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Sermon by
CHARLES TV
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle
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Sunday, November 28.-PnBtor Rus
ecll of "Brooklyn Tabornaclc" preach
ed today from the abovo text. lie said:
There Is n bonuty and consistency
In the Bible which many overlook, to
tholr own coufuslon. Falling to "right
ly dlvldo the Word of Truth" (II Tim
othy 11. 10), falling ti discriminate
between tho consecrated bollevors and
nominal bollevera of the world, which
theBIblo everywhere recognizes, has led
to this confusion. To the loglcally-inlnd-cd
thus confused, tho Bible Is an unrea
sonable Book, Inconsistent with facts.
Theso mattors are well Illustrated In
our text, which was addressed, not to
all mankind, nor to merely nominal
Christlans-but to Christians; "in God
tho Father and in the Lord Jesus
Christ." as the Introduction shows.
This word in means something more
than la generally appreciated. Nolo
the Savior's words. "If n man lovo me
ho will keep my words; nnd my Father
will lovo him. and we will como unto
him and make our abode with him."
"I am In my Father, and yo In mo and
I In you" (John xlv. 20. 23). Tho wholo
testimony of the Scriptures Is that
those who attain to this glorious one
new with tho Father and with tho Son
arb In all but a "little flock" and
nmnniTRt thorn nro "not many great,
not many wise, not many learned." j
11 la IV tula vii.ra ,w.w .....v - - i-
tures nro addressed though to sorao
extent Including n Justlllcd class sup
posedly approaching this sanctlllcd
condition. These may well bo inform
ed by tho Apostlo that thoy should "In
everything give thanks." when In full
harmony with tho Dlvluo will.
But note tho coufuslon of attempting
to apply theso words to the world In
gcnoral. What has the world to be
thankful for from its own standpoint?
It knbws not what God's future pur
poses arc, which, therefore, cannot en
ter Into its consideration. And with
out that knowledge of coming blesslnga
llfo Is often so little. appreciated that
self-destruction Is preferred. Undoubt
edly tho number of suicides would bo
far greater tlrnu It is, were It not fr
n certain fear or dread that the future
might bo uioro terrible than the present.
Tho nvorago man, hcotucn nnd civ
ilized, knows that his coming Into the
world was without his consent. Ilo
cats and drinks and sleeps nnd Inbors,
liecnuso theso uro necessities. IJo has
heoduches and heartaches, and every
other kind. Altogether his experience
is, "of fow years and full of trouble."
His chief pleasure is In hoping for and
striving to attain pleasure. And when
the "cup" of supposed happiness is In
his hand, tho gall of bitterness Is found
mingled with It, nnd Its dregs are
sorrows. Can such n man bo thank
ful? especially If ho has been taught
tho doctrine of tho "daric ages- re
specting the future thnt whon he
shall die he will olthor bo ushered
into n Purgatory of centuries or tor
ture Indoscrlbable, or. worse still, that
his lot will bo to suffer eudlossly un-Ic-b-j
ho should be ouo of the saints,
which he well knows ho Is not, nnd
whlah wo all know, ns the Blulo de
clares, are but "few." Surely to call
upon such people for thankfulness to
God would bo an absurdity. And it is
to the credit of tho Scriptures that
thoy are not thus absurd, and that our
text Is nddrossed, not to theso who
constitute tho masses, but to tho "lit
tle flock'tho saints.
Groaning Creation' Hope.
Before proceeding to apply our text
to tho class to which It la mldrossed
(tho saints), we pause to consider tho
hope of the world In general, as sot
forth In tho Scriptures. The knowl
edge of thin hope Is not granted to tho
wor(d. but to the salnts-thut thoy
might know, might appreciate, tho gra
cious purnfiww of God toward mankind
hi gonoriU: and that lhy might undor
Htawl also tho Divine Intention respect
ing their co-oporntlon with Uod, lu thu
Hotlines he purposes to bring tvotitu
Klly to all the families of the earth.
The explanation of the sorrows of
the world Is given lu the Bible; which
tolls us that sin llos at tho door and
that the nu'iitttl, moral and physical
bloinlshoi) winch cause Immunity such
dlstr.otw are incidental to the poimlty
pronounced nuHi'int n; namely, duath.
