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Show WHO CONSTITUTE ABRAHAM'S SEED Divinely Appointed lo Roll Away Corse of Death. Abraham's 8eed Twofold Tha Spiritual Spirit-ual 8ed How tht Logos ttaeams the Mssslah Purpose of Jesus' Death and Resurrection The Spiritual Spirit-ual 8eed a Company The Natural Seed of Abraham How the Blessings Will Come Israel's Exalted Position In the Kingdom Position of the Foolish Virgins Loyalty the Test. B preached today a discourse from the Seed, nnd . heirs v " according to the Promise.' --Uulutlans 3:20. Tho Pastor first demonstrated rouj Scripture that mankind arc under the curse of death, nnd that they can come under God's blessing only by the bringing bring-ing In of a new condition, (lod's pur poso to lift the curse is shown In Ills Promise to Abraham, "In thy Seed shnll all the fn in I lies of the earth be blessed." This Seed will roll nwny the curse nnd roll In the blessing of life. Next the Pnstor pointed out the Scriptural evidence that the Logos left Heaven nnd became a human being. -of the Abruhnmlc stock. In order to become be-come tho promised Seed. .lestis. uc cording to the Mesh, could not be the Messlnh. the promised Seed; for. although al-though a perfect Mnn, He could not have been the Deliverer whom God had promised. ' ' ' How Jesus Bscame the Messiah. .Then the Pnstor showed that Jesus became tho Messiah when baptized of John in Jordan. There lie presented Himself n living sacrifice, to do uu reservedly the Father's will. This meant, primarily, our Lord's death ns tho antltyplcal Sin-offering. Mankind are under the death sentence pro uounccd upon Adam: therefore their Redeemer roust taste death for mankind man-kind before He could nsk for tllelr release re-lease from that penalty. Our Lord's ascension was another step In the Divine Plan of salvation As St Paul declares, it was necessary for Jesus to appear In the presence of God vlth the merit of His sacrifice. In order that the Father might give tho Church tho beneflt of the 'cleansing which our I.ord hnd accopipllsbnl Many hnvo not noticed, he claimed, that the Scriptures limit tho work of the (iwpcl Age to the Church. The Pastor also showed that after Jesus line hoc-ame the Spiritual Seed of Abraham through His nnolptlng of tho Holy Spirit nt Jordan. Ho began to a limited extent the work of blessing. But after He had ascended on High Ho was then tho Perfected One. ao far as He Himself wns concerned. The speaker demonstrated, however, thnt tbo Scriptures clearly Indlcoto that God had purposed that Jesus hnre a company of associates, to be ahnrers In the great work of human uplift These constitute tho Gospel Church, who nro to lw given glory, honor nnd Immortality In the First Resurrection They iiInii will become, as indinlii'rs.nf Alirnhiim's Spiritual Seed. Jnlnt-lieln In the .Messianic Kingdom The Development of the Church. Primarily, the Seed of Abraham, the I iistiir declared, was to bo tho Spirit ual Seed-Christ und the Church on tho Ulvlno plane, but Abrahams tint urnl seed-thc Jewa-wlll also lmvo n part in tho blessing. This Is set forth In Genesis 22:10-18. where God told Abraham that bis seed would be like the stars und the sand on the seashore Tho speaker thou explained how Homo from both Jews und Gentiles lmvo constituted this Spiritual Seed rho early church was inaluly 0f Jewi Ish origin. Tueso had found thnt they could not get everlasting life by keep lug tho Law. Therefore; ns St Paul declared, they must become dead to It "ccept Christ as their Sin-offering and consecrate themselves. In order to Z como membra of tho Anointed Hody. I ho Gentiles were never under the !.nw Covenant, tho Pastor demonstrnt-d. demonstrnt-d. mid therefore they came Into Christ merely i,,- presenting themselves living o br 7nm" "t1 the JeW8- A,,'wh0 " by fnlth-Jow or Gentile- are be- fotte.. of .he Holy Spirit to HertVenTy ' opes and ambitions. Those who cm, "niie faithful Ilto ,,.,, wlll "'' " ; """'I'll unto uenth will receive ' .Pine" tll0 glorlflw, Cnurch ml ,KtlC0mpn,1J' Jctu w" the lead and tho faithful In Christ Jesus ' "nve been 1P members since The Nstur.l Seed of Abraham. Ihe Pastor then showed that the experiences of the Jews th oughout ' cK "" AK h,, ,,OVoll,e" nnj! cla class, enumerated by St I'aul In e.rewsM These Ancient Worth," will receive their pr0IUM.(, "better e8 ruction" In thnt they will "waken vmimV n'!,m,nH ,,,u rcRt nf '' kind will niiiiri centuries to attain human perfection this An ' Worth., elnsH w . (IRM0,.nted w nw I in. Hejivenly phase will I'lvlslhlo tn h.nnai.lt.v. The world wl soo he Anoient Worthies, the Una.. nnd likeliest. f c,tKj n the flcih, J |
