North Park union., 1901-02-22
Sectism.
-BY W. D. GREENE

SeSt tuae HAS ueen organized Dy man
We will go to the inspired book-the
one the laws OF our country are found
ed on-and see what it has got to say
about it. One thing first 1t has
been said by some reverend that
everybody is not fit to read the bible,
for they have MOI brains enough; but
do not let that narrow,minded man
make you believe any such thing 7
guess he studied to be priest.
We will notice what Paul says in
2nd Cor. vi, l4th to 18th verse
inclusive; abe yc not unequa!ly ycked
together with unbelievers; for what
fellowship hath righteousness with
unrighteousness, and what commun-
ion hath light with darkness, and
what concord hath Christ with Bclial
or what part hath he that believeth
with an infide, and what agreement
hath the Temple Of God with idols?
For ye are the temple of the living
God, as God hath said, I will dwell
in them, and walk in them; and | will
be their God, and they shall be my
people. Wherefore come ont from
among them, and be ye separate,
l
saith the Lord; and touch not the
unclean thing; and will receive you"
You will confess with your own
mouth that the different sects and
creeds are partly made up of unb,.
levers, just the very ones that the
! Bible tells us not to be unequally
yoked together with. They have got
their name down on the very same
class book with yours; and you-I
mean Christian. when say you--arc
bound down with the same laws and
bylaws of the church with them.
God knows that unbelievers do not
serve him, and if you continue to
keep yourself yolsed together with
them you are saying by that, that
they are Christian people, and that
they are on their way tc Heaven. 1t
is wrong to give influence that way,
for unbelievers arc unrighteous. Now
we see what the second clause OF the
first verse says, ''for what fellowship
hath Righteousness with unrighteous
nessY II there was nothing else in
the Bible to condemn creedism, these
first two clauses of the 14th verse
would be proof enough.
Each denomination has got little
road of its own to take you to Heaven.
Each one claims that their way is the
only way to go to heaven. All of
them cannot be right is one thing,
sure; for the Bible tells us that there
is only one way. All, yes! But God
did not intend for us all to see alike,
this reverend says. We will see how
much he knows about It by referring
to the Bible, see? Rom. XII, l6, abe
of the same mind, one toward anoth-
err" and XIV, 9TH and 9Th, "Now the
God of patience and consolation grant
you to be likeminded, one toward an
other, according to Christ Jesus:
''That yc may, with one mind and one
mouth glorily God, even the father
of our Lord Jesus Christ Cor.
1, 10, "Now besceoh you, brethren,
by the name Of our Lord Jesus Christ
that ye all speak the same thing, and
that there be no division among you;
but that ye be perfectly joined to-
gcther in the same mind and in the
same judgment Does this look to
you as if God intended for us not to
SET illkc dIlti lulIih illhe aIlu UclleNS
alike; that is, the doctrine of sect
and crecdism, but not the doctrine
that the Bible teaches. II we take
the Bible for our guide we can see
that to keep ourselves bound down
and yoked to gether with the unbelief
of the different sects, that we are not
doing Gods will, for He says: "Where-
fore come out from among them, and
be ye separate" saith the Lord, Sand
touch not the unclean thing; and l
will receive you" Rev. XVIII, 4th
verse, ".And l heard another voice
from Heaven, saying, come out Of
her, my people, that ye be not par
takers of her sins, and that ye re-
ceiye not Of her plaques" ;"
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