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Show WHO CONSTITUTE ABRAHAM'S SEED Divinely Appointed to Roll Away Curse of Death, Abraham' Seed Twofold Tho Spiritual Spirit-ual Seed How tbo Logot Became the Meati.ih Purpoie of Jeiut' Death and Reaurrectlon Tho Spiritual Spirit-ual Seed a Company The Natural Seed of Abraham How the Blessings Will Como Israel's Exalted Poaitlon . In the Kingdom Poaitlon of the Foohah Vlrgina Loyalty the Teat. (mjjSmSBt April 20. -Pas- HRsPfll tor ltussell, whose fljg'jk 1 PHOTO DUAMA f?fiw .1 OF CItllATlON SflWftrJ ' n wakening vflfli L 'j much In tf rest In ' liisl afl 11 1 b 1 o topics, 1 i1, fll preached today a aflV fla very instructive flBV AV from the Hflfly fll then are WaWflam. fll ye A li r a h a m ' s fPASIOKJ RUSSELUJ Seed, and heirs according to the Promise.' -Oalatlans 3:20. Tho Pastor tlrst demonstrated from Scripture Hint mnnklnd nro under the curso of death, and thnt they can como under God's blessing only by tho bringing bring-ing In of a now condition. God's purpose pur-pose to lift tho curso Is shown In His Promlso to Abraham, "In thy Seed shall all tho families of the earth be blessed." This Seed will roll away the curso and roll In tho blessing of life. Next tho Pastor pointed out tho Scriptural evidenco that tho Logos left Heaven nnd became a humnn being, of the Abrahanitc stock, In order to become be-come tho promised Seed, .lesus". ne cording to the tlesh, could not bo the Messiah, the promised Seed; for, al though a perfect Man, Ho could not hnvo been the Deliverer whom God had promised. How Jeaus Became the Messiah. Then the Pastor showed that Jesus became tho Messiah when baptized of John In Jordan. There Ho presenteM Himself n living sncrlllce, to do un reservedly tho Father's will. This meant, primarily, our Lord's death as tho nntllyplcnl Sin-offering. Mankind nro under the dpnth sentence pro-1 nouueed upon Adam; therefore their I ltcdccmcr must taste death for man-1 kind before Ho could nsk for their re-1 lease from that penalty. I Our Lord's ascension was nuotuer stop in the Ulvlno Plan ot salvation Art St. Paul declnres, it was necessary , nfor-.lesus.to appear In tho presenco of God with the merit of His sncrlllce, In order that the Father nilcht clve the Church tho benefit of tho cleansing which our Lord had accomplished, Many Iiimo not noticed, ho claimed, thnt the Scriptures limit tho work of the Gospel Ago to tho Church. The Pastor also showed thnt nfter Jesus had become tho Splrltunl Seed of Abraham through His nuolntlng of the Holy Spirit nt Jordan, Ho begnn to n limited extent tho work of blessing Hut nfter Ho had ascended on High Ho wns then tho Perfected One. so far as He Himself wns concerned. The speaker demonstrated, however, thnt the Scriptures clearly Indicate thnt God hud purposed that Jesus hnvo a company of nssociutcs, to be shnrers In the great wotk of human uplift These constitute the Gospel Church, who lire to be given glory, honor and Immortality In the First ltesurrectlon They also will become, as members of Abraham's Spliltual Seed. Jolnt-hein In the Mc-slmilc Kingdom The Development of the Church. Primarily, the Seed of Abraham, the Pastor declared, was to bo the Spirit mil Seed Chilst and tho Church mi tho imim; plane. Hut Abraham's lint urnl seed the Jews will also hnvo 11 part In the blessing. This Is bet forth In Genesis 22:10-18, where God told Abraham Unit his seed would be like the stars nnd the sand on tho senshore The speaker then explained how somu from both Jews and Gentiles hnvo constituted this Splrltunl Seed. Tho early Church was mainly of Jew Mi origin. These had found that they could not get everlasting life by beeping beep-ing the Law. Therefore, as St. Paul declared, they must become dead to It, accept Christ as their Sin-offering and consei'rnte themselves, In order to be-como be-como members of tho Anointed Mody. Tho Gentiles wero ncter under tho Law Covenant, tliu Pastor demonstrated, demonstrat-ed, and therefore they camo Into Christ merely by presenting themselves living sncrlllces as did the Jews. All who do so by faith Jew or Gentlle-nro begotten be-gotten of tho Holy Spirit to Heavenly hopes and nmbltlous Those who continue con-tinue rnllhfiil unto death will receive 11 plnco in tho glorified Church Of this Christ company Jesus wns tho Heed, and tho faithful In Christ Jesus h been tho members since. The Natural Seed of Abraham. The Pastor then showed tint tho experiences of tho Jews tin :liout the Jewish Ago had developed 1 special spe-cial class, enumerated by St. Paul In Hebrews 11 Thcso Ancient Worthies will receive their promised "better res UiTertlon'' In thnt they will nwaken perfect men; whereas the rest of man kind will require cgnturlcs to attain human perfection This Ancient Worthy class will bo associated with the Messianic Kingdom ns Its enrthl. pluie The Heavenly phaso will In Invisible to humanity. Tho world wli mv the Ancient Worthles-tho Imng nnd likeness of God in the floati. |