The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-04-05

gotten of the Father, full of grace and
truth. His leaving the spirit plane to
o oe a man is Scripturally described
10 suPpos" that the Heavenly Father
would perpetuate to all eternity that
mutation after it had served its pur-
pose? Surely not,
The Bible tells us whv .Jesuu b,,,,,>,,.
inwsr to the human naturc-"a little
summed: and under tho Divine Iaw t .%o
ncoeemer must be on the same pIanc ~
1geiiS as the one whom He wouJd 70.
6eJn:. mus Jehovah particularly speci-
tooth a ne lor an eye. tooth for
Hence the death of an angel or Of oI,r
l-oru IN His prehuman condition could
me-, nave erected the payment Of mans
the rondan nu me consequent release of
read' "A body hast Thou prepared W."N
10:5; 80. 'h' -heore"s
NO one questions that this applies ex.
cIusiveiy to our Lords Experiences d,,r-
me- ,ne years In which He who was rich
through His poverty might h.. 49,
Zen; surely it Is unsupposable that The
rathGr would arrange a Plan by which
fisbip seaeemers faithfulness in accomp-
.sins man redemption would cost Hin,
an eternity of poverty. humiliation d.
rauation TO a plane "a little lowe than
,ne angels while the Church would be
state En- I'm ana would attain spirit
SITE Tar above angels"-be made mar
takers OF the Divine nature - Peter T..
"God HixhIy Exalted Him."
me Very same Apostle who tell. of
our Lords humilia ton carries the mat
f fur 20 'he CLIMAX telling us of His faith
unto the death of the cross Then no
ahds an assurance of the Heavenly
Fathers faithfulness in not leaving His
I'm on ba,h iG~er plane: Wherefore God
also hath highly exalted Him. and hath
syn him name above every name"
philippians 2:s-lI-
This is in harmony with our Lords
words I'm His prayer to the Father. Ig-
noring the promises of higher glory as
a reward for His taithfulness. He
the glory which / had with Thee before
the world was" John 1I:5) In humil-
fy He asked no reward, but was quite
content to serve the Fathers Plan and
estate. The Heavenly Father declared,
II have slorifed Thee. and I will slorify
Ihee again Or furtherothe implication
OF a still higher glory Than that which
The Unconsecrated Cannot Under
stand.
III Spiritual prob
lens two lines of difficulties present
themselves. When natural-minded
man undertakes 10 reason these subjects
out: he finds them impossible of com
Guilty, saying. The natural man receiv-
eth not the things of the Spirit of God.
neither can he know them. because they
are spiritually discerned." Il Corinthians
2:liD He proceeds to tell us that all men
are natural men except such as have
been begotten again by the Holy Spirit.
In their resurrection all natural men will
receive earthly or human bodies. while
Christ. will receive spirit bodies as St
Paul explains IN our context. VERSES
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Not all Of my hearers can appreciate
this-only thos" begotten again by the
Holy Spirit. Others I ask to consider
until such time as. in Gods providence.
they may be beSotten Of the Holy Spirit.
and thus be enabled to understand spir-
itual things.
Another class who have difficulty are
spirit-bcSotten. but have been cntaDgled
in their reasoning by the declaration OF
the Creeds respecting the resurrection of
the body. II is difficult to unlearn error.
When visiting foreign lands and learning
of the hold of superstition upon tn"
hea then. | concluded that We Christians
experience just as much difficulty in un-
learning our errors as do the heather in
getting free from theirs.
lie Appeared and Disappeared.
During the forty days following our
Lords resurrection, His appearances TO
His disciples were but for few mo-
ments each time. and in various bodies
once as a gardener. another time as Il
traveller. third time as stranger on
appearances would probably not have
exceeded four hours out of the entire
forty days. We were not critical stu
dents when We overlooked these things.
and forgot to ask ourselves why these
things were so.
Now We see. more distinctly why our
Lord did as He did. His disciples were
natural men and could not appreciate
spiritual things. Furthermore. they could
no; receive guiding of the Holy Spirit
until our Lords ascension and appear,
ance in the Fathers presence on behalf
of the Church. to make satisfaction for
their sins and to make them acceptable
with Himself. Had
Jesus assembled Immediately after III,
resurrection. the stunned and bewildered
disciples would have had no assurance OF
His resurrection. They would have
found il impossible to go out and tell the
people that He had risen from the dead
when they had no proof to this effect.
Even IL Jesus had appeared to them as
He did to Saul of Tarsus. this would not
have been convincing and satisfactory.
They might have said. Here Is a phenom.
enon. but how can We positively asso-
Matters were different with Saul He
needed something to arouse him thor
oughly ard to teach him for all time.
and others through him. that the Lord
il not a man. but that Spirit Besides.
the disciples we're able to give Saul as
surances of what they knew respecting
Jesus resurrection. and ascension.
Our Lord adopted the only reasonable
stx.lA flrnf
was no longer dead. and that He was
No longer human. but had been glorified
and had become a spirit being. The two
things were necessary. and they were
done at the same time.