National Baptist world., 1894-10-12
THE CHURCHES ARE WITHIN
BELIEVERS.

of God is within you .n-Luke II p.
The phrases Kingdom Of Christ, -
"Kingdom of heaven" and "King-
dom of God" are used in the scrip
lures with some diversity of mean
ing. Kingdom of God, or of heaven,
the church of Christ Oh earth, or in
celestial glory, or inclusive of both
states; announced by Daniel: "And
in the days of these kings shall the
God Of heaven set up a kingdom
which shall never be destroyed. And
| the kingdom shall not be left to other
people, but it shall break in pieces
and consume all these Kingdoms,
and it shall stand forever. Dan,
IA. Christ's kingdom is spiritual
i'll its nature which is the result of
the Holy Spirits inhabitation OF the
soul. "For behold, the kingdom of
God is within you" Within you );
such as are or may become it's sub
jects. Thus Christ's kingdom is
spiritual and has it's seat in the
hearts of it's believers on earth
Says Paul, "Of whom the whole fam
lily in heaven and earth is named y
-Eph. 3-15. The kingdom was an
nounced by John the Baptist and by
Jesus. And saying Repent ye, for
the kingdom of heaven is at hand.n
Matt. 50. After John was cast in
to prison, Jesus then began His min
istry by saying Repent, for the
kingcom of heaven is at hand. D
Matt. 4-17. Here we have the King
of the kingdom empowering men to
preach. "And as ye go, preach say
ing the kingdom of heaven is at
hand ."-Matt lO-7 Said Jesus to
PLATE "My kingdom is not of this
world" Not of this warld; He
meant not a political, secular and
temporal kingdom. Thus Jesus an
swers indirectly, but admits that He
comes to establish kingdom. And
He proceeds to define the nature of
this kingdom "FOr the kingdom of
God is not meat and drink but right
eousness and peace and joy in the
Holy Ghost.N Now we can see the
kingdom of God in Christianity in
it's gracious dominion over all it's
subjects, reigning in their hearts.
Eating and drinking" 1t does not
mean what we may or may not eat
nor drink. But righteous; being
righteous and acting righteously.
Peace; with God, peace Of conscience
peace with those who love the Lord
Jesus, and peace with men. Joy in
the Holy Ghost.n THE JOY Christ
Jesus. u Tim. 2-5. Language can
not more plainly declare that Christ
is man. But the advocates of the
theory [ am opposing will admit
this. They suppose that His assump-
ton of a human body made Him a
man, this deny, and to present the
matter in a clear light it is proper to
ascertain what man is, what the
term "Man" means. We cannot do
better than to go back to the first use
of the word, "And God said let us
make man in our image, after our
likeness. Cod created man in His
own image, in the image of God Gre
ated He him "-Gen. 1926. Tnis
language cannot refer to bodily i'm
age for God is Spirit, Humanity
is not deified. and divinity is not hu-
maniZed. Divinity cannot take into
its essence anything finite, and the
human is not finite. Humanity can
not be so absorbed in Deity as to be
come part Of it. The two natures
must ever remain distinct while the
Person Of Christ formed by their
union will ever be one and indivisi-
BILE. Who is He? My answer to this
all important question; the testi-
mony born to the Son by the Father,
by Jesus, by the Spirit, by Angels,
Saints, Men and Devils. Now see
what God, His Father says who He
is in Matt. l7-5, C"My beloved Son")
"Wh1le He yet spake, behold a
bright cloud Overshadowed them,
and behold a voice out of the cloud,
which said this is my beloved Son in
whom [ am well pleased, hear We
Him. The second record is Christ
of himself II am the Son Of God ~ !
John 10-36. Third. Are of the
the Spirit in the word. The Son of
God, Mark IL a borne by Gabriel; the
Son Of Go6, Luke IS; fifth, this is
the Son Of God, John 1-34; sixth, the |
Christ the Son of God. John 20-31 by |
Apostle John seventh, He is the Son
of God. Acts 920 by Paul, eighth,
Thou art the Son of God, Mat. 1873
by Disciples; ninth, Rabbi Thou art |
the Son Of God, John 1-49 by Nathan
ael; tenth, the Christ the Son of God,
John 11-27 by Martha; eleventh, Je-
sus Christ is the Son of God, Acts s.
81 Eunuch; twelfth, truly this was
the Son of God, Mark 1888 by Cen
turion; thirteenth, Thou art the Son
of God, Mark 3-11 by unclean Spirits