Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1921-06-18

1t unto one Of these my brethren,
even these least, We did 1t unto me."-
Matt. Is 40.
The social order is the relation
which we bear to one another as
friend or neighbor, as employer ana
employee, as citizens, as merchants
and buyer, ruler and subject. 1t is
just as impossible to make this Chris
tian until Jesus comes as 1t is to
Christian without His personal pres
ence and reign. In fact, a careful
study of the passages chosen would
make any one doubt that Jesus ever
intended such teaching from these
passages. In the first we have the
record of the first time He came back
to Nazareth after His baptism. He
was guided by the Spirit to read
passage from Isaiah, and He was
also guided by the Spirit to stop just
where He did Read it for yourself.
And the day of vengeance Of our
God" If His amounting by the Spirit
would enable Him and His followers
to make the social order Christian
why should there ever be q "day Of
vengeance of our God?' Qsa. 61:1-2O
And if we turn to the other pas
sage we are confronted with another
become Christian. Why are some
spoken of as those who did it not?"
In fact, the latter passage is a
description of the judgment. of the
living Gentle nations for their treat
ment of the Jews, particularly during
the last seven years of the Jewish
age. Any other Interpretation of 1t
would teach salvation by works,and
this is absolutely contrary to the rest
of the Bible, and therefore cannot
be so. (Eph. rs, 9; Rom. 5000
The interesting fact is that Jesus
was anointed by the Spirit for five
fold work of grace. .,,o
l. To teach good tidlngs TO the
2. To proclaim release to the
5. To proclaim recovery of sight
to the blind.
s. To proclaim the acceptable year
Preaching and proclaiming were
His tasks, and for this He was
anointed by the Spirit of God.
The amounting by the Spirit was ao-
for Him to accomplish that task. ne
had emptied Himself in taking upon
Himself the form of a man; and as
a man He was absolutely dependent
upon the presence of the Spirit of
God to enable Him to accomplish His
lll0 IdSh W III SdSIlIlSS IC1NllIAlSB ALSS"t
ing. 1t was by an acceptable sacrl-
flee to God (Heb. 9:14, and it was
by that same Spirit that He was
raised again from the dead Il Peter
3:18).
His Task and Ours.
It is Fascinating to know that
when He left He promised to send
to us that same Spirit to abide in us.
And He is given US in order that we
may reproduce the life of Christ
not initiate it, but reproduce it. To
initiate it is to work in the energy
of the flesh; to reproduce it is to
work of the Spirit. And if we do
not grieve the Spirit of God. if we
do not quench Him, but yield to
Him, we will find Him upon us and
in US doing this five-fold work
preaching the good tidings to the
poor, proclaiming release to those
who have been blinded by the good
of this world that they may see the
glory Of God in the face of Jesus
Christ, setting at liberty those who
have been bruised by the fiery darts
of the evil one and proclaiming that
now is the accepted time, now is the
day of salvation.
That same Spirit will develop in
us the life that is Christ-not the
life that is like Christ, but the life
that is Christ. So that He may