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SEPTEMBER
I,
I9II
THE
WATCH
TOWER
cate
has
imputed
to
that
one
a
sufficiency
of
his
merit
to
com
pensate
for
any
deficiency;
he
is
thus
rendered
acceptable
and
is
then
in
a
reckonedly
complete
condition.
He
then
has
life-rights;
and
it
is
those
life-rights
that
are
said
to
be
sacri
ficed,
or
presented
to
God.
In
this
manner
the
person
may
be
said
to
become
a
member
of
the
great
High
Priest's
body.
Christ
imputes
to
him
a
sufficiency
of
merit
to
compensate
for
his
demerit;
and
having
been
made
acceptable
to
the
Father
by
this
imputation,
he
becomes
a
member
of
the
body
of
the
great
High
Priest.
There
is
a
difference
between
offering
our
sacrifice
and
pre
senting
ourselves.
Not
we,
but
the
High
Priest,
does
the
sacrificing.
Before
the
High
Priest
accepts
one
as
a
member
of
his
body,
he
imputes
to
that
one
a
sufficiency
of
his
merit
to
give
him
life-rights.
By
virtue
of
being
reckoned
perfect,
one
has
life-rights,
a
condition
which
permits
him
to
be
a
sacrifice.
All
those
life-rights
which
our
Lord
possessed
when
he
died
were
symbolically
represented
in
the
blood
of
the
bul
lock;
and
with
that
blood
the
sprinkling
was
done
in
the
Most
Holy.
There
was
just
one
moment
when
the
knife
in
the
hand
of
the
high
priest
smote
and
slew
the
bullock.
That
moment
represented
the
moment
when
our
Lord,
at
Jordan,
became
dead
as
a
man
amI
alive
as
a
new
creature,
when"
He,
through
the
eternal
Spirit,
offered
up
himself
without
spot
to
God."
But
it
was
not
as
a
new
creature
that
he
offered
up
himself,
hut
as
the
man
Christ
Jesus.
His
spotless
humanity
was
what
he
there
offered.
This
he
did
through
the
eternal
Spirit
of
Son
ship
and
loyalty
to
God;
and
this
was
the
opportune
moment,
the
moment
foretold
in
prophecy.
Then
he
was
acknowledged
a
Priest.
If
Christ
were
on
earth,
on
the
earthly
plane,
He
could
not
be
a
priest
according
to
the
flesh,
not
being
of
the
family
of
Aaron.
The
only
order
of
priesthood,
therefore,
to
which
he
belonged
was
a
spiritual
order,
the
one
mentioned
in
the
Scripture
which
says:
'
'Thou
art
a
priest
forever
after
the
order
of
Melchizeilek."
(Psa.
110
:4.)
He
was
not
a
priest
according
to
the
flesh,
but
as
a
new
creature.
The
High
Priest
carne
into
his
office
by
virtue
of
his
work
of
sacrifice.
The
bringing
of
the
bullock
into
the
Court
meant
its
presentation
for
sacrificial
purposes.
So
with
Jesus.
When
he
came
to
John
at
Jordan,
he
made
a
surrender
of
himself.
This
the
Father
acknowledged.
The
disciples
of
the
Lord
pre
sented
themselves,
but
they
were
neither
accepted
as
sacrifices
nor
begotten
of
the
Spirit,
until
Pentecost.
On
that
day,
while
they
were
waiting,
God
accepted
the
sacrifice,
and
made
them
priests
at
that
moment.
THE
IMPUTATION
OF
RIGHTEOUSNESS
Question.-Does
Christ
impute
His
righteousness
to
the'
members
of
his
body~
Answer.-When
we
say
that
our
Lord
imputes
his
righteous
ne,~s,
we
are
not
to
think
that
he
gives
his
own
righteousness
as
the
High
Priest,
but
that
he
imputes
the
merit
of
his
human
sacrifice
on
our
behalf.
When,
as
the
Man
Christ
Jesus,
he
laid
down
his
life,
without
being
under
sentence
of
death
in
any
degree,
there
was
a
merit
in
that
sacrifice.
The
earthly
life-rights,
which
the
Lord
laid
down,
were
to
his
credit,
giv
ing
him
the
power
of
restitution
for
the
world
of
mankind,
the
power
for
their
regeneration.
But
before
the
merit
of
that
sacrifice
is
given
to
the
world,
it
is
made
the
basis
of
our
justification,
for
the
covering
of
our
imperfections.
It
could
have
been
used
for
us
in
restitution,
but
such
was
not
God's
plan
during
this
age.
Hence,
Jesus'
merit
is
imputed
to
be
lievers
who
consecrate,
and
also
covers
the
blemishes
and
un
witting
trespasses
of
their
imperfect
earthen
vessels
to
the
end
of
their
course.
