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and his household were justified. One
would have thought that Saul, having
received an admoniiion from the Lord
Jesus himself, and having been rebukcd
TOT prosecuting the people OF God,
thinking he was doing Gods will, was
Justified In commencing his ministrations
and was fully qualified to preach and
beat. testimony Of Jesus divine and
omnipotent power. Yet he did not
When at Antioch the voice OF God came
unto certain prophets that were there
and they were commanded TO set apart
Paul and Barnabas unto the ministry.
God told them that lie had a work for
them TO do, and lie designed them 10
bear His name before the Geniilcs
When he was ordained he went forth,
minisicrcd In the name Of Jesus, and
was equally valiant with the other
Apostles In bearing testimony Of Gods
omnipotcncc.
John the divine, banished TO the Isle
OF Palmos, beheld the darkness that
succeeded the preaching Of the Gospel
by Jesus and His Apostles; he saw the
prosecutions that cnsucd, aud he was
iilled with sadness when Deholding the
dcsolation that was exhibited through
priesthood from the earth. Yet he saw,
I as recorded In the tA,h chapter OF
| Revelation, another angel flying in the
mlds, OF heaven, having the everlasting
Gospel TO preach TO them that dwelt
upon the earth, TO every nation, kindred,
tongue aud people Was II the same
Gospel that Jesus taught Certainly
There Is only one Gospel. Paul says
Though we, or an angel from heaven,
] preach any other gospel unto you than
that yc have received, let him be &C
cursed This Gospel that John saw
the angel bearing IN the midst Of heaven
was the Gospel Of faith, repentance,
baptism for the remission Of sins, and
the laying on Of hands iof the reception
OF the Holy Ghost II was a Gospel
that provided that a man should not
minister 10 the Gospel without the &C.
companyng influences Of the Holy
Ghost A man may be ordained; h.
may be commissioned and anointed, but
without the Holy Ghost he Is not
qualified to preach the Gospel to the
glory Of the Lord. Jesus told His dis
ciples that In His absence no man was
authorized TO preach the truth that lie
had proclaimed except the Holy Ghost
accompanied him and he was endowed
with power from ON high. Nicodcmus
sought to know the mind and will OF
| God. lie went 10 Jesus by night and
| asked what he could do. Jesus taught
! him in all simplicity and told him that "
a man was not born again he could not
see the Kingdom OF heaven. Nicodemus
understood the natural birth, and he
could not conceive how a man could be
born the second time. Jesus said unto
him, verify, verify, say unto thee, ex-
| cept a man be born Of water and OF the
Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom
OF God" When Philip taught the
cunuch the Gospel Of Jesus, as no read
from the scriptures, he explained TO him
the truth that had been revealed In the
days OF Jesus ministfations, Having
taught him the principle OF baptism, he
said to Philip, "See, here Is water; what
doth hinder me to be baptized" Philip
answered, III thou belicvest with all
thine heart, thou mayest" Then the
first principle, according to Philip, who
was a divine teacher, Is that he must be.
lieve-belieye that Jesus Is, and that lie
is a rewarder OF those who diligently
seek Him; that lie came to atone Tor
the original SIM that as In Adam all die.
so in Christ shall all be made alive, the
innocent having suffered for the guilty
As an evidence that this principle Is OF
the Lord and Is included IN the Gospel,
we may refer TO the statement OF Peter
on the day OF Pen,ecost, when the Jews
were pricied In their hearts at this
preaching They cried out "Men aud
brethren, what shall we dor Peter said
unto them, Repent, and be baptized
every one OF YOU In the name OF Jesus
| Christ ior the remission OF sins, aud ye
shall receive the giit OF the Holy Ghost.
| For the promise IS unto you, and to your
children, and TO all that are aiar OIL
even as many as the Lord our God
shall CALI This was the Gospel as
taught by Peter. This was the Gospel
that John said he beheld the angel com.
ing with from the realms OF glory to
preach to the inhabitants Of the earth,
after darkness had enveloped the earth
and the priesthood had been taken from
IT,
What other things are included In this
Gospel The Lord, speaking through
Malachi, said: Behold, | will send you
Elijah the prophet before the coming OF
the great ard dreadful day OF the Lord,
and he shall turn the heart OF the fathers
to the children, and the heart OF the
children to their fathers, lest | come and
smite the earth with curse" Jesus
said Of John the Baptist, And II yc will
receive IL, this is Elias, which was for TO
come II was said that the people OF
Sodom and Gomorrah should rise up In
| judgment against the people OF Judea,
Tor the works that Jesus wrought there
were not wrought in Sodom and
Gomorrah, yet God felt iustihed in des.
| troying those cities. The people Of
Nineveh will rise up In judgment
against the people OF ludea, because
they repented at the preaching Of Jonah,
and a greater than Jonah was IN Jerusa-
| lem; yet they prosecuted Him to death.
| This Gospel that John saw the angel
| bearing TO the earth was to be one that
would command the respect and the
attention OF the people OF the world
and II they rejected H. II would be To
their condemnation, and God would be
justified in condemning the inhabitants
Of the earth as He did In the days Of
Noah. Aud why is this Justification
| brought about Because Jesus said,
cas- the days OF Noe were, SO shall also
the coming OF the Son OF man be. For
as IN the days that were before the food
they were eating and drinking marry.
| ing and giving In marriage, until the day
| that Noe entered the ark, and knew not
until the flood came, and took them all
away; so shall also the coming OF the
Son Of man be-"
Now, in the revelation oil John Il was