DAILY CAPITAL JOURNAL, 3ALEM. OREGON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1009.
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PEOPLE'S PULPIT
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Sermon by
CHARLES T.
RUSSELL,
Pastor Brooklyn
Tabernacle.
God's Work
v
and Ours.
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Sunday, December 12. Pastor Rus-
icll of Brooklyn Tanernncie prencneu
loday from the following text to a
Backed house:
I. "Work out your own salvntion with
fear and trembling, for it is God which
svorketh in you both to will and to do
)f his good pleasure" (Phillppians ii,
13).
The proper relationship between faith
end works and between uoas work
Ind ours are matters apparently not
llearlv understood by the majority of
Christian people and, of course, uot at
ill comprehended by the worldly. It
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p liuiv" m' .redeemed us and reconciled us by his
f,ortnut, that each Chris ian entering blood ,s QUp Advocnto wW tho
into covenant relationship with God Pntller Iin(1 mil. i11HtrIletor ns tho. Trn-
xvil, 17). St. Paul refers to tho Scrip
turcs as the power of God, saying,"
"All Scripture Is given by inspiration
of God, and is profitable for doctrine,
for reproof, for correction, for instruc
tion in righteousness; that tho man of
God may be perfect, thoroughly fur
nished unto all good works" (II Tim
othy ill, 10, 17)..
"Ye Are God's Workmanship."
We have seen that God does a work
In his consecrated people, using his
providences In connection with tho ex
periences of life, and that he specially
uses his Word for their instruction Iu
righteousness. AVe arc to remember
incidentally that our Lord Jesus who
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ther's representative; that through him
we may be all taught of God in the
School of Christ. Next we should note
the Divine method in this work of
grace being curried on in our hearts
from the time we fully submitted
them in full consecration, in faith.
Our text declares that God's work in
us is divided Into two parts to will
and to do. Let us examine first
How God Works In Us to Will.
The will is the real person or ego.
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the world tho will and the body are
usually at one sympathetically co-operative.
But in those begotten of God's
Spirit as his children matters are dif
ferent. Their wills by consecration
are developed along Hues quite antag
onistic to the natural preferences of
their flesh, so that tho Apostle wrote,
"With the mind I myself serve (or
desire to serve) the Law of God, but
with the flesh I serve (or desire to
serve) the law of sin" (Romans vii,
25). Henco every spirit-begotten per
son has a warfare between his new
mind, with its holy aspirations and de
sires and its opponent flesh with its
animal propensities, some good and
some bad. Hence the Apostle exhorts
all these New Creatures to "war a
good warfare" against their own flesh
and to bring it into subjection to the
New Mind and to the Divine Law.
He .urges that Ave !Brlng every thought
Into captivity to the obedience -of
Christ" (II Corinthians x, 5). This, of
course, would mean absolute perfec
tion, so far ns the New Creature would
be concerned and a complete deadness
so far as the flesh is concerned. With
every thought captivated to the Lord
the individual would never in any
sense commit sin other than the sin
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illes of the earth. But all these bless
ings they have received through faith
ixnu not actually, xney must wait ior
tho actualities until they and all of
God works in the minds of his peo
ple not along the lines of enslavement
of the mind after the manner of Satan
and those who aro subject to his de
lusionsby hypnotism, etc. God's op
eration is the very reverse of this. He
enlightens the mind to do his work. He
heir brethren of tlie same class, "called displays to .our minds gradually light
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How God Works In Us.
Our text declares that Ave should
wonc our our own saivauon, uecause
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iueutly. Ix.'t us therefore consider tho
matter In this order. How, lu what
sense, does God work 'in his people
not in the world; not in the repentant
sinner; not in the merely justified; but
in tnose wno nave passeu tnose stages
of approach to God and, by tho be
getting of his holy Spirit, have en
tered his family as children, as sons?
"Behold what manner of fovc the Fa
ther hath bestowed upon us, that we
should be called tho sons of God" (I
Johu ill, 1). ".And if children, then
heirs; heirs of God, nnd Jolnt-helrs
with Jesus Christ our Lord" (Romans
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ns have thus become his children
his sous?
