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THE
WATCH
TOWER
BItOOIUYII',
N.
Y.
very
sure
sign
of
the
character
which
God
is
seeking,
es·
pecially
in
matters
pertaining
to
our
great
salvation.
Yet
amongst
all
those
who
have
been
justified
by
faith-cleansed
from
their
iniquities
and
covered
with
the
robe
of
Chri~t's
righteousness-how
few,
comparatively,
there
are
who
carry
out
in
full
their
consecration
of
themselves
to
God-their
reasonable
service.
Only
the
truly
thankful
are
constrained
to
'do
so-only
the
truly
appreciative.
Let
us
each
and
all
seek
to
c;ultivate
more
and
more
the
spirit
of
thankfulness,
the
"reasonable"
spirit
or
disposition.
Thankfulness
will
make
every
trial
and
sacrifice
on
our
part
seem
small
and
proportionately
easy
to
be
offered;
and
it
will
make
all
of
God's
mercies
a.nd
favors
toward
us
proportionately
grand,
great
and
inspiring.
Today's
study
expresses
the
heart
sentiment
of
every
truly
consecrated
child
of
God.
The
more
we
come
into
possession
of
the
spiritual
blessings
which
the
Lord
has
promised
us,
and
which
we
have
accepted
by
faith,
the
more
need
shall
we
have
of
humility;
and
our
humility
will
be
proportionate
to
our
appreciation
of
divine
goodness
and
our
thankfulness
therefor.
The
grateful,
thankful
heart
may
go
on
from
grace
to
grace,
from
strength
to
strength,
from
knowledge
to
knowledge,
from
attainment
to
attainment;
but
if
gratitude
begins
to
wane
and
if
our
advantages
are
accepted
either
as
matters
of
our
own
attainment
or
of
good
luck,
in
that
same
proportion
we
shall
find
ourselves
growing
cold
spiritually.
Moreover,
with
unthankfulness
will
come
unholiness,
spiritual
pride
and
self-conceit;
and
all
of
this
will
lead
to
spiritual
dearth
and,
if
persisted
in,
to
spiritual
death.
PRICE
DEPOSITED
WI'rB
DIVIHE
roSTIOE
Ever
since
Jesus
died,
the
ransom-price
has
been
in
the
hands
of
divine
Justice-in
the
Father's
hands,
where
our
Lord
placed
it
at
the
time
of
his
death.
But
it
is
there
only
as
a
deposit;
for
the
time
has
not
yet
come
for
it
to
be
paid
over
offiJcially
for
Adam
and
his
posterity.
If
the
divine
plan
had
been
for
Jesus
to
take
possession
of
the
world
and
to
set
up
his
kingdom
at
Pentecost,
then
it
wouuld
have
been
proper
for
him
to
pay
over
to
the
Father
the
ransom-price
fUlly
and
completely-appropriating
it
as
the
offset
to
father
Adam's
sin
and
sentence
on
behalf
of
all
his
ralle.
If
that
Price
had
been
formally
paid
over,
the
proper
and
logical
thing
would
have
been
for
the
Father
to
put
the
whole
world
immediately
into
the
hands
of
our
Lord
Jesus,
and
for
the
Millennial
age
to
begin.
God
did
not
wish,
however,
to
turn
the
kingdom
over
to
our
Lord
until
the
great
seventh
day,
the
.Millennium;
for
he
had
another
feature
of
his
plan
to
be
worked
out
nrst.
He
purposed
that
during
the
intervening
more
th:in
eighteen
centuries
a
church
class
should
be
called
out
from
amongst
mankind,
to
be
the
bride
and
joint-heir
of
his
Son
in,
the
kingdom.
Hence
the
ransom-price
for
the
sins
of
the
whole
world
was
merely
left
unappropriated,
while
he
dealt
with
the
church.
And
since
the
Father's
plan
for
the
church
was
that
they
should
sacrifice
or
surrender
their
earthly
interests
and
receive
instead
heavenly
interests
and
the
divine
nature,
therefore
it
was
not
necessary
to
give
the
church
restitution-the
thing
which
the
ransom-price
will
secure
for
the
world
of
mankind.
Hence,
instead
of
giving
the
church
a
share
in
the
ransom
blessings,
which
would
mean
restitu
tion,
the
divine
provision
for
them
is
different:
namely,
an
imputation
of
merit
covering
their
blemishes,
so
that
they
might
present
their
bodies
a
living
sacrifice,
holy
and
ac
ceptable
to
God.