RIGHTEOUSNESS
AND
MERIT
Question.~What
distinction
would
you
make
between
the
righteousness
of
our
Lord
and
His
merit
~
Answer.-The
righteousness
of
our
Lord
was
His
right
doing,
his
right
conduct,
his
perfect
character
while
he
was
the
man,
while
he
was
on
trial.
The
merit
is
the
divine
ap
preciation,
the
divine
estimation
of
that
character,
of
that
right-doing.
Since
he
ceased
to
be
a
man,
our
Lord
has,
of
course,
no
righteousness
as
a
human
being.
That
righteous
ness
which
was
his
before
his
consecration
and
which
he
main
tained,
constitutes
a
merit
in
the
divine
sight,
which
is
im
puted
to
the
church
now,
and
which
is
to
be
utilized
by
him
in
the
blotting
out
of
the
sins
of
the
whole
world,
shortly.
It
is
a
sufficiency
of
merit;
for
one
man
was
sentenced
to
death
and,
later,
another
man
was
passed
upon
as
worthy
of
life.
This
merit,
therefore,
this
value
of
laying
down
a
life
not
worthy
of
death,
is
at
his
disposal
in
the
divine
arrange
ment.
SHOULD
BE
APPLIED
ANTITYPICALLY
Question.-Have
we
any
Scripture
to
show
that
the
Aaronic
priesthood
will
exercise
their
priestly
office
in
the
Millennial
age~
Answer.-One
Scripture
that
might
be
understood
so
to
teach
is
found
in
the
book
of
Malachi,
which
says
that
when
the
Lord
shall
corne
into
his
temple,
"He
shall
sit
as
a
re
finer
and
purifier
of
silver;
and
he
shall
purify
the
sons
of
Levi
and
purge
them
as
gold
and
silver,
that
they
may
offer
unto
the
Lord
an
offering
in
righteousness.'
'-Mal.
3
:3.
Some
might
apply
this
Scripture
to
the
sons
of
Levi
in
a
literal
way.
But
we
think
that
it
is
anti
typical,
that
the
church
constitutes
the
Levitical
system
and
that
these
are
the
spiritual
Levites
whom
the
Purifier
will
make
ready,
that
they
may
offer
unto
God
an
acceptable
sacrifice,
as
antitypical
Levites
and
a
royal
priesthood.
VOL.
XXXII
BROOKLYN,
N.
Y.,
SEprrEMBER
15,
1911
No.
18
VIEWS
FROM
THE
WATCH
TOWER
"SPEAKING-WITH-TONGUES"
DELUSION
from
the
Apostles
by
the
laying
on
of
hands,
so
that
when
We
have
heretofore
referred
to
some
earnest
people
who
the
Apostles
were
dead
and
also
those
upon
whom
they
are
evidently
ensnared
by
the
adversary
into
believing
had
laid
their
hands
and
communicated
the
gifts,
it
ended
that
they
are
enjoying
a
restoration
of
the
gifts
whereby
those"
gifts"
in
the
church.
Antl
the
next
step
of
prog-
Goil
blessed
anil
established
the
Christian
church
in
the
ress
was
the
manifestation
of
the
fruits
of
the
Spirit,
as
first
eentury.
Their
strong
delusions
continue
to
increase
St.
Paul
most
clearly
points
out.-l
Cor.
13
:8.
under
a
spirit
power
which.
we
believe,
is
not
from
God
UNREST
IN
CHINA-BRITISH
UNFAITHFUL
nor
from
the
dead,
but
from
the
fallen
spirits,
the
fallen
Bishop
W.
B.
Lewis,
of
the
Ml'thodist
Episcopal
church
angels.
In
addition
to
the
speaking
with
tongues
and
the
of
Foo
Chow,
China,
discussing
rE'CE'nt
trouble
and
present
miraculous
healing
of
the
sick
and
the
seeing
of
visions,
unrest
in
the
Canton
Province,
savs:-
they
now
have
spirit
manifestations.
Their
latest
claims,
"The
real
root
of
the
troubic
is
beeause
the
Chinese
reported
in
their
religious
journals,
are
that
the
Lord
Je.sus,
government
has
suppressed
the
growing
of
poppy.
In
1906
on
several
occasions,
has
appeareil
in
their
midst
at
their
England
and
China
entered
into
a
treaty
to
suppress
the
meetings,
has
been
seen
with
the
natural
eye,
etc.
opium
traffic.
The
terms
of
the
treaty
were
that
England
That
these
people
are
earnest
and
evidently
honest
only
was
to
i1ecrease
the
importation
of
opium
one-tenth
each
increases
our
sorrow
for
them.
