River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1915-02-11
aye Are Bought With a Price"


aye Are Bought With a Price"
Possibly God could have arranged
some other way of dealing with sin
and sinners which would not have re-
quired the death of Jesus as the Ran
som-price, the Redemption-price. for
sinners. But the fact that this meth
Cd was adopted by our great Creator
assures us that no other method would
have been SO wise, so just, so bene-
fetal. No other method would have
so fully demonstrated Gods Wisdom,
Justice, Love and Power.
In brief. then, Gods arrangement is
that all Of His human creatures shall
have opportunity of full return to har-
mony with Himself, provided they
wish to do so. provided their hearts,
their wills. are fully responsive to the
letter and the spirit of His Law-the
requirements set forth i'll our text.
God has provided in Jesus for the sat
isfaction of Divine Justice as respects
all of the condemned race who desire
to return to His favor
We agree with all the orthodox
creeds of Christendom that only re-
pentance of sin and an endeavor to
/ put it away from our thoughts. words
and deeds. combined with faith in the
Redeemers sacrifice and a full cOnse
Grafton of heart and life to do the
Fathers will. are attainments nothing
short Of which will gain the salvation
which God IS now holding out to man
kind To such as comply with these
conditions the Apostle explains that
the righteousness of the Law of God,
! His full requirement, lis fulfilled in
/ us who walk not after the flesh but
after the Spirit" -Romans 81.
/ From the moment of our conSecra-
ton and begetting of the Holy Spirit
God deals with this class as with
sons He trains them in the School Of
Christ, disciplining. Christening. prov
ing them, testing the sincerity of their
conservation vows and the loyalty OF
/ their hearts. To those who prove
faithful the great reward is promised
glory, honor. Immortality. joint-heir-
ship with Jesus Christ in His Millen-
NAL Kingdom and it's work of blessing
all the families of the earth.
Our disagreement with all orthodox
creeds is respecting what shall be done
with the unsaintly-with those who do
not present themselves to God and who
are not begotten again of the Holy
| Spirit Our creeds of the Dark Ages
misrepresented the teachings Of the Bi-
BILE in respect to these and told us that
they are all to be consigned for hun
dreds or thousands of years to Purga-
tory or for all eternity i'll He'll torment.
! Not such is the teaching of Gods
! Word, but the very reverse, as we have
! previously shown.
The Scriptures do not declare. In thy
Seed shall all the families Of the earth
| be damned; but-the very reverse Of
this-that they shall all be blessed. All
the sin-binded eyes shall be opened.
All the deaf ears of ignorance shall be
unstopped. During that blest thousand
years of Christs Reign the worlds
uplifting or resurrection will pro-
coed, while the knowledge Of the
! glory of God shall fill the whole earth.
i The angels on the plains of Bethlehem
did not declare to the shepherds, Fear
| greatly; for behold, we bring you bad
tidings of great misery which shall be
unto all people, Their message was
the very reverse of this: Fear not; be-
hold, we bring you Good Tidings Of
great joy which shall be unto all peO-
ple."-Luke 2:10. II.
God, who had a due time for calling
Natural Israel and who had also due
time for calling Spiritual Israel, has
due time for making known the riches
of His grace to the non-elect world Of
mankind And the Elect Of Spiritual
Israel and Of Natural Israel are to be
the channels of this Divine mercy and
grace, which during the Millennial Age
will flow as a river Of salvation, and to
which all mankind will be invited to
come and drink freely.
Love Mercy and Walk Humbly.
1t may astonish some that God re-
QuireS even more than Justice, which
in His legal standard. In His permits
sion of sin and it's wage of death. He
has shown His own mercy and love.
for the good of all. that God requires
that all who desire the full benefit Of
His mercy shall be required to cult
vate this mercy in their own hearts.
AS the sinner attempts to conform his
life to the perfect standard, and finds
| himself unable to keep Gods Law and
obliged to come for mercy to the
Throne of Grace he is informed that
he can have mercy only upon condition
that he will exercise similar mercy to-
ward those who trespass against him.
his ideals. his interests.
To love mercy is to go even be-
yond loving justice. and signifies a de-
light in yielding personal rights and
privileges in the interest of others,
where no principles are involved. 1t
implies readiness to forgive the faults
of OfhprS-a Discrimination to be too