The soul thut ttlunuth. It shall die."
lloofluso Father Adam whuu on trial
roprosoutatlvoly for lite face sluned
mid came under slu's puiutlty, "Dying
thou Shalt dlo." theruforo all his chil
dren sharing In his tmiwfectlons are
llkeylso lmporfoot-slnuors. as fit. Paul
explains (Uommm v, J2i. Thus, dur
ing -sixty vonturio!. approximately
twouty thousand millions of Adam's
children have boon "bora lu sin and
Hhapou In luluuay.- mul have- conn
into ftho world condemned and dying,
intmtmiy, morally mid physically.
Divine sympathy exercised toward
this rnco of filnnern .provided Snvlur.
"who for the Joy that wiw sot before
lilm sacrificed his life or tho world
(John ill. Hh. ".loeui Christ by . tho
ciwtf of l IhwUmI tluulh for every
Minn.'' Tliwi Instoml of OohIIuk with
tho world. lntel of tmvlng tho world.
Install of string un pwiiIh1
Klnidom to t tho world. Bit Sav
ior flkl. wJ0tllnK ol. And tuu
whWji lo has imu doing from the
time of dtu uutU UQW ,,M tS0?
do Kplnlim to u la "a wywirj (1
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PULPIT...
In Every Thing
Give Thanks!
"In Every Tiling Give Thanks, For
This Is the Will of God Concerning
You In Christ Jesus" (I Thcssalonians
v, 18).
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Corinthians xv, 01; Epheslans 1. 0;
Itoinuus xl. 25). "The mystery of
God" tho world does not understand,
because God prefers to keep the mat
ter a mystery from them. But "the
secret of the Lord Is with them that
fear him und he will show them his
Covouunt" (Psalm xxv, 14).
"The mystery" Is. that God purposed
that the blessing of tho world should
be accomplished by our Savior alone,
but In association with a select class
of saints gathered out of the world
nnd specially taught and prepared In
the School of Christ during this ago.
Not otily Is this feature of tho Divine
Plan Scripturnlly called "the mystery
of God." which will be linlshed by tho
close of this aire, but additionally tho
Church herself Is Scrlpturally termed
"the mystery of God" the Mystic
Body of Christ. "For God gave Christ
to bo tho Heud over tho Church, which
Is his Body." "Ye are members in
particular of tho Body of Christ,"
which is tho Church (Ephesiaus 1, 'i,
23; I Corinthians xil, 27).
Durlmr these lone centuries required
for tho (hiding of this saintly clnss for
whom tho Lord has been searenmg
with tho magnet of Truth, various
false theories have sprung up and
found ncceptauco In tho world. Ono of
these is thnt God docs not love the
world and has never purposed Its sal
vation; but that, on the contrary, he
fore-ordainod and predestinated that
all except tho "elect saints" should suf
fer eternal torture, because he wished
to have It so. Another wrong theory
which gained acceptance was that
whilst God wishes to save the world,
ho finds himself unable to do so, be
cause handicapped by human self-will
and' by the aggressiveness of Satan,
who has blinded and deceived the vast
majority and has them completely In
his power through Ignorance and su
perstition. This theory tells us that
God loves tho world. Including tho
hentheu millions, and that ho lougs to
have the Gospel taken to them, but
cannot do so, except through human
agency, nnd Is disappointed and baf
fled, because those who profess to bo
his people fall to raise sulllclent mis
sionary douatlons.
To rational minds theso theories
which Bntlslied In the past aro no
longer satisfactory; hence many aro
turned to infidelity. As tho Scriptures
say, "My people perish for lack of
knowledge" (Ilosoa lv. 0).
The Hope of the Resurrection.
Leaving these unsatisfactory errors
of the "dark ages" and going back to
the Scriptures wo find their teachings
consistent; namely, that as soon ns
the "mystery." the Church, Is com
pleted, the blessing of God will pro
ceed through Tho Christ (Hcnd and
mombors) to tho world. As It Is writ
ton, "In thy Seed shall all tho faml
lios of the earth be blessed." The
mystery, be it known. Is that tho spir
itual "Seed of Abraham" Is not tho
Lord Jesus only, but Includes also his
members-the Church. As wo rend.