(For
dishonest
people
we
year
and
China
agreed
to
suppress
the
growing
of
poppy
have
comparatively
little
sympathy.)
We
fear
that
a
later
in
the
same
ratio.
development
will
be
spirit
manifestations
of
a
still
more
"China
has
lived
up
to
the
terms
of
the
treaty
and
pronounced
type.
The
fallen
angels
are
evidently
desirous
England
has
not.
In
consequence
of
this
the
price
of
of
deluding
the
whole
world.
They
have
certainly
had
opium
in
China
has
increased
fourfold
and
the
result
is
great
success,
so
far
as
many
of
the
false
doctrines
are
that
millions
of
dollars
are
flowing
out
of
the
country
and
concerneil.
And
as
we
read
the
Scriptures,
we
believe
they
nothing
is
coming
in.
All
the
time
England
is
profiting
will
for
a
time
have
a
still
greater
influence
in
human
af-
by
the
condition
as
it
now
is.
The
residents
of
a
large
fairs
shortly.
Those
of
our
readers
who
have
contact
with
part
of
Southern
China
do
not
understand
the
treaty
and
any
of
these
deluded
people
should
point
out
to
them
the
hence
the
rebellion
was
brought
ahout.
However,
the
pres-
Apostle's
worils,
"Believe
not
every
spirit,"
and
should
ent
condition
will
not
continue
much
longer,
as
the
British
remind
them
that
the
fallE'n
angels
are
"lying
spirits,"
government
cannot
face
the
worl,l
ber3use
of
failure
to
and
that
the
entire
confidence
of
God's
people
should
be
abide
by
the
terms
of
the
trE'aty.
I
believe
the
English
in
the
teachings
of
the
Scriptures.
are
coming
to
the
realization
that
this
condition
cannot
The
Scriptures
clearly
testify
that
those
who
posseS.'led
go
forward,
and
I
believe
developments
will
occur
in
the
the
gifts
of
the
Spirit
in
the
early
church
received
them
near
future.
The
final
outcome
will
be
that
England
will
VI--IO
[4877]
SEPTEMBER I, 191! cate has imputed to that one a sufficiency of his merit to compensate for any deficiency; he is thus rendered acceptable and is then in a reckonedly complete condition. He then has life-rights; and it is those life-rights that are said to be sacrificed, or presented to God. In this manner the person may be said to become a member of the great High Priest’s body. Christ imputes to him a sufficiency of merit to compensate for his demerit; and having been made acceptable to the Father by this imputation, he becomes a member of the body of the great High Priest. There is a difference between offering our sacrifice and presenting ourselves. Not we, but the High Priest, does the sacrificing. Before the High Priest accepts one as a member of his body, he imputes to that one a sufficiency of his merit to give him life-rights. By virtue of being reckoned perfect, one has life-rights, a condition which permits him to be a sacrifice. All those life-rights which our Lord possessed when he died were symbolically represented in the blood of the bulwok and with that blood the sprinkling was done in the Most oly. There was just one moment when the knife in the hand of the high priest smote and slew the bullock. That moment represented the moment when our Lord, at Jordan, became dead as a man and alive as a new creature, when ‘‘ He, through the eternal Spirit, offered up himself without spot to God.’’ But it was not as a new creature that he offered up himself, but as the man Christ Jesus. His spotless humanity was what he there offered. This he did through the eternal Spirit of Sonship and loyalty to God; and this was the opportune moment, the moment foretold in prophecy. Then he was acknowledged a Priest. If Christ were on earth, on the earthly plane, He could not be a priest according to the flesh, not being of the family of Aaron. The only order of priesthood, therefore, to which he helonged was a spiritual order, the one mentioned in the Scripture which says: ‘‘Thou art a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek.’’ (Psa. 110:4.) He was not a priest according to the flesh, but as a new creature. The High Priest came into his office by virtue of his work of sacrifice. The bringing of the bullock into the Court meant its presentation for sacrificial purposes. So with Jesus. When he came to John at Jordan, he made a surrender of himself. This the Father acknowledged. The disciples of the Lord presented themselves, but they were neither accepted as sacrifices nor begotten of the Spirit, until Pentecost. On that day, while they were waiting, God accepted the sacrifice, and made them priests at that moment. THE IMPUTATION OF RIGHTEOUSNESS Question.—Does Christ impute His righteousness to the’ members of his body? THE WATCH TOWER (351-355) Answer.—When we say that our Lord imputes his righteousness, we are not to think that he gives his own righteousness as the High Priest, but that he imputes the merit of his human sacrifice on our behalf. When, as the Man Christ Jesus, he laid down his life, without being under sentence of death in any degree, there was a merit in that sacrifice. The earthly life-rights, which the Lord laid down, were to his credit, giving him the power of restitution for the world of mankind, the power for their regeneration. But before the merit of that sacrifice is given to the world, it is made the basis of our justification, for the covering of our imperfections. It could have been used for us in restitution, but such was not God’s plan during this age. Hence, Jesus’ merit is imputed to believers who consecrate, and also covers the blemishes and unwitting trespasses of their imperfect earthen vessels to the end of their course. RIGHTEOUSNESS AND MERIT Question.