The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-05-15

1 is on trial for life or death ever
lasting during this Gospel age, and
that death settles the question as
to whether one is lost or saved.
are among some of the dead flies of
error which make the Adyentisl,s
Gospel pudding" nauseating to The
logical minded and truth hungry
pei son | admire the zeal with
which the Advents do what they
beileve to be right in many respects.
but | do not admire their closing
their eyes to The plain and logical
truth stalled by the Apostle and the
Lord Jesus Christ concerning many
| points OF vital interest for the sal
Vatlon OF Man. | note them to be
like many other well meaning per-
sons who are able to quote much
scripture but gifted on miSinterpre-
talon not Intentionally, of course.
but ignoranily. But | am very thank
ful that the God serve will reward
them for all the good they DO with
good intention; but may it be un-
derstood that the highest rewards
and blessings in the Kingdom of
God will go TO those who under
stand the plans of God and do aud
teach accordingly. (Math. 5: l9j.
AGVentiSiSm is not the only "ism'
contaminated with error. Nearly
al of the "ismS" have within their
Gospel Pie the dead flies of i'm
mortality of the soul, He'll Fire.
Eternal Torment, and the doctrine
of the Trinity.
The Christian has come into re-
laiionship with God not under the
terms of the Law Covenant made
with the Jews, but under the terms
of the new Covenent sealed and
ratified with the precious blood of
Christ. The Christians therefore
have nothing whatever to do with
the terms and conditions of the
Jewish Covenant which bore only
upon Israel after the flesh The
fact that by the deeds of the Law
Covenant no flesh was justified in
Gods sight (Romans 3: 20), leads us
tc rejoice that We have better
covenant with God through Christ.
Our covenant is very much higher
than the Law Covenant, just as its
mediator, Christ, is much higher
than was the mediator of the Law
Covenant Moses. So also is Spirit
ual Israel (All who come into Christ
by consecreation), is much highet
in every way than was fleshly Is
racl. The foundation of our covrn-
ant is not the Ten Commandments
written in stone, delivered at Sinai,
but much higher statement of the
Divine Law-The Spirit of that law,
the meaning, the intent, the grand
completeness of the Divine Law, of
which the Ten Commandments was
but an incomplete statement brought
down to the measurable compre.
hension OF that people. Our new
commandment, as expressed ny our
Master, Jesus, is not composed of
- a number OF threats, thou shai! not!
thou shalt not! But is composed of
one Commandment, thou shalt love
the Lord thy God and thy fellow
creatures. Love is the fulfilling of
the Jewish Law but fulfilling also
/. of the entire Law of God, as il re-
lateS to himself and all his crea-
, lures. In this new Commandment,
there is no reference whatever to
a Sabbath Day. Nevertheless, as the
Ten Commandments to Israel and
their Covenent and their Mediator,
fore-Shadowed this higher law 0;
! Love and our New Covenent and
our Great Mediator, so also we find
, that the Sabbath feature of the Jew
ish Law has an anti-type on high
er plane in the Christian experience
"a better Sabbath. In the type it
was physical rest to the natural,
, typical lsrealite. In the antitype it
is II mental rest, a heart rest to
the antitypical lSrealite. As the Jew
iSll Sabbath Day typiiied the rest
Of heart, the JOY and peace which
Christians possess through faith in
Ch'ist, in realizing their sins for
given, ther iniquitieS pardoned and
themselves reconciled to God thru
the death of his son, SO also the law
of the New Covenent, Love, com
mands all who are in Christ to rest
}, in full faith in the great work
I finished for us, by our Mediator at
B., Calvary. AS the Apostle declares:
Being justified by faith we have
:: peace (resD with God through our
Lord Jesus Christ" Thus we en-
JOY the rest or Sabbath of our New
! Covonent. Thus the New Mediator
has provided for his Spiritual Is
real a very much better rest than
that which was provided by the
Typical Mediator for the Typical
Isreal. As seven is a type of per-
fection, of completeness, so the
Seventh Day of rest was type of
the complete or perfect rest which
we have in Christ, which ISreal af-
ter the flesh never did and never