The Washington times., 1915-02-08

is imperfect through inherited sin and
weaknesses. With our minds we serve
Gods Law and approve 1t; but with our
bodies we come short. How shall we
be delivered? Are we hopeless as re-
spects Divine approval and eternal life?
Eternal Life the Gift of God, =
In our moment of perplexity we hear
Gods Message speaking peace through
Jesus Christ" The Message Of Peace
is that what we could not do for our
selves God has provided shall be done
for us through our Lord Jesus. Our
failure to keep the Law marks us as
unworthy of eternal life and worthy
Of the wages Of sin-not eternal tor.
ment. but death. God IN mercy con-
cludcd to offer us eternal life as a gift
because of our not actually meriting
II under His legal requirements. Thus
we read. The wages of sin is death;
but the gift Of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord
But the gift is conditional, as cx-
pressed in the words, Through Jesus
Christ our Lord" Only those who ac-
cept Jesus Christ as "the Way, the
Truth and the Life" may have the
Divine gift of eternal life. Hence It
will be seen to be a mistake to SUD-
pose that the heather at home or
abroad can get eternal life in ignorance
OF Christ. All the Scriptures confirm
this. and declare not only that we can
Gods law, but that there is none
other name under Heavan given
amongst men, whereby we must be
saved. through faith in His blood.
does God so limit His gift Of eternal
life? Gods Law represents HimseI II
and cannot change. He cannot REQUIRE
less than perfection. To do so would
be to fiji the Universe With depraved
and imperfect beings. God has higher
tian than this and declares. "As the
heavens are higher than the earth. 'hu
are My ways higher than your ways"
he explains that His ultimate purpose
Is that there shall be no ir1perfect
hearts are loyal to Him and the prin.
ciples Of His government shall be per.
fected. and all others shall be DESTROYED
in the Second Death.
Thus eventually. every knee shall
bow and every tongue confess, to the
glory of Cod Then every creature
in Heaven and on earth shall be heard
saying. Blessing and honor and glory
and power be unto Him that sitteth
upon the Throne. and unto the Lamb
forever.
"ie Are Bought With q Price,"
Possibly God could have ARRANGED
some other way Of dealing with sin and
sinners which would not have required
Jesus death as the ransom price, the
redemption price, for sinners But the
| fact that this method was adoptcd by
our great Creator assures us shat nc
other method would have been so wise
| so just. SO beneficial. God has provided
in Jesus for the satisfaction Of Divine
! Justice as respects all of the condemned
human race who desire to return 10 His
favor.
We agree with all the orthodox creed.
Of Christendom that only full repent.
ance from SIN. full faith in the Re.
| deemer's sacrifice. and a full consecra
! ton of heart and life. to do Gods will
and nothing short of this attainmen,
will gain the salvation which Cod
now holds out to mankind. To those
who prove faithful to their Covenant OF
Sacrifice the great reward is promised
glory: honor immortality and Joint
| heirship with our Lord in His Mlllen,
| NAL Kingdom and its work Of blessins
all the families of the earth
Our disagreement with ali orthodo,
| creeds is in respect to what shall bt
| done with those who do not present
themselves TO God ana who are not be
| gotten OF the Holy Spirit. The creed'
Of the Dark Ages misrcpresented tho
Bible teachings respecting these ant
| declared that they are all to be con
| signed to Purgatory or to He'll tor
! mcnt. The teaching of Gods Word !.
the very reverse of this The Scrip
lures declare, ''In thy SeaG shall all tn,
| families Of the earth be blessed"-no
damned. For the Thousand years o.
Christ's Reign the worlds uplifting, o.
resurrection. will proceed. until 9TH,
knowledge Of the glory of God shal
| FIJI the whole earth as the waters cove
the sea."-Isaiah 1l:9, Habakkuk eli
. Love Mercy and Walk Humbly.
1t may astonish some that God re
ouircs even more than Justice. His lega
standard. In His permission of sin an,
it's wage of death He has shown Hi
; own mercy by providing a Redeemer
And it is for the sinners good that Go,
requires that all who will have full
benefit Of His mercy shall cultivate thi
| quality in their own hearts. As tn
sinner, attempting to conform his lif
10 the perfect standard, finds himsel