The Clio messenger. (Clio, Mich.) 1907-current, 1916-07-07

af persons the son
of God will appear
as Lord, and the acceptance OF such
will depend on their treatment or MIN
as Jesus.
The Son of God Is Savior.
The attitude Of the son OF God up
to the present time that is directly
inviting attention is that CT savior,
which is the meaning of the word
Jesus. The term savior at once i'm
plies that there is something from
which a man is saved, and we may
note briefly that by the son of God
man is saved, first, from the penalty
Of sin in this life as in the life to
come. Whether one is saved as tc
the future penalty or not, he is not
saved from the consequences OF sin
in this life, the law Of Galatians 81
obtaining in the case Of the regenerate
man as in the case of the unregener'
ate, Whatsoever a man soweth, that
shall he also reap" There is be
yond; there is eternal death to the
one that is not saved from it; and the
son of God saves from that. He'll is
not a myth; nor eternal exclusion
from the presence Of God; they are
realities and the son of God came to
save men from these on the simple
condition of faith.
Jesus saves also from the power OF
Satan. This salvation applies very
largely to this life, for after a man
believes and is justified Satans grip
on him loosens-he Is no longer his
Lord. The man is legally free, and
after the struggles of this life are
over, he will be perfectly free. The
son of God also saves from the power
of sin. In the unregenerate state a
man is the slave of sin, but when he
is saved by the grace of God that
slavery is broken-is practically gone
A new life enters and persists, and
never gives up until it is victorious
and so the subject of this struggle en-.
tiers the other world free from not
only the penalty but from the power
of Satan and sin-his salvation is
perfect.
Son Of God as Lord.
But possibly the work of the son o.
God as savior will so absorb attention
that man forgets that the son of God
is Lord as we'll When on earth Jesus
said: "Ye call me Lord and master
and SO | am" The moment a man is
saved spiritually, that moment has he
oorna nnIor tho nnntro1 nf onofba,
Lord, the son of God This lordshir
must be supreme, reaching to the
whole man.
The body Is to be preserved as un.
der the lordship Of Jesus Christ. AS
well must the intellect also acknowl
edge this lordship; spiritual man
must yield his thoughts to those OF
God. Equally so must his affections
or desires be in subsection. He can.
not love what his Lord does not love !;
nor hate what his Lord does not hate
Here Is the place where Christians
easily fall, many of them having loves
that belong to the world, and in just
so far they deny their saviors lord.
ship. Equally so must che will be in
subsection; the Christian has no right
to his own will. The supreme mo.
ment of the earthly career of our Lord
was when he said: mot my will, but
thine, be DONE"
Time, Influence and Wealth.
While all mans personality is EN-.
braced in the things just noted, it is
we'll to note that mans time is not
his own, for it is only in the lapse OF
time that his personality can operate.
If the Lord says work" the Christian
must work; IL he says rest" the
Christian must rest; and possibly a
man can sin as really in disobeying
the latter command as the former.
Naturally, too, mans influence must
acknowledge the lordship of the SOD
Of God; mo man liveth unto himself
and no man dieth unto himself" A
mans proper consideration of his in.
fluence will often enable him to Judge
as to right action In connection with
the body, mind, affections or will. II
is not always a question when q Ger.
tain action is before one for considera.
tion whether this will injure or bene.
fit the individual, but what will be it's
influence on others. Quite logically,
also, this lordship extends to material
possessions.