The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1902-11-07
The Holiness Movement Discussed.

Jones Valley. Nov. 3-There has
been and u being said q great deal
concerning Holiness and its Workings.
This movement IL Of God and none can
hinder. IL has been said by some that
IL would deyide the churches That II
mistake. Holiness purifies the
churches and makes man what he
ought TO be. God made man in his
own image and placed him in the
garden, to obey him. making him bis
own moral agent. The devil suggested
that il he would eat or the for
hidden fruit. he would be as wise as
tod. Man could not Withstand this
termination and he disobeyed God I;
hence the fall. God being wise had
provided a way to bring man out OF
the fall before he made man, 30 men
are their own agents. morally. but not
spiritually. Man could not bring him
self out of the fall Disobedience
brought the curse npon man and
obedience will bring the blessings OF
God upon man. We must obey from
the heart.
Now we must take under considera-
ton what brought about the fall: Man
obeyed the woman. therein disobeylng
God. Adam had more love for his
wife than he had for his God. There
should nothing come between us and
God. That is the trouble today. men
are obeying the women instead or
God. A man who does NOT preach that
man can be reinstated, placed back
where he was before the fall, is not
a man but a woman, from a Bi bic
standpoint.
Paul in writing to the Corinthians,
wanted them to understand that the
head of every man is Christ, and the
head of the woman is the man and the
head of Christ is God. (Cor. lib ], so
YOU see everything centers in God. A
man is not a man In the church, until
Christ be formed in him and become
the head of the man.
The great trouble with churches OF
today is not having men to teach them
and Paul said let the women keep
silent in the churches, and If they
would learn anything, let them ask
their husbands at home. Let's find
out who Paul called husband-one
who is capable of taxing care OF the
church.
For thy Maker 10 thine husl ID,
the Lord of Hosts is his NAME ana thy
Kedeemer the Holy one Of Israel, the
God of the whole earth shall he be
called. lisa. 54:5). So you see what
il takes to const1tu husband from
q Bible standpoint. I say we have too
many women preachers in the pulpit
TODAY. | mean Just what Paul did.
weak vessels, and il they would learn
anything let them as some one VINO
knows. The scripture will interpret
itself. if you will let 1t.
Paul said Adam was not deceived,
but the woman being deceived was IN
the transgression LIST. Tim. 214).
SO you see who is being decelved-the
weak vessels. The one who is trans
crossing Gods laws, is the one that Is
in trouble, for the ways OF the trans
gressor is hard. Christ did not trans
gress his Fathers laws nor Will any
man. Women do this, or Ignorant
people Paul said that they could De
saved from this in child-bearlng II
they would continue in faith ana
charity and holiness and to be sober
minded. LIST. Tim. 2'15l. :,
Now reader, your religion doesn I
stop at the second blessing, for Paul
mentions three right here. Paul
told Titus not to take into his minis
| try any that was an hereto after the
first and second admonition Tor bless
ing) Tim. 3:1O). 1t is just as bad
to be cranky about the second blessing
as about first, for no man ever Will
get Christ formed in him at the Sec
ond blessing. Just what it takes to
form natural child, just the same FOR
a spiritual child. The scriptures are
figurative and unless q man under
stand figures he can't do much with
mathematics just the same with the
Bible. No man can preach above MS
experience, neither can he fool man
/ that's had an experience, for religion
is experimental, and aside and apart
from this, there is no salvation.
So there is no danger OF this rellglon
splitting the Christ or making any
one leave his mother church. Paul
saws if thou art bound to wife. seek
not to be loosed, and il thou be loosed
from wife seek not wife. was
spiritually born in the Methodist church
40 she is my spiritual mother. When
was q babe she cared for me. Can
afford to turn my back on her now1
No. verify, I would be worse than a
traitor. If were Baptist, or any
other denomination, it would be the
same. No man has right to forsake
his mother. Paul tells how to avoid
coming out of the church; But
watch thou IN all things. endure
affection. do the work Of an evanPe-
list, make full proof Of thy ministry,
III. Tim. 4:5). When in a new
church, in the Methodist, Baptist or
any other church, don't forsake your
mother, but if you be married to
church and that church be dead. you
are at liberty to marry to another
church, only in the Lord. Every wife
is not mother, and neither are all
preachers husbands. Read lisa. BIZ
and see what he says about it. AS
for my people, children are their
oppressors and women rule over them.
Reader, that the trouble today. chill
dren are the contention and the women
are in authority or have rule over
them, the weak vessels. Listen to the
remainder of this verse and he will set
you right: 20, my people, they
WIFI Oh lead thee, cause thee to sin.
and destroy the way Of thy path. .
We are taught in the scriptures to try
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