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10
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10.
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we
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God.
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IS
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only
lD
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service;
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our
decisions
relative
to
what
may
and
what
may
not
appear
lD
Jts
columu~
mu<t
be
accordlllg
to
our
judgment
of
his
good
pleasure,
the
teaching
of
hIS
Word,
for
the
upbuildmg
of
his
people
in
grace
and
knowledge.
And"
e
not
only
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but
urge
OUI:
readers
to
prove
aU
its
ntterances
by
the
infallible
Word
to
which
reference
is
constantly
made
to
faCIlItate
such
testIng.
TO
US
THE
SCRIPTURES
CLEARLY
TEACH
That
the
chnrch
Is
"the
temple
of
the
living
GOd",
peculiarly
"his
workmanship";
that
its
construction
has
been
in
progrl.'os
throu;hout
the
gospel
age-ever
since
Christ
became
the
world's
Redeemer
and
the
Chief
Corner
Stone
of
his
Temple,
throuo:h
whlcb,
when
finished,
God's
blesqlng
shall
come
"to
all
people",
and
they
find
access
to
him.-l
Cormthians
3:
16,
17;
Ephesians
2:
20-22;
Genesis
28:
14;
GalatIans
3:
29.
Tl:Jat
meantIme
the
chiseling,
shaping,
and
poll~hlng
of
consecrated
believers
in
Christ's
atonement
for
Rin,
progreqqes;
and
when
the
last
of
these
"living
stones",
"elect
and
precious,"
shall
have
been
made
reauy,
the
great
~I.I<ter
,\Yor:;mall
",ll
hrin!;
all
together
in
the
first
resurrection;
and
the
temple
sball
be
filled
with
his
glory,
and
be
the
meetlng
place
between
God
and
men
throughout
the
MllIenmum.-RevelatlOn
15:
5-8.
'That
the
ba'ls
of
hope,
for
the
church
and
tl>e
world,
lies
In
the
fact
that
"Jesus
Christ,
by
the
grace
of
nod,
ta<tpd
death
for
every
man,"
"a
ransom
for
all,"
and
wIll
1>1.'
"the
true
light
which
lIghteth
every
man
that
eomelh
mlo
the
world",
"in
due
tIme".
Hebrc"s
2:D,
John
I:D;
1
Timothy
2;5,
6.
'That
the
hope
of
the
church
is
tbat
~he
mllY
be
like
her
Lord,
"see
him
as
he
Is,"
be
"partakers
of
the
divine
nature','
and
share
his
glory
as
hIS
'olllt-hclr
-1
John
3.2;
John
17:
24;
Romans
8:
17;
2
Peter
1:
4.
rhat
the
pre«cnt
mlO-lOn
of
the
church
jq
the
perfecting
of
the
saints
for
the
future
work
of
~ervice:
to
develop
In
her~elf
every
/':1
ace,
to
he
God
s
wltnpqs-
to
the
world;
and
to
prepare
to
be
kmgs
and
priesTS
10
the
ne"t
a;!e.-Eplleolaus
4.12;
JIlatthew
24:
14,
RevelatIOn
1
:
6;
20:
6.
That
thc
hope
for
the
world
lies
in
the
blesslnl':S
of
knowledge
and
opportunity
to
be
brought
to
all
bv
(,hrlot's
:'-liIIl.'uniaI
kin/!';dom.
the
l"l',tltutJon
of
all
thaL
was
lost
In
4dam,
to
all
the
WIlling
and
obedient,
at
the
hanus
of
tl.lelr
lteueemcr
nnLl
h,S
glorilled
church,
.\
heu
all
the
WJlfully
"leked
will
be
destroyed.-Acts
3:
19-23;
Ismah
3a.
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