The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1915-10-02

hearing ear; and secondly. by hav-
ing the Divine favor In that God has
made All the arrangements whereby
they might receive the begefting OF the
Holy Spirit. Each one must make his
own calling and election sure Coo
does His part in leading and in making
ND for all blemishes. through Christ
The primary qualification that God re-
quires is heart loyalty. True Christians
have this loyalty at the beginning. and
must maintain II throughout their
course. If they would make their call
ing and election sure.
While il il good thing to say. Il
have made a full conservation 10 God.
vet that conservation must continue
The same spirit that led one to cea-
secr;ite himself must remain until the
comp!etion Of his baptism. The speak
err demonstrated that baptism Is not
complete when one takes the step OF
entire conservation. He cited our Lords
case When Jesus drew near the close
of His ministry. three and half years
after His baptism In Jordan. He said.
II have n baptism to be baptized with.
and how am | straitened until 1t be
Accomplished luke 12:50) On the
following day ii was completed: on the
Cross He exclaimed. 1T is fnishedr'
SO the baptism of the true Christian
win he finished only in death.
"A savens Were Opened Unto Him."
The Pastor next discussed the ilumi-
nation Of mind which accompanies the
begetting Of the Holy Spirit. After
Jesus had been baptized Of John. the
Holy Spirit descended upon Him like
dove. land the heavens were opened
unto Him" That Is. the entire Old
Testament opened up to His under
standing rs never before. Immediately
after this. His mind being active. He
was driven into the wilderness by His
own spirit. to think over these hitherto
obscure Scriptures: and there He had
a forty day Bible study During that
period He apparently did not even be-
come hungry.
Doubtless one of the subjects about
which He thought was the Passover.
What did it mean? Who was passed
over? Whom did the lamb typify?
What did the coming out from Egypt
predgure? What the overthrow of Pha-
raoh and his hosts? What the giving
of the Law at Mount Sinai. the will
derness journey. the entrance into Ca
nam? Il Corinthians l0:l-11.l We
would not have known these things
had not the Holy Spirit through the
Apostles shown them. Until Jesus was
-begotten. He understood not these
wonderful types.
Doubtless He also thought on the
Psalms and the prophecies. He saw
that He was to be the antitypical Pass
over Lamb isaiah $50: that He was
to let evil men take His life from Him
and was not to interpose. not even ask
God to hinder them Doubtless he con-
sidered the typical AtoDement Day
the bullock. the lords goat. the scape
goat. the burning of the fat. etc. upon
the brazen altar. the sprinkling Of the
blood within the Most Holy. the burn
ing of the carcass without the camp.
etc. Then He saw that these types
were TO he fulfilled In Himself and His
followers. Luke 2+:2I: Heb. i3:i1-f3
The Church Following His Steps.
The remainder of the discourse ex-
planned how the Church throughout
the Gospel Age has followed her Re-
deemer. To each consecrated Christian
Is imputed whatever per cent. Of
Christ's merit is needed to make up
whatever each lacks of perfection.
such as Adam had before be fell. The
one having but ten per cent. needs that
the Lord supply ninety per cent. The
one having thirty-ive per cent. needs
sixty-five per cent. Where the greater
is the need. grace so much more
Romans 5:19-21.
The word Christ was shown to be
rot merely personal name, but the
name OF an Office Jesus il .he Head
Of The Christ: the Church Is the Body.
St Paul knew that TO gain member
ship In the Body OF Christ he must
give up everything. But he counted
all earthly interests but loss and dross
compared with winning place In The
Philippians 3:1-11.
ST. Paurs hope was to attain to the
First Resurrection. The Body of Christ
are to share the same resurrection that
Jesus had. The Apostle mentions the
terms: THAT I might know Him and
the power of His resurrection. and the
fellowship of His sufferings. being con-
formed unto His DEATH" The Church
class have been redeemed from the
Adamic death penalty. and are dying
voluntarily with Jesus. having given
mp all earthly interests. to share His
nature and His glory.