River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-09-28


we are looAIng for something due
in the tomorrow which is not yet an
event of our day. 1t is, however, as
sure as If it were a present-day fact.
BY the numerous prophecies concern
ing the birth, the ministry, the death.
resurrection, ascension and interces-
sion of our Lord Jesus Christ full
filled TO the letter, we are compelled
TO credit a like fulfilling of these still
due in the fulness of time. Surpass-
ingly great is the expression to us OF
Gods goodness in letting us know GER
tain outstanding parts of his program
before they actually come to pass.
The miracle of Gods foreknowledge
giving us certain information which
itself provides us with fund of know
ledge simply stupendous-we have the
privilege of drawing on the treasure
house of Gods foreknowledge.
The two short words, mot yet"
suggest fixedness of fact with which
we are to be confronted some day.
But today it Is in contrast with that,
for ii is choosing day. That second
word of the two tells the story, 4
is ''yet." "Yet there is ROOM" yet
a little while, and he that shall come
will come y The word reminds one OF
the snap and cracking of parlor
match. The time for choosing is snap
ping, but will it bring light or will
the winds of unyielded will blow the
| light out?
The direct import of these two
| words Is in their association with
what is declared about the coming
| day when everything shall be COM
| pletely subjected to Jesus Christ. Be
cause this is not yet accomplished, the
| scene round about us Is one of sin,
sorrow and death. This has existed
so uninterruptedly since our earliest
/ days and long before that we sink
into the habit of rating it as OF ever
| lasting endurance. We add our little
efforts, sincerely put forth, to defeat
these, but they still prevail. Tears
and heartaches endure and multiply.
| But all this is i'm the present. Out
before us yOnder all will be changed,
for Jesus will have all things put I'M
der him. "Sit thou on my right hand
until make thy foes thy footstooll"
| Quoted In Acts "a. 35). Yes, indeed.
| this earth has not yet witnessed the
| final acts of Jesus Christ. We are
| like the thrOngs lining the street sides
with necks strained to help us see the
| distinguished person coming in the
great parade, for HE must reign :"
yet little while I"
Here surely is "a most important
question. 1t concerns the person mot
YETI subjected to our Lord Jesus
Christ. Are you, then, classified with
| lawlessness and tears and heartbreaks
and deaths because you are not sub
| fected to Jesus Christ? Diseases and
infirnities, thorns and thistles, the
devil and demons-all these represent
| that there Is lack of subsection to
Jesus Christ. Are you following this
line OF thought with me and to the
horrible list OF such as these would
you add your name? Men will subject
| themselves to WEAKNESS for wealth,
| to pain for popularity, to folly for
| fellowship and to perversity for pleas
ure. but such men will not halt and
heed what is offered them in Jesus
Christ.
Not yet subjected! Time enough to
have done it ten thousand times.
Thoughts enough about 1t and appeals
enough given to have had 1t done ten
thousand times but-"not yet" Not yet
subjected! Then one must be yet
reiacter. The situation demands that
we be subject or an enemy.
Fairly considered, the thought that
IL the world were subjected to Jesus
Christ, all would be well, should af-
feet our decision for our immediate
subsection to him. We may observe
that not yet is Satan chained, not yet
creation restored, not yet peace on
earth" but even so, what could it all
mean to us unless we personally have
accepted Christ as Savior and Lord?
The first great step of all is for us to
accept Him. The subsection of my soul
10 him is the very first consideration.
tt is a personal matter.