All,
therefore,
that
our
Lord
Jesus
has
done
with
the
ransom-price
is
to
impute
the
value
arising
therefrom
to
cover
the
shortcomings
of
those
who
desire
to
become
his
disciples
and
joint-heirs.
The
benefit
to
them
is
the
same
as
though
they
had
full
restitution,
for
they
are
fUlly
justified
from
all
sin,
and
are
thus
permitted
to
be
accepted
of
the
Father
as
members
of
the
house
of
sons,
by
the
begetting
of
the
holy
Spirit.
Shortly
the
church
shall
be
completed,
and
later
presented
before
the
Father
blameless
and
unre
provable,
without'
any
of
our
present
mental,
moral
and
phy
sical
diseases
and
weaknesses,
and
in
the
full
possession
of
the
new
life
and
the
new
resurrection
bodies.
BEREAN
STUDIES
IN
VOLUME
VII.
STUDIES
IN
THE
SCRIPTURES
fAs
these
questions
are
to
be
had
in
book
form
we
do
not
reproduce
them
here.]
IF
THEY
ONLY
KNEW
Jerusalem,
Jerusalem,
hadst
thou
but
known
Thy
day
of
visitation,
hadst
thou
recognized
Messiah
in
thy
midst,
would
not
t'1
y
Pharisees,
With
scoffing
priests
and
populace,
have
vied
to
do
Him
homage!
Dost
thou
think
the
Master
e'er
had
been
Footsore
and
weary
I
Would
there
not
have
stood
by
day,
By
night,
full
threescore
chariots
ready
at
his
callI
Ab,
me!
If
they
had
only
known,
dost
thin}c
the
feast
At
Simon's
house
had
been
the
only
one
thus
spread;
Or
would
He
e'er
have
need
to
say,
"The
birds
have
nests,
The
foxes
of
the
earth
have
holes,
but
I,
the
Son
Of
Man,
no
place
to
lay
my
head!"
Jerusalem,
Would
not
Uy
palace
gates
have
opened
wide
to
him,
The
Alpha
and
Omega,
Prophet,
Pnest
and
King
I
Ah
me!
Had
they
but
known,
in
all
the
centuries
since,
The
chosen
few
who
brave
Iv
followed
in
his
steps,
Dost
think
earth's
great
ones
would
have
left
them
lonely,
poor,
Despised
f
Would
they
have
driven
proudly
by
in
state,
The
while
"his
feet"
presSed
wearily
the
wayside
dust
f
All
ye
who
often
long,
like
Mary,
to
have
poured
The
precious
ointment
on
his
head,
remember
this:
His
words
are
true
today
as
then,
that,
"Inasmuch
As
ye
have
done
it
unto
one
of
these,
the
least
Of
mine,
it
hath
been
done
to
me!"
Ah,
yes!
and
e'en
A
cup
of
water
shall
not
fail
of
its
'reward,
Because
'twas
given
in'the
name
of
Christ,
the
Lord.
Then,
let
us
ever
seek
to
find
and
humbly
serve
His
"little
ones";
for
thus
we
do
it
unto
him."
VOL.
XXXVIII
BROOKLYN,
N.
Y.,
NOVEMBER
15,1917
THE
PRICE
OF
EXALTATION
No.
22
"Be
clothed
with
humility;
for
God
resistetb
the
proud
and
giveth
grace
to
the
humble.
Humble
yourselves
therefore
under
the
mighty
hand
of
God,
that
he
may
exalt
you
in
due
time.
"-1
Peter
5
:5,
6.
Who
would
dare,
without
divine
authorization,
to
enter-
Now
He
has
come,
and
the
kingdom
is
being
inaugurated.
Many
tain
a
hope
of
memberslotip
in
the
royal
family
of
heaven!
Yet
have
already
been
exalted,
while
o1lbers
are
patiently
waiting
nat
only
is
this
hope
held
out
to
some,
but
such
is
the
positive
the
day
of
their
glorification.
The
latter
must
shortly
finish
promise
of
Jehovah
to
those
who,
having
been
called
to
that
their
course.
The
time
()f
the
exaltation
of
the
last
members
high
position
and
begotten
of
the
holy
Spirit
of
God,
meet
of
the
body
of
Ohrist
is
drawing
nigh;
hence
the
importance
the
requirements,
continuing
faithful
unto
death.
