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SINS, Gaining on the uiiie VI tiit io'u'
Acts xxi, 12-l6).
Now. one would suppose, particularly
a modern Christian. that Saul was
then and there authorized to go out
and administer in the name of the LORD
and bear this witness. He had
seen Christ, he had heard the
voice of His mouth: a servan,
of God had come to him and
predicted what he should do; he had
been healed by miracle. Was he not
then qualified? No. You VIII ma by
reading the 18th chapter of the Acts OF
the Apostles that after all this had
passed by for some time, as certain
prophets and teachers ministcred be-
fore the Lord, the Holy Ghost said
unto them:
Separate me Barnabas and saul for
| the work whereunto j have called
And when they had tasted and
| prayed. and laid their hands on them,
| they sent them away"
That is how the Apostle Paul re-
| ceived his authority. Writing To the
| Hebrews. he says;
| "And no man taketh this honor unto
\ himself, hut he that is called of God,
\ as was Aaron" Heb v, 4.
| If you will turn back to the Old
| Testament you viii fnd that Aaron
| was called by revelation of God through
| Moses.
That is Gods way. The other way
| is mans way This authority cannot
\ be received from man. 1t must come
| from God.
to be made an high priest; but he that
said unto him, Thou art my Son, today
have l begotten thee.
"As he saith also In another place,
Thou art priest forever after the or
der of Melchisedek." Verses ., O.
As God called Christ. so Christ called
| nd frflN
authority and power. and sent them
out. But that does not give anybody
authority now. II must come If at
all, In the same way. But our mod
ern ministers tell us that there has been
| no revelation from God since the days
when John the Apostle was on the
Island of Patmos and received that
| revelation which Is recorded and placed
last In the New testament. The COM
mon idea is that the last few verses
OF the last chapter of the Book OF
| Revelation contain the last revelation
from God. A very great mistakel In
| the first place, the Book of Revelation
is not put in It's chronological order.
John the Apostle wrote his gospel after
that book was written. and he wrote
his epistles afterwards. But passing
that by. what does the Revelation say
For I testify unto every man that
| neareth the words of the prophecy of
this book, If any man shall add unto
|. these things, God shall add unto him
. the plaques that are written in this
| book:
And II any man shall take away
from the words OF the book of this
prophecy, God shall take away his part
out of the book OF life, and out of the
holy city, and from the things which
are written in this book
What book? Why, this book. this
! revelation that John had on the Island
| of Patmos, which he was commanded
to write. That does not refer to the
Bible. There was no such volume
then. That was compiled hundreds OF
7 years afterwards. Does II say there
, that God would give no more revela-
= ton? Certainly not. 1t simply says
that man shall not add to that which
God gives. No man has the right tc
| add to the word of God. Does thai
take away the right of God to add Il
I His own word or to give more reVela-
ton when He chooses? Does thai
muzzle Deity? Does that stop the
, mouth of the Almighty. that He is to
| speak no more to the children of men
We are told that God is an unchange-
able being. Well, God from the be,
: ginning. when necessity arose anc
T when people We're prepared for Hi!
? word, raised up Prophets and holy meh
and inspired them to speak and tC
5 write by the power of the Holy Ghost
and that was His word. And he ha.
l
day, today, and forever But during
$ the long night of darkness that ha.
, | interviewed since the wicked people OF
: THIS earth put out the glorious light.
5 which God set in their midst to en-
tighten their Misunderstanding that Ions
e night of darkness, the people have no
{ believed In revelation from God. Theii
teachers and preachers have Instruct
ed them that revelation had ceased 4,
: use their words, THE awful voice o
prophecy is closed forever" SO tn,
. people have not been looking for IL
t and according to their faith so it hai
u been unto them. They have had n,
a faith that God would send angels again
n They have had no faith that God would
e speak again from heaven. They hav,
: had no faith that Christ would mani
fest Himself in person. But the,
I have been led by the doctrines an,
e commandments of men. Still, durin,
g that long night of darkness. Their,
: have been some stars that have givei
o a little light; and there has been tn
u moon, which has reflected light; bu
: not the original sunlight-that which
g comes from the sun of Righteousness
= Darkness has covered the earth. an,
y gross darkness the people. Their
= have been a great many good people
J, great many good preachers and lee
turers. many great reformers. The.
Y have done their best. They have trie,
: to enlighten the minds of men. Still
o among them all there have been s
many who have preached for hire an
!, OWNED for money. and have mad
merchandise of the'souls OF men, tina
= the darkness has increased and thick
e ened upon the souls of mankind.
i. Now. In these last days, to which nj
e the Prophets and Apostles whom W
;. read of In the Bible refer--in thes
~ last days of wickedness, of trouble, o
- judgments. of conflicts, of wars. and
~, time such as never was known fror
" the beginning, God. the Eterna
Z Father. who spoke In times past b
70 the Prophets, and In the meridian q
a time by His Son Jesus Christ, ha
" spoken again from the heavens, an
q, has re-established His Church o
a earth-the same Church that Chris
~ established; that IL, in the same form
n with the same power and AUTHORITY
n with the same Gospel. with the sam
/, gifts and blessings. with the same hol
II Apostleship. And In order that
N might be fully restored these person
- ages had to appear: John the Baptis
q, came and ordained Joseph and olive
as we have heard this afternoon. I
:. the lesser Priesthood--the Prlesthoo
= by which John had the authority t
. baptlze for the remission of sins II
a could not lay his hands upon the pee
" pie that they might receive the Hol
d Ghost; but he promised them tina
there was one coming among then
a.. l miphticr than he. the Iatchpt NJ who's