— What distinction would you make between the righteousness of our Lord and His merit? Answer.—-The righteousness of our Lord was His rightdoing, his right conduct, his perfect character while he was the man, while he was on trial. The merit is the divine appreciation, the divine estimation of that character, of that right-doing. Since he ceased to be a man, our Lord has, of course, no righteousness as a human being. That righteousness which was his before his consecration and which he maintained, constitutes a merit in the divine sight, which is imputed to the church now, and which is to be utilized by him in the blotting out of the sins of the whole world, shortly. It is a sufficiency of merit; for one man was sentenced to death and, later, another man was passed upon as worthy of life. This merit, therefore, this value of laying down a life not worthy of death, is at his disposal in the divine arrangement. SHOULD BE APPLIED ANTITYPICALLY Question.—Have we any Scripture to show that the Aaronic priesthood will exercise their priestly office in the Millennial age? Answer.—One Scripture that might be understood so to teach is found in the book of Malachi, which says that when the Lord shall come into his temple, ‘‘He shall sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; and he shall purify the sons of Levi and purge them as gold and silver, that they may offer unto the Lord an offering in righteousness.’’—Mal. 3:3. Some might apply this Scripture to the sons of Levi in a literal way. But we think that it is antitypical, that the church constitutes the Levitical system and that these are the spiritual Levites whom the Purifier will make ready, that they may offer unto God an acceptable sacrifice, as antitypical Levites and a royal priesthood. Vou. XXXIT VIEWS FROM “SPEAKING-WITH-TONGUES’’ DELUSION We have heretofore referred to some earnest people who are evidently ensnared by the adversary into believing that they are enjoying a restoration of the gifts whereby God blessed and established the Christian church in the first century. Their strong delusions continue to increase under a spirit power which. we believe, is not from God nor from the dead, but from the fallen spirits, the fallen angels. In addition to the speaking with tongues and the miraculous healing of the sick and the seeing of visions, they now have spirit manifestations. Their latest claims, reported in their religious journals, are that the Lord Jesus, on several occasions, has appeared in their midst at their meetings, has been seen with the natural eye, ete. That these people are earnest and evidently honest only increases our sorrow for them. (For dishonest people we have comparatively little sympathy.) We fear that a later development will be spirit manifestations of a still more pronounced type. The fallen angels are evidently desirous of deluding the whole world. They have certainly had great success, so far as many of the false doctrines are concerned. And as we read the Scriptures, we believe they will for a time have a still greater influence in human affairs shortly. Those of our readers who have contact with any of these deluded people should point out to them the Apostle’s words, ‘‘Believe not every spirit,’’ and should remind them that the fallen angels are ‘‘lying spirits,’’ and that the entire confidence of God’s people should be in the teachings of the Scriptures. The Scriptures clearly testify that those who possessed the gifts of the Spirit in the early church received them VI—10 BROOKLYN, N. Y., SEPTEMBER 15, 1911 THE WATCH TOWER No. 18 from the Apostles by the laying on of hands, so that when the Apostles were dead and also those upon whom they had laid their hands and communicated the gifts, it ended those ‘‘gifts’’ in the church. And the next step of progress was the manifestation of the fruits of the Spirit, as St. Paul most clearly points out.—1 Cor. 13:8. UNREST IN CHINA—-BRITISH UNFAITHFUL Bishop W. B. Lewis, of the Methodist Episcopal church of Foo Chow, China, discussing recent trouble and present unrest in the Canton Province, says:— ‘‘The real root of the trouble is because the Chinese government has suppressed the growing of poppy. In 1906 England and China entered into a treaty to suppress the opium traffic. The terms of the treaty were that England was to decrease the importation of opium one-tenth each year and China agreed to suppress the growing of poppy in the same ratio. ‘‘China has lived up to the terms of the treaty and England has not. In consequence of this the price of opium in China has increased fourfold and the result is that millions of dollars are flowing out of the country and nothing is coming in. All the time England is profiting by the condition as it now is. The residents of a large part of Southern China do not understand the treaty and hence the rebellion was brought about. However, the present condition will not continue much longer, as the British government cannot face the world because of failure to abide by the terms of the treaty. I believe the English are coming to the realization that this condition cannot go forward, and I believe developments will occur in the near future. The final outcome will be that England will [4877]
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