The
neafllr
()f
the
words
of
St.
Peter
in
our
text.
All
truly
consecrated
we
come
to
the
time
of
exaltation,
the
greater
js
the
thrill
in
dllsire
exaltation;
therefore
the
importance
of
learning
well
contemplating
the
marvelous
change.
the
rules.
that
pertain
to
the
heavenly
way
•
.
The
Gospel
~e
is
closing
with
th.e
greatest
events
of.
all
THE
MAJESTY
OF
JEHOVAH
GOD
tIme.
The
~rave
Import
of
thIS
hour
wIll
never
be
fUlly
realIzed
.
,
.
.
.
.
.
and
appreCIated
until
it
is
passed;
indeed,
it
cannot
be.
For
True
humIlIty
IS
that
condItIo.n
?f
mmd.
or
heart
whIch
nearly
ninetee'll
hundred
years
the
school
of
Christ
has
been
in
causes
one
to
have
a
proper
Rpp~eClatIon
of
hIS
o,,:n
worth
and
operation;
and
during
this
time
God
has
been
inviting
same
the
worth
o~
o~hers,
and
to
realIze
t,he
value
to
~I~se1f
of
~he
to
enter
this
school,
with
the
promise
of
full
graduation
and
rob;
o!
ChrIst
s
righteousness.
It
IS
that.
co~dltion
of.
mmd
exaltation
to
those
who
truly
learn
the
lesson,
that
are
therein
whIch
ll~pels
one
always
to
keep
the
Lord
m,
v:ew.and
hImself
taught.
In
times
past
some
faithful
once
have
IIIfl.de
progre8B
out
of
sl~ht.
All
who
have
the
robe
o.f
ChrIst.s
nghteousnll.ss
in
this
school,
have
finh;lhed
their
course,
have
been
approved,
received
It
only
~fter
a
full
conseera~lon
0
gIve
up
~e~f-will
graduated,
and
set
ll.llide
~
await
the
coming
of
the
great
King.
and
to
do
the
WIll
of
God.
To
contInue
m
such
posItion
of
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(333-326) very sure sign of the character which God is seeking, especially in matters pertaining to our great salvation. Yet amongst all those who have been justified by faith—cleansed from their iniquities and covered with the robe of Christ’s righteousness—-how few, comparatively, there are who carry out in full their consecration of themselves to God—their reasonable service. Only the truly thankful are constrained to do so—only the truly appreciative. Let us each and all seek to cultivate more and more the spirit of thankfulness, the “reasonable’ spirit or disposition, Thankfulness will make every trial and sacrifice on our part seem small and proportionately easy to be offered; and it will! make all of God’s mercies and favors toward us proportionately grand, great and inspiring. Today’s study expresses the heart sentiment of every truly consecrated child of God. The more we come into possession of the spiritual blessings which the Lord has promised us, and which we have accepted by faith, the more need shall we have of humility; and our humility will be proportionate to our appreciation of divine goodness and our thankfulness therefor. The grateful, thankful heart may go on from grace to grace, from strength to strength, from knowledge to knowledge, from attainment to attainment; but if gratitude beging to wane and if our advantages are accepted either aa matters of our own attainment or of good luck, in that same proportion we shall find ourselves growing cold spiritually. Moreover, with unthankfulness will come unholiness, spiritual pride and self-conceit; and all of this will lead to spiritual dearth and, if persisted in, to spiritual death. PRICE DEPOSITED WITH DIVINE JUSTICE Ever since Jesus died, the ransom-price has been in the hands of divine Justice—in the Father’s hands, where our Lord placed it at the time of his death. But it is there only as a deposit; for the time has not yet come for it to be paid over officially for Adam and his posterity. If the divine plan had been for Jesus to take possession of the world and to set up his kingdom at Pentecost, then it wouuld have been proper for him to pay over to the Father the ransom-price THE WATCH TOWER Brooxiyy, N. Y. fully and completely—appropriating it as the offset to father Adam’s sin and sentence on behalf of all his raee. If that Price had been formally paid over, the proper and logical thing would have been for the Father to put the whole world immediately into the hands of our Lord Jesus, and for the Millennial age to begin. Ged did not wish, however, to turn the kingdom over to our Lord until the great seventh day, the Millennium; for he had another feature of his plan to be worked out first. He purposed that during the intervening more than eighteen centuries a church class should be called out from amongst mankind, to be the bride and joint-heir of his Son in. the kingdom. Hence the ransom-price for the sing of the whole world waa merely left unappropriated, while he dealt with the church. And since the Father’s plan for the church was that they should sacrifice or surrender their earthly interests and receive instead heavenly interests and the divine nature, therefore it was not necessary to give the church restitution—the thing which the ransom-price will secure for the world of mankind. Hence, instead of giving the church a share in the ransom blessings, which