"If yo be Christ's, then are ye Abra
ham's Seed, and heirs according to tho
promise" (Galatlans ill, 20).
According to the Scriptures the bless
ing of God will proceed through Spir
itual Israel, a "Itoyal Priesthood."
"after the order of Melchlzedec." to
natural Israel tinder the terms of their
New Covenant (Jeremiah xxxl. 31).
During the Millennial Ago under tho
spiritual Kingdom of The Christ (op
erating through the earthly Kingdom
of Israeli all nations will be Instruct
ed, enlightened, blessed. Not only so.
but the merit of Christ will then be
applied also on behalf of the thousands
of intllliiUN who have gone down Into
the prlHon huuw of death ieuf. Aaw
-the jnnv. The Church will consti
tute the "Flint Resurrection," "Ills
resurrection." All sharing In It will
attain life on the spirit plane like unto
the aimoU. but superior, "far abovo
nngeU." ljiter during the Millennium
the world will return from the tomb,
"every ihan hi his own order" il Corin
thians xv. UHi. And the rwurreetliig
proved will continue with them, to the
Intent that the willing and obedient
may continue to rUo gradually to
ward perfection and finally attain It;
while Mt the Mime time the earth will
b reluveikvtted and become the prom
ised "Paradise regained" - restored
(Acta III, 1U-U1).
"Give ThanUt, For He la Good."
Looking down Into the future pro
phetically the PfuUintat uxclnlms, lu
view of the Kingdom hlatwlnga prom
iMd to tho world. "O nlve thanks unto
the lord. for h Is good! for his muroy
oudureth forovor'." It Is tho mmxy of
God toward us and toward all who
UMtd hi uiorcy and who duntro It that
Is thu ground for thanksgiving. True,
praise must eouio from thankful hearts,
and In order to be properly thankful,
one must soo mtmt tlnui Is now visible
to those who Uhvo not the eye of faith
and the our of faith and th Divine
rovolHiion rtwiHK-Miue OiIiikh to come.
But It le tho very oppartUHltlOM that
the Lord vomwentted uikm posow:
"Uleiwed are your eyos. tor thoy poo
flttd your oar, fur thuy hwm" Siot
pnly wi. but to tli ttxtoiit that my
euro eye see hjhI htg oars hear uf
the grace uf God U Ihw rwtwtulhllti,v.
To ihimmx the kHowlodgo or Uod and
to disdain It In to roeolvo the graea of
God In valu. whether more or less (11
Corinthians vl. 1).
God's people not only give thanks
for the blessings of the future which
they receive by faith, but nddltioually
they appreciate blessings granted to
them In advance in the prosent life
and give thnuks for those. The first
of these Is the knowledge, the appre
ciation, of the goodness of (Sod In
granting us a release from sin ami lis
penalty by faith, so that we nut (with
out waiting for actuulltiesi now re
joice In the mercy which has Justified
us freely by Divine grace through faith
In the blood of Christ. The reallzn
tlon of the rolling away of our tund
of sin. a realization of our forgiveness
by the Father, calls for gratitude, tnr
thanksgiving, and this cause cniilliiu
Ing. our thanks continue. We wciv
lifted from the horrible pit and Hie
miry clay ot sin and coudcuiuntinti
nnd our feet were placed upon Hie
Rock Christ Jesus. It was in conse
quence of this that a new soug was
put Into our mouth, even the lovlng
kltidnesg of our God. And this Is the
first cause for our thankfulness. Alt
other blessings rest upon this blesslug
and all other thanksgivings should
properly, therefore. Include thanks for
this blessing.
