected the payment of mans
penalty and the consequent release Of
the condemned race. Thus again We
read. "A body hast Thou prepared Me,
'fox the SUFFERING Of death. "-Hebrewl
f0s5, 10.
No one questions that this appfiel
exclusively to our Lordss experiences
during the years In which sHs WIN
was rich became poor for our sake6
that We through His poverty might b.
made rich" Surely it b unsupposabi.
that the Father would arrange q P1a1
by which our Redeemers faithfulnes,
In accomplishing mans redemption
would cost Him an eternity Of poverty
humiliation, degradation to a plane 4
little lower than the angels; while TIN
Church would be made rich and would
attain a spirit state '.far above angels
-be made partake1s Of the Divine na,
ture-2 Peter Ia
"0od Hath Highly E<altsd Hlmr
On the-contrary, tho very same Apos
tie who tells us OF our Lords humifia
ton carries the matter to the climax
and tells Us Of His fatthfulness, as ths
Man Christ Jesus, unto death, ever
the death of the cross Then he adds
an assurance of the Heavenly Fathers
faithfulness in not leaving His Son OF
a lower plane: Wherefore God alse
highly exalted Him, and hath gfver
Him name above every name."-
Philippians 20.
This is In harmony with our Lords
words Tn His prayer TO the Father.
JOY had been set before Him-the JOY
OF pleasing the Father, of bringing 9
blessing to mankind, and also Of exal
tat1on, as a special reward for obedi
ence. But the Redeemar, ignoring al
the promises Of higher glory as a re
ward for His faithfulness, merely
prayed to the Father In these words
Father, giorify Thou Me with the
glory which had with Thee before
the world was" IN humility He ask
ed no reward He did not pray, Re
member that You promised a still
greater exaltation In gloryl No; h
would be quite content 10 serve thu
Father's purposes and plans, and theI
to return to the glorious state in which
He was before He left the glory and
for our sakes became poor, taking upor
Himself the human nature.
And what said the Heavenly Father
In response to that prayer? Oh, we
remember that Jehovah's words were
81 have giorined Thee. and will glori
fy Thee again." or further-the impl
cation is that Of still higher glory
than the one which He enjoyed before
He was made flesh.
He Appeared and Disappeared.
Two lines of difficulties present them
selves, one Of which can be answered
and the other cannot. The unanswera-
bie dffffcu,ty Is where a natural-mtnd.
ed man undertakes 10 reason the sub.
5ect out He finds It Impossible Of
comprehension, as he finds other items
OF Divine revelation St Paul explains
this, saying, The natural man receiy-
eth not the things of the Spirit OF God,
neither can he know them, because
they are spiritually discerned." The
Apostle proceeds to tell US that all
men are natural men except such az
have been begotten again by the holy
Spirit. All natural men win, In their
resurrection, receive earthly, OF human
bodies; while all spiritual ones, New
Creatures in Christ, will receive spirit
bodies, as st. Paul explains IN our con-
text.-verses $3.50
Not all of my hearers can appreciate
this-only such as have received the
begetttng of the Holy Spirit Others,
therefore, VIII ask b consiffer what
l say and to hold It. If they please,
tentatively, until such time as IN Gods
providence they may be begotten Of
the Spirit, and thus be enabled to I'M
derstand spiritual matters, such as tfrts.
Another class who have difficulty on
this subject are spirit-begotten, but
have been entangled in their reasoning
by the declaration OF the creeds re-
specdzg tbs resurrection Of the body.
Il h difficult to unlearn error When
visiting foreign lands and learning OF
the hold of superstition upon the heath
en-. said 10 myself, believe that We
Christians experience Just as much dff
hculty In unlearning our errors an these
heather do In getting free From theirs
Cannot Understand epsvttuai prchtseas.
Coming to the point Of what ID b be
resurrected, we note the fact that osrr
Lord appeared IN a body OF flesh, and
showed the disciples thu print OF the
nails and the hole made by the spear.
But we. perhaps, failed to nots that
oniy twice dd He thus appear and
only Tor few moments each time.
his other SIX or seven appeamnces
during these forty days were also very
brief, and were IN various bod1es-cpca
as gardener, another time as A tray-
eier, third time as a stranger on the
shore. To Saul OF Tarsus He appeared
as Spirit Being OF more than angelic
brightness. shining above the bright
ness Of the sun" at MONDAY. We over
looked the fact that His various ap-
pearances before His ascension, If all
put together, would probably not have
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