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It makes God worthy of our high­ may regulate his life by command­ them.” His ascension argues his together, united by the service of
est love; and will make man ed and statutory law, and still be decension first into the lowest parts every joint according to its energy
worthy of being loved. This law but “a whited sepdcher.”» He of the earth. The same Christ w’ho or power of each particular part
will make heaven, and without it may be very particular of the out­ came down went up, far above that effects the increase of the body for
there can fie no heaven. Without side, but within, he may be but a he might fill all. Thus crowned its ow n edification in love.
With these-
it faith and confession and all other Pharisee, a bigoted sectarian, or a King ami all things given into hhi
fiends, he is the dispensor of those can claim but one church, one bap­
- TOitttttions or salvation are useless
all
the
“
carnal
commandments,
”
gifts. He gave some, such are tism, even as one Lord. What
and vain. Only “ that faith that
prophets, evangelists, absurd folly to talk of these various
works in us love and purifies the and in the tithing of mint anise apostles,
• heart,” -/is of any worth. For and cummin, he may still be an pastors and teachers, for the adopt­ rival sects of our day Obing churches
though “ we have all faith, and “ enemy of all righteousness” and ing of these saints to the perfect of Christ; or that “ it don’t make
work of the ministry, in order that any difference what society a man
have not Tore, we are nothing” As “ a child of the devil.”
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itself in love. That it may fill the any or not ?”
heart, it is certainly a perfect law,
scope
of the Gospel, fully recog­
and able to make a perfect man.
There is one laxly. Jt has many
The Church at Ephesus.
nizing
God
’
s"
Son.-
Its
health
and
That this must be true, is evident,
members. There are not many
BY 8. H. HEpBIX.
strength
will
be
as
a
perfect
man
for there is not a single good thing
offices in it. There has been and is .
NUMBEU VI.
filling the high standard of the now many evangelist and pastors,
that it will not prompt us to do;
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and there is not a single evil thing
Part II. At the fourth chapter measure of Christ.
but there is one, ttnd only one col-
Thus
supplied
w
ith
every
needed
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that it will prompt us ,to do. This | we come to the second part of the
lege of inspired
apostles and pro­
one law will-cover all the relations epistle ami the beginning of the gift and God’s rich grace attending phots. These were chosen and
-that we sustain to God or man It apostle’s exhortation. This may all childhood is taken up in man (qualified for their work by
sits at the' fountain head of our be studied under two sections, more hood and stands unmoved by every the Lord himself
They fully
wind
of
doctrine,
undeceived
by
the
hearts, and directs and purifies our or less divided as follows :
completed that work so that the
cunning,
-crafty
lies
of
men
with
every thought and act. It em­
See. 1. Geifcral (u) To walk
church is increased, edified and
w
’
hieh
they
watch
an
opportunity
braces every possible relation and worthy of their calling, agreeable to
built, up to-day by speaking the
every possible action. How .worthy the unity of the spirit, and the to deceive, (f) Therefore God’s truth communicated by the one set
of a God of infinite love and wis- divinity of his gifts. (6) This is to plan is so complete and his favors o£ chyseiL ambassadors. /1’hut truth—
doni, is .such a"pfcrtert"ami infinite be done in humility ami meekness, str-aimrrdantrthat~trtschurch leans is confirmed by the miracles which
law, for all |he subjects of his king­ with long suffering ami forljearamv on Christ alone, by whose great God wrought by them. We have
dom. ‘ It is jusCas blessed and ap­ in love, (c) In this manuer an gifts of apostles and prophets she is no evidence of successors to the
plicable on earth, as it is in heaven earnest effort is to be made to pre- given the whole truth; she is apostles nor of miracles since their
It is tfie only law’ that could pro­ serve-the-hond of peace, (d) This possessed of all tilings that pertains >
The powerful energy of- -
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to
fife
and
godliness.
