The Mena weekly star., 1916-08-17

MY the discourse was
 RASIQR RU5SElllJ the Call and De
 velopment of { h e Church of Christ. These, called during the Gospel Age. are the only ones with whom the Lord Is now directly dealing. Originally they were under the Adamic death sentence. But through the sacri- ticial death of our Lord Jesus. God has arranged to extend to them an invita-. ton to become His sons on new plane the highest fin existence. From the time of their spirit t-begetting to this new nature until their birth in the First Resurrection this class are subject to experiences designed to develop in them the character-likeness of Christ. Those who make their calling and cleo tion sure will be glorified with their Lord and will share in His exaltation
 The Pastor showed that his text ap- plies. not to the world, but to the Church. This class were formerly dead in the sense that they were con- demned in Adam, like the remainder of his posterity. They were included in his death sentence. From the Di. vine standpoint, Adams children are dead race. No human being has life in legal sense except those who have obtained 1t from God through His ap- pointed Channel-the Lord Jesus Christ the great Life-giver to the world. The life which He will give to Adams pos terity in Gods due time will be the life which He purchased for them by the sacrifice of His own human nature.
 The Scriptures speak of Adam in his original perfection as son of God (Luke 3:3S) He was a human sorl. The holy angels are also sons of God, as the Bible declares. Adam lost this relationship through disobedience. Con. sequently there is no sense in which his posterity are children of God. But through our Redeemer God has opened way by which He could. during this Gospel Age, call some of Adams sons to become New Creation, sons of God on the Divine plane. c Peter 1:4 John 3:1-3.) The arrangement by which He is doing this Is suggested in. You = hath He quickened."
 How These Sons Were ouickened.
 The Apostle Is not here speaking of the birth of this class in the First Res. urrection, but of their present condi- ton. They were quickened-made alive as New Creatures in Christ when. after having accepted Christ as their Savior and having presented themselves in full conservation to God. they were received and had imputed to them the merit of Christ's blood. There they were begotten of Gods Holy Spirit Ills powerl to new na- ture. There the new life In Christ had it's beginning. This embryo life Is to grow and develop until its perfection in the resurrection. when 1t will re- ceive it's new spiritual body.
 Though these spiritual sons are the creation of the Heavenly Father, yet their qdlckening could not come with out the Son. q Corinthians 6:6.) Not that the Son quickened them; but that He died for the sin of the world. and so opened the way by which any of Adams posterity could approach the Father. Moreover. since this called class must still use their imperfect hu- man bodies, it Is necessary that their Redeemer's merit continually cover them as robe while they remain In the flesh; and because of their daily imperfections they need Jesus to be their Advocate with the Father. that they may continue to be acceptable 1 John 2I.
 The Pastor then demonstrated con clusively from Scripture that there are two salyations therein presented: one for the Church. the other for the world. (Hebrews 2:3: Jude 3; John 2:3; etc.l The Church receives life from the Heavenly Father. through the Lord Jesus Christ The world will receive life as a direct gift from the Son. who alone will deal with man kind during the incoming Age. Our Lord Jesus will be the worlds Ever lasting lAge-lastingl Father" But He is the Church's Elder Brother. The world will not have access to the Fa- ther until the close of the Millennium. The Church has access now, through the imputed merit Of our Lord Jesus.
 What the world will receive during the next Age is something purchased for them directly by our Lord. What the Church receives ts something far above what was purchased by Christ This purchased human life they laid down as a joint-sacrifice with their Lord, fin order that they might share in His sufferings and in the glory to follow. Jehovah's great Plan is being m rried ot-t t,rr,, q xpondorf,rt soata