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In goods and have need of nothing"
Revelation lii. 6-19).
In reply we may suppose the Lord to
ask. Where did l give you instruction
respecting these things? Where in my
Word did you find the suggestion that
what l desired you TO do in the world
was to erect great church editces.
piles of O and iron and mortar.
polished woods and stained glass?
You are not rightly reading my Word
However good in intention. you have
failed to rightly dipide 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 the temple
of God Is holy. which temple We are
living stones being shaped and pol
ished for the habitation of God
through the Spirit" Show me what
sOo ave SNoIupiIShVN III 'hiS way.
Show me t. 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 in all the millions that
you report are New Creatures In
Christ Jesus" who walk not after the
flesh. but after the Spirit?" Let me
hear the message of my love and
grace in Christ as you are proclaiming
it! What mean these %sec:arian di-
visions amongst you? Why are there
so many Church edifces and SO few
sanity w%orshipers? Who authorized
you to put these creedal fences be-
tween my people TO divide the flock?
Know We not that | said, there is n
flock and n 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 al n
Church of the Living God whose names
are written in heaven you have divided
into hundreds Of sects and parties! In
stead of taking my Word as q whole
and rightly dividing its teachings rs
between the different ages and dispen-
sations of my work. o have divided
my Word in a sectarian n One
sect has made one selection from my
Word and another sect has made an
other selection. Thus We array one
part of my Word against another part
of it. anS hence get into confusion
and conflict. What have you to answer
for these things?
With shame of face we must all &C.
knowledge that I'VE have done those
things which we ought not to have
done and have left undone those things
which we ought to have done. and
there is no help in u.s." The proper
thing for us to do, dear Christian
friends. is to get down upon our knees
heart to acknowledge that we have
wrought no deliverance in the earth
isaiah XVI. 49,: that our sectarian
differences are our shame; that the ig-
norance that we have all been in re-
speeding the Word of God is humil-
iating. Now that eyes are open
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 Guty is to fly
to the assistance of our dear brethren
and sisters in Christ. of all denomina-
tons. and to call upon them to join
with US in a determined stand for
righteousness. for Truth. for God and
for his Word.
We must show them that ignorantly
we and they have dishonored our God
by misrepresentation of his character
and misrepresentation of the real
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 an
eternity of torture at the hands of fire.
proof demons. We must show them
that the election of the Church during
this age-a sanity little 1ock-does not
mean injury to the non-elect. That.
on the contrary. it is the Divine pur-
pose that the elect saints with their
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. W to all that was lost in
Eden by disobedience and to all Sc
cured for Adam and his race through
the great transaction at Calvary (Acts
iii. 19-21).
Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth"
Alas. how many intelligent people
have turned aside from following
God through the Bible! Alas. how
many are looking to Theosophy. to
SSniritisnr to Christian Scisnca r.
dering farther and farther daily from
the faith once delivered to the saints"
dude iii. We fault them no more
than we fault ourselves. AS a whole
we have been DOrkmen tcho need to
be ashamed. We have dishonored God
through misunderstanding and misrep-
%resenting his Word and his Character.
We have driven away from God and
the Bible some of the most intelligent