In
the
duce,, the peace, the harmony and is more absolutely necessary be­
the truth which they revealed,
the happiness of heaven, and the cause of the oneness of the body, revelation of this there were such taught and practiced by the church
only.law that can produce “ peace spirit, hope and calling. One Lord, great gifts as apostles, prophets, in the love of it, and of its author,
on earth and good rt’ill to men” faith, baptism and one God the speaking and interpreting tongues. will even increase and edify the
But what a contrast, when you father of all, w ho is above in and But all this having been given and body. Thus, by the church, the
confirmed by all the miracles which manifold wisdom of God should
come to provide statutory and through all.
•commanded law, for the regulation ’ I deain this a proper place to call God wrought by them. The church sound out to all ages in all places.
of human conduct. In giving such the reader’s attention to an im no longer needs apostles, prophets - Again, Paul reminds them of the
law’s, we are compelled to provide portant. feature of the author. He and miracles. These supernatural differenee betw’een their former and
a command or law’ for every par­ always points to G<xl as the author gifts were bestowed to reveal the present state. (See chap. 4:17,19).
ticular crime. It is not only ne of every item in the catalogue of secret of salvation, and W’hen the They should not act like other
cessary to have a law for every duties or blessing enjoined upon whole counsel of God, or all things gentiles, guided by a vain mind
sin, but it is necessary to meet every and provided for the church. that pertain to life and godliness and an unlightened judgment.
degree and shade of sin, by a law Therefore, when urging and prac­ are made known, they are no Their affections turned from the life
that is adapted to each ease. Every ticing any theory of religion we longer needed, their mission is com­ of God through ignorance, caused
particular item must be covered by ought to be able to find it in God’s pleted and stands out in all its by the blinded minds, -(^ee- Rem. 1:—
its appropriate la.nrwhere word if the apostles never mention grandeur. Tire evangelists, pastors 21, 31,) who being past feeling have
there is no law’, there is no trans­ it we may rest assure« 1 that it is and teachers were never employed abandoned themselves to luciveous-
gression.” The “ beggarly weak­ not an essential item of faith-and as the Lord’s ambassadors to reveal i ness to work uncleanness greedily.
ness ” of all such rules of action practice, further that neither age or the will of God. But they w’ere The Ephesians had not so learned
must be apparent. No wonder that popularity in the world nor devotion then and still remain as feeders of , Christ. The truth taught them in
Paul should say “ for there is verily of men can ever render it an tire Hock as teachers; Jesus, the 1 Jesus required to put off the old
apostles and prophets were not only
a disannulling of the command-, essential part of Christianity.
man in thought, word and deed,
teachers
but
original
authors,
while
ment, going I efore, for the weak­
Our author continues, (e) The
and put on the new man, renewed
the.
evangelists
and
pastors
are
ness and unprofitableness thereof, grace of God >s bestowed upon us I
in spirit, mind ami holy living.
never
more
than
teachers
of
what
■
for [such] law can .make nothing according to the measure -of the
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perfect”
The great pow’er of gift of Christ. In other words the former revealed. This is
Briggs hirer! a livery horse the
Christianity is not in its statutory God’s favors are all bestowed, in forcibly taught in the epistles to other day to take ¿^little exercise.
or commanded law’s, neither is it »in harmony with Christ as the chief Timothy and Titus Therefore the •He got more exercise than he
its organization ; but it is in its gift. That gifts were Bestowed is j church to-day with her evangelists wanted, and as he limped to the
eyi' it; and that spirit is the spirit I shown by a quotation from Ps. G8: I and pastors, on the authority of the i Side of the road to rest himself, a
of love, or the spirit of God, for 18, “ Thou hast ascended on high, same ambassadors of the same Lord kind friend asked hiiu : “ What did
I is in possession of the same truth ;
God is love. I’o be good, or to do thou hast led captivity - captive :
in teaching the same truth you come down so quick for?’’
good, we must act from the law of thou hast received gifts for men ; lienee,
in love, it may grow up into him in “ Did you see anything up in the
love, or from the love of that which yea, for the rebellious also, that the all things which is-Christ, from, air for me to holo en to (” he asked
is good and true ami right. A man Lord God might dwell among whom the whole laxly fitly joined! grimly.
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