The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-10-09


greatly desire thy
beauty: for He is thy Lord. AMI wor-
ship thou Him" Psalm 1910. Ill.
The Pastor declared that the Forty
fifth Psalm is prophetic and refers 10
the Church of Christ. called out during
the Gospel Age TO he the Bride or
Christ. The Prophet pictures the Call
of this Age. the terms Of the Call.
and the Brides preparation Tor her
marriage TO the Kings Son The ex-
hortation is that those espoused to
Christ are TO be separate from the
world Hence the injunction. FORGET
thine own people and thine fathers
House Their own people are the
human family: their father is Adam
All mankind belong TO Adams House
and have natural interest in his in
heritance.
The Church. however. have been
called ont of this condition. and in
vited to become the Bride. the Lambs
Wife Revelation 21:2. 9-11J None
of the human family could claim to
be worthy of this high exaltation; for
none could keep Gods Law Our Lord
Jesus was the only one who could keep
il The Law Is the full measure OF
perfect mans ability: and. save Adam.
there has never been a perfect man
upon the earth. bur our Lord Having
kept the Law. He became Heir OF all
things: and just as wealthy man
might take beggar for n wife. so our
Lord Jesus Is to take Bride from
the fallen human family and exalt her
This Is the Heavenly Calling Of the
Gospel Church
The speaker showed that God is
calling the Bride for His Son as in the
case of Abraham and Isaac. Abraham
typified Jehovah: Isaac. our Lord
Jesus: and Isaac's bride. Rebecca the
Church. As Abraham sent his servant
to seek bride for Isaac. so throughout
this Gospel Age God has sent the Mes
sage of His grace by His Holy Spirit.
to seek Bride for His Son.
The Terms of Their Covenant Binding.
The special class that God has been
gathering out of the world for eighteen
centuries to be the Bride of Christ
have entered into a special covenant
with Him. psalm 50:5J The terms are
full surrender TO Him. The Church
class must give up their wills to God
This agreement is more binding than
any earthly marriage contract.
Immediately the Divine promises be-
gin to work in this class to will and to
do of Gods good pleasure. This is Il
transforming work ,Romans l2:2.j
Their body remains unchanged. but
they have a new mind They are New
Creatures. e Corinthians 5:l7.i The
things that once they loved they now
hate: and as Gods Spirit abounds in
them increasingly. they become copies
of their Redeemer.-Romans S:29.
In the Hebrew marriage contract. if
the bride-elect was guilty of infidelity
TO her betrothed. the unfaithfnlness
was punished by death So Ii any of
the Church class violate their contract
and are unfaithful to their Lord. they
come under the penalty of the Second
Death. This does not mean. however
that they might not make unintention-
al slips of various kinds. Presumably
nc child of God living has not made
such slips. But when these err. they
are privileged TO go TO the Throne of
Heavenly Grace 10 obtain mercy
through Christ As long az they are in
the flesh they will need mercy.
tha O,k o.,
Then the Pastor explained i'm detail
how the Christian may keep his robe
''unspotted from the world There are
two classes of Christians. One class
makes haste 10 remove these spots as
soon as these are seen: the other class
are very careless in this respect There
is but one way to remove n spot from
the Christians robe. He must take the
matter TO the Throne of Grace: and
whatever his sin whether temper ar
what-when the lapse has been ae-
knowledged. the cleansing merit OF
Jesus blood is applied and the robe is
thus kept white.-1 John 1919.
Many Christians do not take these
sreps At first they were very careful:
but when they found that they were
sften overtaken by feshly weaknesses.
they were so Inundated that they
yielded to the temptation 70 remain
away from the Mercy-Seat provided
COR the very purpose of cleansing them.
Thus they are not living close to the
Lord. Such viii be disappointed in
this Day Of Christ: for only those who
are spotless will the King greatly love