Wo reply that he works in them
through his spirit tho spirit of tho
and Truth, purity nnd goodness lu their
true colors, lu contrast with sin, ig
norance and defilement. ,And In the
same words he sets before us the great
prize of glory, honor and Immortality
and jolnt-helrshlp with our Redeemer
in his Kingdom. The power of these
hopes working in a consecrated mind is
wonderful, it can make the uaturally
weak strong, (ho naturally timid bold
as a lion.
i This operation upon the mind is a
gradual one from the time of our be
getting of tho holy Spirit until our
change not all at once, but gradually,
little by little, the Lord displays to us
'one feature after another of his won
derful Plan of salvation. Step by step
he Bhows to the appreciative and obedi
ent heart the riches of his grace, his
loving kindness, his tender mercy, tho
boundlessness of his love and the ulti
mate outworkiug of his Divine powers
1 for the blessing of all of his creatures
1 who will accept his favors on his own
terms, AH the while ho leaves us free
agents to will in harmony with his
proposition or to reject it. Ho will
coerce no one. Oifr Lord Jesus ex-
dolng.. Of tho Divine influence in our
hearts working in us both to will and
10 do God's good pleasure, St. Peter
gives us a word right to the point,
saying, "Whereby are given unto us
exceeding great and precious promises;
that by these ye might bo partakers of
the Divine nature" (II Peter i, 4).
Work Out Your Own Salvation.
We have hear'd many improper pray
ers presented at the Throne of Grace
by well-intentioned but misinformed
children of God. Jinny Christians re
quest God to do for them that which
ho tolls them they must do for them
selves. Tho one who nsks ntnlss some
times leaves tho Throne of Grace con
fident that God will do for him what
God has never promised to do for any
body, but has told us each must do
for himself. Jinny pray, "Abandon us
not in temptation, but deliver us from
tho Evil One" and then walk straight
into temptation, wholly neglecting the
directions of God's Word. Indeed,
many so neglect the study of that
Word that they are not aware what
aro Its teachings, its counsels. respect
ing Satan and the temptations from
tho" world, the flesh nnd the devil, to
which all must bo more or less ex
posed for their tqsting and character
development.
Some pray to God to save them by
his Divine power and expect him to
work miraculously In them, while they
arc giving the best of their time nnd
talent and influence to business or to
pleasure or to self-gratification. Such
need to learn the meaning of our text,
"Work out your own salvation with
fear and trembling." They need to
loaru the meaning of the Apostle's
words, "Keep yourselves in tho love of
God." God absolutely refuses to deal
with us as machines. More than this,
he refuses to coerce, to push, to. pull,
to drive, those whom he is now call
ing to sonship and jolnt-helrshlp with
Christ in his Kingdom.
During the Millennium the world
will receive all sorts of pulling, push
ing, driving, "stripes," for their correc
tion in righteousness, to make them
all eventually see, tq ultimately .force
all to take their stand for right or for
wrong, intelligently. But now it is
different. God is "calling," "drawing"
and accepting through faith in Christ
as "members" of tho Body of Christ,
only such aB have a willing mind only
such as can be moved to energy and
devotlou by the enlightenment of their
minds through the Truth. None others
are wanted for this "elect" class.
Those who rightly understand our
text could never have so misunderstood
tho Savior's words to the dying thief,
"Thou shalt be with mo in Paradise,"
as to suppose that he meant that the
penitent thief would be a member of
tho "elect" Church, his joint-heir in the
Kingdom. Indeed liotl That thief had
not worked out any salvation! Ho
will indeed be in Paradise eventually.
Paradise will be restored and tho whole
earth become as the Garden of Eden
under the Millennial reign of Christ
and his "members," tho Church. But
ho was uot "begotten of the holy
Spirit." Ho was not "transformed by
the renewing of his mind," that he
might prove the good, acceptable and
perfect will of God. He never added
to his faith fortitude; and to fortitude
knowledge; and to knowledge temper
ance; and to temperance patience; and
to patience godliness; and to godliness
brotherly kindness; and to brotherly
kindness love, as the Word assures us
all must do who would make their call
ing and election sure (II Peter 1, 10, 11).
