The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1910-06-22

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ing the Word oil Truth Ill Timothy |
Ii. l5). |
Many of our dear Christian friends
say, What lack we yet: lave we not
really attained the goal OF our Church
ambition! Should we build finer edi
fees or pay larger salariesf Are we
nor Straining ourselves with collections
at every turut What more could GOD
ask of us? we are rich and increased
in goods and have need of nothing"
Revelation iii. Ii lN
IN reply we may suppose the Lord to
ask, Where did give you instruction
respecting these things: Where IN my
Word did you tind the suggestion that
was to erect great church edficcs,
piles of stone and iron and mortar,
polished woods and stained glass :?
You are not rightly reading my Word
However good in intention. you have
failed to "riOhtly diride the Word OF
Truth" The Temple respecting which
l gave instruction is the spiritual one,
the Temple OF the holy Spirit--the Body
Of Christ which is the Church, |
fear that you have forgotten the
true temple Of God while rearing
so many temples of earthly ma.
terials. Concerning the true Temple
I instructed you that 1.-THE temple
of God IL holy. which temple We are
''living stones" being shaped and pol
ished "for the habitation of God
through the Spirit" Show me what
you have accomplished in this way.
Show me to what extent you have
rightly divided my Word. and prop
erly instructed mankind respecting my
glorious character and my great Di.
vine Plan of the Ages! Show me
fruitage Of the glorious message!
How many I'm all the millions that
you report are New Creatures in
Christ Jesus" who walk not after the
flesh, but after the SpiritY Let me
hear the message Of my love and
grace in Christ as you are proclaiming
It! What mean these sectarian di-
visions amongst you? Why are there
so many Church editices and so few
sanity worShipers? Who authorized
you to put these creedal fences be.
tween my people to divide the flock
Know ye not that | said. there is one
flock and one Shepherd? Why have
you so neglected the spiritual interests
Of my flock and their instruction in
righteousness? Why are you so unable
to rightly divide my Word?
Instead Of coming together as one
Church of the Living God whose names
are written III heaven you have divided
into hundreds OF sectS and parties. In
stead of taking my Word as Il whole
and rightly dividing its teachings as
between the different ages and dispen
SationS of my work, you have divided
my Word in a sectarian manner. On,
sect has made one selection from my
Word and another sect has made an
other selection. Thus We array ont
part of my Word against another par
of it, and hence get into confusion
and conflict. What have you to answer
for these thingsI
With shame of face we must all &C
knowledge that I'VE have done thos'
things which we ought not to hav'
done and have left undone those things
which we ought to have done. ant
there Is no help in u.s." The proper
thing for US to do, dear Christian
friends. is to get down upon our knee!
before the Lord and in contrition o.
heart to acknowledge that we have
wrought no deliverance in the eartl
isaiah XVI. 49,; that our sectariaI
differences are our shame; that the ig
norance that we have all been in re
specting the Word of God is humil
iating. Now that our eyes are oper
so that we can comprehend as never
before the harmony Of Gods message
from Genesis to Revelation. it means
a rich feast and blessing to our souls
The Word of God becomes more pre-
cious to us daily as we become able
to comprehend it. Our duty is to fly
to the assistance of our dear brethren
and sisters in Christ. of all denomina
tons. and to call upon them to joiI
with us in a determined stand fol
righteousness. for Truth. for God ant
for his Word.
We must show them that ignorantly
we and they have dishonored our Goo
by misrepresentation Of his character
and misrepresentation of the rea
teachings of the Bible. We must point
them to the fact that the Bible does
not teach that all mankind except the
ELECT" saints will be consigned to ar
eternity of torture ut the hands Of fire
proof demons, We must show then
that the election Of the Church during
this age-a sanity little flock-does moi
mean injury to the non-elect. That
on the contrary. 1t is the Divine pur
pose that the elect saints with theiI
great Redeemer In glory shall consti
tute Gods Kingdom. That his King
dom when established will bind Satan
put down sin. Danish ignorance. error
and superstition and uplift mankind by
restitution" by resurrection processes
up. up. UP. to All that was lost IL
Eden by diSobedieuce and to all Sc
cured for Adam and his race through
the great transaction at Calvary tActs
ill, 1921.
Rightly Dividing the Word Of Truth
Alas. how many intelligent pr"plr
have turned aside from following
Christ and from hearing the voice OF
/ God through the Bible Alas. now
many are cooking TO TheOsOphy. Il
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