Additionally after being Justified we
were Inducted Into a still further grace
or privilege, namely, the privilege ot
becoming members of the Body of
Christ, members of the "mystery"
class. The Invitation to this class the
Apostle expresses thus. "I beseech you.
brethren, by the mercies ot God (your
justification) that ye present your
bodies a living sacrifice, holy, accept
able unto God. which Is your reason
able service" (Romans xil. 11. Through
this grace or privilege. If accepted, we
gain the opportunity of a change of
nature from human to Divine. Our
human nature justified, cleansed, made
acceptable to God as a sacrifice
through the merit of Christ, if sacri
ficed by un faithfully, will be replaced
by a spirit nature and glory, honor. Im
mortality, jolut-helrshlp. with our Lord
and Head. What cause wo have in
this for thanksgiving: What shall wo
render uato the Lord our God for ail
his benefits towards us? "We wilt
take the cup of salvation (his cup. tho
cup of self-sacrificei and call upon the
name of the Lord (for assistance to
drink pf the Master's cup). We will
pay our vows of consecration unto tho
Lord-publlcly before all his people"
(Psalm cxvl. 12-14).
"Every Joy ho sends mo
Comets a sweet anil glad surprise."
The very fact that we do uot know
everything: the fact that we are ever
learning as pupils In the School of
Christ, so far from 'being a cause of
disappointment. Is a source of pleas
ure. "The heart that has come Into
fnlth-union and communion with the
Lord learns something more dally re
specting the Heavenly Father's love
and care, and each fresh item of
knowledge' is a new well-spring of
pleasure. "He xatistieth the longing
soul." "Blessed are they that hunger
and thirst after righteousness, for they
shall be filled." "Goodness nnd mercy
follow me nil the days of my life."
These are the experiences of those ripe
Christians called upon by the Apostle
to give thanks unto God In every mat
ter and to know that this -is God's will
in respect to all those who are mem
bers of Christ "In Christ Jesus"
(Psalm evil. 0; Matthew v. (I; Psalm
xxlll. 0).
Thanks Through Tears.
Let us not overlook the fact that our
text Indicates that we are to give
thanks for our sorrows, our trials, our
disappointments, as well as for our
Joys and pleasures, for cvcrytljiiis in
cludes all things. Nor Is tills the only
Scripture to this effect. Hearken to
the Apostle's words which urge the
members of Christ to rejoice In tribu
lation, not because tribulation is a Joy
producer, but. as he explains. Tribu
lation works out additional patience
and patience brings additional experi
ence and larger experience brings lar
ger hope, until we are not ashamed of
our tribulations, because of increased
love of God shed abroad in our hearts,
thereby (Romans v. 3; vill, 3.n.
The bnsis of all these blessings and
rojolclngs both as respects the future
nnd the present experiences Is faith.
First, in the fact" that thore is a God.
Second. In the fact that he has n noble
eharactor. Third. In the fact that his
Wisdom. Justice, Love and Power are
perfect and thoroughly coordinated.!
Fourth, In the fact that all of those
powers are onllsled In tho salvation of
the world. Fifth. In the fact that that
salvation bugan to be worked out by
our Lord at his First Advent. Sixth.
In the fact that it Is still working out
lu tho selection of his Church. Sev
enth. In tho "fact that shortly It will
begin to take pructlwl shape in the es
tablishment of Christ's Millennial King
dom. iSlghlh. in the fact that through
that Kingdom a bleswlug shall extend
to every oroature of our race.
So. then, l't every man to the extent
of his enlightenment appreciate ' and
confer tho Almighty God and give
thanks nntO "llU name, because he Is
good and hocuuse his mercy etulureth
forever. And let tho who have tast
ed of his grm-o iuwue on. that tliev
may grow lu gniOe. grow lu knowl
edge. rV U fulU d grow In dwir-actor-UUtuuw
tu our God. Ann let his
saints tiddrotwed lu thU text more aud
more annrwtrtato- (heir wouderrul prlvl
luge, itiflh high cHlllug of God lu Christ
Jwtos to he heirs of God aud Jdnt
holrs with JewiiH Christ our I.ord-lf
be that thoy suffer with him. that they
amy Ih hUh gluriHed together. And
kiMiwIug that tliv have ueed f faliU
and iHUlence- and character develop
ment, let thWH' Hrinly tnwt the Great
Toucher omt wlwt may- nd irivo
thanks, for very experience of life,
knowing that our Father Is too wise to
err and reuimborlng the Master's
womIk. "TUf Fathar himself loveth
vou" (John xvl. 27 1.
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