would mean restitution, the divine provision for them is different: namely, an imputation of merit covering their blemishes, so that they might present their bodies a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God. All, therefore, that our Lord Jesus has done with the ransom-price is to impute the value arising therefrom to cover the shortcomings of those who desire to become his disciples and joint-heirs. The benefit to them is the same as though they had full restitution, for they are fully justified from all sin, and are thus permitted to be accepted of the Father as members of the house of sons, by the begetting of the holy Spirit. Shortly the church shall be completed, and later presented before the Father blameless and unreprovable, without any of our present mental, moral and physical diseases and weaknesses, and in the full possession of the new life and the new resurrection bodies. BEREAN STUDIES IN VOLUME VII, STUDIES IN THE SCRIPTURES [As these questions are to be had in book form we do not reproduce them here.]} IF THEY ONLY KNEW Jerusalem, Jerusalem, hadst thou but known Thy day of visitation, hadst thou recognized Messiah in thy midst, would not thy Pharisees, With scoffing priests and populace, have vied to do Him homage! Dost thou think the Master e’er had been Footsore and weary! Would there not have stood by day, By night, full threescore chariots ready at his call! An, me! If they had only known, dost think the feast At Simon’s house had been the only one thus spread; Or would He e’er have need to say, “The birds have nests, The foxes of the earth have holes, but I, the Son Of Man, no place to lay my head!” Jerusalem, Would not thy palace gates have opened wide to him, The Alpha and Omega, Prophet, Priest and King! Ah me! Had they but known, in all the centuries since, The chosen few who bravely followed in his steps, Dost think earth’s great ones would have left them lonely, poor, Despised? Would they have driven proudly by in state, The while “his feet” pressed wearily the wayside dust? All ye who often long, like Mary, to have poured The precious ointment on hia head, remember this: His words are true today as then, that, “Inasmuch As ye have done it unto one of these, the least Of mine, it hath been done to me!” Ah, yes! and e’en A cup of water shall not fail of its reward, Because ’twas given in’ the name of Christ, the Lord. Then, let us ever seek to find and humbly serve His “little ones”; for thus we do it unto him.” Vou. XXXVI BROOKLYN, N. Y., NOVEMBER 15,1917 No. 22 = THE PRICE OF EXALTATION ‘*Be clothed with humility; for God resisteth the proud and giveth grace te the humble. Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that he may exalt you in due time.’*—1 Peter 5:5, 6, Who would dare, without divine authorization, to entertain a hope of membership in the royal family of heaven! Yet not only is this hope held out to some, but such is the positive promise of Jehovah to those who, having been called to that high position and begotten of the holy Spirit of God, meet the requirements, continuing faithful unto death. The nearer we come to the time of exaltation, the greater is the thrill in contemplating the marvelous change. The Gospel age is closing with the greatest events of all time, The grave import of this hour will never be fully realized and appreciated until it is passed; indeed, it cannot be. For nearly nineteen hundred years the school of Christ has been in operation; and during this time God has been inviting some to enter this school, with the promise of full graduation and exaltation to those who truly learn the lessona,that are therein taught. In times past some faithful ones have made progress in this school, have finished their course, have been approved, graduated, and set aside to await the coming of the great King. Now He has come, and the kingdom is being inaugurated. Many have already been exalted, while others are patiently waiting the day of their glorification. The latter must shortly finish their course. The time of the exaltation of the last members of the body of Christ is drawing nigh; hence the importance of the words of St. Peter in our text. All truly consecrated desire exaltation; therefore the importance of learning well the rules that pertain to the heavenly way. THE MAJESTY OF JEHOVAH GOD True humility is that condition of mind or heart which causes one to have a proper appreciation of his own worth and the worth of others, and to realize the value to himself of the robe of Christ’s righteousness. It is that condition of mind which impels one always to keep the Lord in view and himself out of sight. All who have the robe of Christ’s righteousness received it only after a full consecration to give up self-will and to do the will of God. To continue in such position of 16166}
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