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could make no difference as regards the spiritual "prize of ourhigh calling in Christ Jesus." If they are, and were made to knowit, the effect of those earthly promises would probably be toblind them to the spiritual prize as it did the others, 1800 yearsago. If they are of the natural seed, they will receive grandblessings in the coming age, after the spiritual seed has beenexalted to glory and power; as it is written. "They shall obtainmercy (God's promised blessings) through your mercy" (throughthe spiritual seed.) Rom. 11:31.Bro. A. Hipsher, for answer to your question: see"Unpardonable Sin," page 3.QUES.--Dear Bro. what kind of bodies will little children havein the resurrection?ANS.--Paul gives us an answer to this question in 1 Cor. 15:38:"God giveth...to every seed His own body." "There is a naturalbody and there is a spiritual body"--vs. 44. Adam, the perfectman will serve as an illustration of a perfect natural (human)body, what the earthly ones shall all be when the work ofresurrection and restitution, is complete. Christ's body after hisresurrection will serve as an illustration of a spiritual body. LikeHim, we who have been begotten of the Spirit shall be, when weget our birth, as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shallalso bear the image of the heavenly.-- Vs. 48,49.Now, let us use this rule: Were these children begotten and bornof the flesh--fleshly bodies? Yes. Were they afterward "begottenof the Spirit by the word of truth?" No. Then they remainednatural, or human, and as such belong to the natural body, whilewe who have been begotten of the spirit and are therefore of thespiritual seed, and in the resurrection, God will give to everyseed his own body; consequently they as part of the natural seedwill have a natural body, while we who have been begotten ofthe spirit and are therefore of the spiritual seed, will have ourown bodies, viz: Spiritual bodies, "like unto Christ's gloriousbody."While they are designed ultimately to reach the same grandperfection of powers, and being enjoyed by the head of thehuman family, (Adam), yet we do not suppose that they willcome out of their graves thus perfect. We presume (merely) thatthey will arise children and develop. The government, etc., ofchildren will be much easier when the curse begins to roll away;besides, in past ages the proportion of deaths in childhood, wasmuch less than now.Bro. J. Baldwin: It would require the entire space of Z.W.T. fora year or more to answer all your questions in full. Wecommend to you the reading of all the tracts 3 or 4 times; thenread "DAY DAWN." You need not expect to obtain all the truthon so great and grand a subject at one swallow, it is a continuous
eating. You must seek. "He that seeketh findeth." "Then shall weknow if we follow on to know the Lord." (Hos. 6:3.)QUES.--Dear Bro. R., may we be sure we belong to the "littleflock," or must we be in doubt?ANS.--"I know in whom I have believed, and am persuaded thatHe is able to keep (preserve) that (life) which I have committedunto Him against that day." Paul thus expresses his and ourconfidence in God that He is both able and willing to do for us,all of his part of the covenant. The question, then, of ourmembership in the little flock depends entirely upon our keepingour part of the covenant. We are His spiritual sheep, ever sincewe entered our covenant relationship,--we are His workmanship.If we are entirely given up to Him, so that His will isaccomplished in us [the human nature crucified] He will give usthe grand prize. If we hinder the work by opposition of ourwills, we lose the prize and are obliged to come through the fireof tribulation in order to obtain the spiritual body.We may not be able to say: the prize will surely be mine; but wecan say if now entirely given up,--The prize is mine to-dayunless I lose it to-morrow; and by God's grace I will "keep mybody (humanity) under lest after having preached to others (ofthe grand prize) I myself should be a castaway" (from it.)====================R202 : page 8TIME SERVERS.The trimming, hesitating policy of many reminds us of Luther'swords to Erasmus: "You desire to walk upon eggs withoutcrushing them, and among glasses without breaking them!" Thisis a difficult game to play at, and one which is more suitable fora clown at a theatre than a servant of Christ. When you areattempting to compromise, you have to look around you andmove cautiously as a tight-rope dancer, for fear of offending onone side or the other. A little too much this way or that and overyou go. A cat on hot cinders is in an enviable position. No trueheartedman will ever bear such wretched constraint for anylength of time, or indeed at all. Think of being able to go nofurther than the aforementioned timorous, time-servingErasmus, who said, "I will not be unfaithful to the cause ofChrist; at least so far as the age will permit me." Out upon suchcowardice: life is too dear when bought at such a price.--Spurgeon.====================R202 : page 8When a cloud comes between us and the sun, it robs us for thetime of the enjoyment of its beams. It does not prevent him from
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could make no difference as regards the spiritual "prize of ourhigh calling in Christ Jesus." If they are, and were made to knowit, the effect of those earthly promises would probably be toblind them to the spiritual prize as it did the others, 1800 yearsago. If they are of the natural seed, they will receive grandblessings in the coming age, after the spiritual seed has beenexalted to glory and power; as it is written. "They shall obtainmercy (God's promised blessings) through your mercy" (throughthe spiritual seed.) Rom. 11:31.Bro. A. Hipsher, for answer to your question: see"Unpardonable Sin," page 3.QUES.--Dear Bro. what kind of bodies will little children havein the resurrection?ANS.--Paul gives us an answer to this question in 1 Cor. 15:38:"God giveth...to every seed His own body." "There is a naturalbody and there is a spiritual body"--vs. 44. Adam, the perfectman will serve as an illustration of a perfect natural (human)body, what the earthly ones shall all be when the work ofresurrection and restitution, is complete. Christ's body after hisresurrection will serve as an illustration of a spiritual body. LikeHim, we who have been begotten of the Spirit shall be, when weget our birth, as we have borne the image of the earthly, we shallalso bear the image of the heavenly.-- Vs. 48,49.Now, let us use this rule: Were these children begotten and bornof the flesh--fleshly bodies? Yes. Were they afterward "begottenof the Spirit by the word of truth?" No. Then they remainednatural, or human, and as such belong to the natural body, whilewe who have been begotten of the spirit and are therefore of thespiritual seed, and in the resurrection, God will give to everyseed his own body; consequently they as part of the natural seedwill have a natural body, while we who have been begotten ofthe spirit and are therefore of the spiritual seed, will have ourown bodies, viz: Spiritual bodies, "like unto Christ's gloriousbody."While they are designed ultimately to reach the same grandperfection of powers, and being enjoyed by the head of thehuman family, (Adam), yet we do not suppose that they willcome out of their graves thus perfect. We presume (merely) thatthey will arise children and develop. The government, etc., ofchildren will be much easier when the curse begins to roll away;besides, in past ages the proportion of deaths in childhood, wasmuch less than now.Bro. J. Baldwin: It would require the entire space of Z.W.T. fora year or more to answer all your questions in full. Wecommend to you the reading of all the tracts 3 or 4 times; thenread "DAY DAWN." You need not expect to obtain all the truthon so great and grand a subject at one swallow, it is a continuous
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