The Mississippi enterprise. (Jackson, Miss.) 1938-current, 1960-12-03

of the experiment which he be-
gan with many centuries be-
fore. If this would be accom-
plished it would be the occa-
sion for gladness, praise, and
rejoicing.
THE NEW COVENANT:
Behold, the days come.
saith the Lord, that | will
make a new covenant with the
house of Israel, and with the
house of Judah" The
days would come when the
Lord would come forth with
a new covenant. Heretofore
Judah had borne most of the
responsibility of keeping alive
the religious fervor and spirit
ual influence in Israel because
Israel had sold herself COM
pletely to serve pagan gods.
Under the new covenant this
barrier would no longer per-
sist. Not according to the
covenant | made with their
fathers in the day that | took
them by the hand to bring
them out of the land of Egypt;
which my covenant they brake,
although | was an husband un-
to them, saith the Lord
This covenant was broken be-
cause the people refused to
keep the commandment of the
Lord, but insisted on doing as
they wished, Notwithstanding
that the Lord had been their
d verer and provider
through all their bitter expert
ences. But this shall be the
covenant that l will make with
the house of Israel; After
those days, saith the Lord,
will put my law in their in
ward parts, and write it in
their hearts; and will be their
God, and they shall be my
people - This covenant of
grace which we shall consider
as unfailing is the motivation
toward sincere religion that
has its place in the heart of
the individual. And they
shall teach no more every man
his neighbour and every man
his brother, saying, Know the
Lord: for they shall all know
me, from the least of them
unto the greatest of them,
saith the Lord: for | will for
give their iniquity, and / will
remember their sins no more
incentive to worship and
to know the Lord will come
from within instead of from
without under the new cove
nant, and this incentive will
know no line of discrimina-
ton, but will be the heritage
of great and small. The re-
suit of this inward purity is
Gods forgiveness and his
mercy.
THE SPIRITUAL LIFE:
There is therefore now no
condemnation to them which
are in Christ Jesus, who walk
not after the flesh, but after
the Spirit Those who
are in Christ Jesus have had
their carnal nature changed to
a Spiritual nature that does
those things which are not
blameworthy. The person
whose life is hid with Christ
in God is justified on the basis
of the faith which he has in
God and in Christ, therefore
he is not condemned because
the righteousness of God is
imputed unto him. For the
law of the Spirit of life in
Christ Jesus hath made me
free from the law of sin and
death"-The person who is in
Christ is not under the law
and is free from the condem-
nation imposed by the law. So
it is with the character and ma
ture of everyone that has been
born by the Spirit.
PROFOUND SPIRITUAL
PERSUASION:
For | am persuaded, that
neither death, nor life, nor an
gels, nor principalities, nor
powers, nor things present, nor
things to come" Through
the power of the love of Christ,
Christian believers are con-
querors over all the forces of
evil. Nor height, nor depth.
nor any other creature shall
be able to separate us from
the love of God which is i'm
Christ Jesus our Lord