Graham guardian. [volume] (Safford, Ariz.) 1895-1923, 1916-04-07

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llPANlOR RUSStllJl formed to the i'm.
age of His Son,
hat ,lc rigm be the Flrst-born
among many brethren. Romans $50.
The Pastor began by showing that
Goa has had special purpose in ev.
crything which He has made, and has
in view a blessing for all His Crea
lures Jehovah is great Architect.
whose plans and specifications were all
drawn up before our earth came into
existence. He has not been working
In a haphaZard manner. doubtful Of
the outcome of His purposes, as once
we supposed in our ignorance and
blindness. Many of Us once thought
that the Devil had come into competi.
ton with the Almighty. and was so
opposing His plans that God did not
know just what to do. but tried one
plan after another We supposed that
somehow God would finally get His
few children out Of Sntan's clutches,
but that all the rest of mankind would
be tortured cternally In place which
we called He'll
All Bible students now see that such
ideas are very crude and confused, es.
pecially in the light of the Scripture
which says that God had foreknown
all things from the foundation Of the
world. We are thankful indeed that
this darkness Is scattered; and that we
can now see why God has permitted
evil, md that He will ultimately over.
rule all things for the good of both
Church and WORKPLACES 1918; Ephe
slams SO; Isaiah 55:S.1l
Second Adam and Eve, and Their Work.
Then the speaker briefly outlined the
Divine Plan God predetermined first
the creation of angels Of various rauks
and then the creation Of man: and MI
this through the LOgOs, our Lord Jesus
Christ in His pre-eXiStent state, as the
Fathers Agent. lJOhu 1:1-3O God
fOrekMew that man would fan into sin
He knew that at the proper time He
would send the LOgOS, His well-DelOV.
knew that He would issue special
Call for a Churchcass to be associated
with our Lord as His Bride, for the
judging. instructlng and restoring Of
the AdamiC race.
Thus the Bible presents a beautiful
picture-a Second Adam, our Lord
Jesus in HIS highly exalted condition,
the reward Of His obedience unto
death; and Second Eve. the glorified
, Church. These are to be the new Ia
Their and Mother of the race. As the
mother nourishes the life generated
by the father, so the glJritied Church
/ will care for and, flourish the human
family who wiz then be re@enerated,
! re-Created. by cur Lord Jesus Christ
Step by step the, Bride Of the Lamb
will raise the ransOmed and redeemed
race to human perfection whatsoever
will Corinthians 1871. % I5-47.
John 5:@S. %; Revelation 22:17
The Bible Predestination.
Al one time the word predestinatiOn
was supposed To signify that God had
elected the Church to glory and the
| remainder of mankind to eternal mis-
cry \ careful examination Of the
subject reveals no such thought in
the Bible. Our! text clearly states
that God has prcdestinated that the
Church he Individually conformed to
the image of HIS dear SOn-beCOme
character likenesses of our Lord. No
| one will be a member Of the glorified
Church who does not reach this stand
ard. Before the foundation Of the
world God foreknew the Church class,
one hundred and forty-fCur thousand
| ip number. pr"destincd to be charac
| ter-likpneSSCS Of His Son.
To attain this standard requires time
Our Lord Jesus Himself had to dem
onStrate His loyalty to the Father;
and so must the Church class. In their
case however, this loyalty is demon
strated in their wills, their minds.
their hearts, and manifested In their
works to the best Of their ability; for
| their bodies being more or less weak
encd by the hereditary faint Of sin
| tu'N 'hllll'l w P'Ilt'llN, us uiu oul
Lord. But their unavoidable imperfeC.
lions of flesh are covered by the merit
Of the Savior.
In order to develop this character.
TRIALS arc necessary. These may
be summed mp under two heads; faith
| and loyalty Faith In our Lord Jesus
IL one Of the great tcsts-not merely
belief that He was the Son Of God, but
something very different. Faith In
Gods promises and prOvidences is es-
Sential Loyalty to God means loyal
ty to the principles Of righteousness.
1t goes beyond the Golden Rule and
on to love Of God. Of the brethren, OF
the world and even Of our enemies
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