AVe will not, however, discuss the
thief further, ns we did so on n pre
vious ocenslou and that sermon Is in
print. I will be pleased to mall it free
on post card request.
The spirit-begotten children of God
must work out their salvation as New
Creatures in Christ by growth In grace.
And growth In grace means growth in
knowledge not general knowledge, but
tho special knowledge provided by the
Lord In his Word. It Is In full accord
Avlth what we everywhere observe of
tho wide-spread Ignorance of the Word
of God, even amongst Christians, that
tho Scriptures declare, "My people per
ish for lack of knowledge" ("osea
iv, 0).
Development lu heart, In character,
is necessary to lit us for the future
service as "members" of The Christ,
associated lu his glorious Kingdom
work. Our call Is to be kings uud
1 priests that wo may serve tho world
of mankind, to prepare us ior muu
service is the object of our present
call aud tho trials of faith and pa
tience, that by all these, character-likeness
of Christ might be developed in
us. If we do these things we shall
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That Is to suv. n certalu holy power such to worship him as worship him in
or inlluence operates in and about the spirit and In truth" (.John iv. illi).
spirit-begotten children of God lu har
mony with this relationship. It has to
do wlt,h all of their experiences in
life-home, family, busluoss, joys, suf
ferings, pleasures, sorrows.
Hut God's speclul wnj of dealing
with his Hplrlt-begotten children
through their Intellects communicat
ing with them through tho holy Scrip
tures. As the Apostle says, "God who
spake In time past unto tho fathers
by the prophols huth in those Inst
days spoken unto us by his Sou" (He
brews i. ii. Tho twolve npoatloBwhom
the Father specially gave to him, he
particularly accepted tis his reprbsenta
tlvps, his mouth-plecee, the channols
tl)' P??U whom would come to tho
f.unily of God the instructions neces
sary for their development iu holluosti
the iBstrnctions necestwry for their
ittaluaient of the hope of their calling
glory, honor and Immortality In Jolnt
In irshlp with Jems their Redeemer as
tho spiritual Seed of Abraham for the
Messing of the world (Galatiaus ill, 30).
Our LoM J-4t refers to this work
t iol lu hi ieople through bis Word,
sajintr. Sanctify them through thy
Truth Thy Word Is Truth" (John
these things heartily they "will prove
that we are copies of the Lord .lesus
and It is the Divine predestination that
only such as are copies of God's dear
Son shall bo his Jolnt-helrs In the King
dom (Romans vlll, 17).
How God Works In Us to Do.
Endoavor to do light naturally fol
lows right wllliug. Rut this does not
signify thnt God completes u work
upou our wills Ilrst nnd then begins a
fresh work upon us, stimulating us to SEND A TEXT PX)R A SERMON
is do right to tho best of our ability. On 1 To Pastor Russell. Brooklyn Taber-
the contrary, as through 1i!b prevalence naele, Brooklyn, N. Y,
and Word God oxerclsed an Influence I poator Jlinwcll will be glad to have
upon our wills through the knowledge ' tl j,0Ht turd from such of our readers
of hi Truth, little by little each new aB nro Interested In his weekly dls-
polut of Truth was expected -to be ac
knowledged by efforts on our part to
do God's will to tho extent that the
now will was ablo to control the Im
perfect body. Wo mny safely con
clude tlint eacu stop
must be followed
doing before another
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onalf rw,uers ho'uni from. To the sender of
doing. Thus, as we walkVlrst put- jjjie first card received and to tho send
tlng one fo$t forwardiinna- then the !er8 of tj three most interesting cards,
othor repeatedly, so the.Now Creature jw W11I Jusfwid mail a beautiful cellu
walks or projprtsH liy. first willing Uia bbpk-Biark. hoart-ahaped. bearing
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result of Divine operation iu the re- Vatican Library and supposed to have
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cotiMKM and have received some bless
ing from thorn. Suggest topics for
next year's sormons, and mention this
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