The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1911-03-24


the Oldest Grsek
MSS ana were evidently added TO the
Word OF God In the Seventh Century.
or later. Moreover, we gave proofs
OF the untruthfulncss Of this addition.
Is IL true that whoever believes the
Gospel Of Christ may handle Berpents
with impunity and may drink deadly
poison without harm7 Surely not. 10
is nothing short OF n sin for those WIN
know better to acknowledge these
verses and to use them to bolster I'M
theories OF Divine Healing. II In AZ
much crime 20 add TO the Word OF
God as TO take away from II.
Today invite attention TO some 9th
er dead fies," some other additions 70
Gods Word, which have had much to
do with twisting the theology once de-
livered to the saints. Take. for In
stance, the closing words OF the Lords
Prayer
"Thine 10 the Kingdom and Power and
Glory"
These words, If uttered by our Lord,
should be found in the old Greek MSS.
But they are not found therein.
They are, therefore, 10 be rejected
as additions made by people centuries
after Matthew's Gospel was written.
These words were introduced when ths
faith Of the Church respecting tho
Kingdom of Messiah was changed or
changing from what It was originally.
All through the New Testament thu
second coming Of Christ in power and
glory to establish His Kingdom and to
glorify the Church, His Bride, Is set
for the end Of this Gospel Age. But
as the time grew long change Of sen
ttment came into the Church. 1t be-
came popular and rich. Its bishops
were respected. Finally the theory
prevailed that God did not intend to
delay the establishment or the King
dom until the second coming Of Christ,
but did intend to establish 1t in the
hands OF the Church during this Age
and to use the Church FOR the con
quering OF the world and the fulfilling
of all the promises OF the past.
III line with this the most prominent
bishop Of the time was recognized az
Divinely appointed to represent Christ
In the world and to reign over the ma
tons in his stead and TO bring about
the Messianic reign, etc. This was the
Bishop Of Rome, who subsequently
was styled the Pope and who claimed
and WAS accorded the honorable title;
"Vice-pereat Of the Son Of God" 1t il
said that the equivalent of this title
is worn to this day by the Pope on his
tiara, or three-cTowned hat-Vto0StuS
Del FiN.
"Thy kingdom, Come on Earth"
The Lords prayer was already in the
Scriptures, and was known to many
1t could not be eliminated. But some
jealous person, fully believing that
Gods Kingdom had come, felt justified
In amending the prayer to correspond
TO what he supposed were the facts.
Hence the prayer which begins, THY
Kingdom come" Is made to end by
saying. "rhy Kingdom has come in its
glory and power"
How glad we are to see the Truth on
this subject: that the Kingdom Of
Gods dear Son has not yet been set up
in any sense of the word-that 1t Is stu
future. It cannot be set up until this
Gospel Age ends and the elect saint
ly few Of every nation. Jew and Gen
tile, shall be changed from earthly to
heavenly nature by the First Resurrec-
ton, which viii qualify them to Be
kings and priests unto God and unto
Christ and to reign with Him a thou
sand years (Revela ton xX, 81.
1t is well that all Bible students
should mark this ny" and extract II
from the Precious Ointment and notice
how much Bweeter and fresher ths
Lords prayer is to them forever.
"oh, What . Whoppsrl"
Who cannot sympathize with the
great infidel, Thomas Paine, who when
reading the last verse of st. Johns
Gospel, exclaimed, "Oh, what whop
perl" 1t reads, "And there are also
many other things which Jesus did, the
which, II they should be written every
one, suppose that even the world 1t
self could not contain the books that
should be written" (John xxi, 26).
Surely anyone Of reasoning mint
should see the absurdity Of such .
statement Surely all Christian minis
tiers should have informed the Lords
sheep under their care respecting wha'
is and what is not the Word Of God
the Bible, as It was recognized by thu
Apostolic Church and written dowI
In the original Greek MSS. Why AM
Christian minister should assail m,
because l endeavor to do for the PEG
pie what he has neglected TO do
cannot understand. I must leave 1t Il
the Lord to judge between US.
resent Higher Criticism and accep
the Word Of God in full. I reject moth
ing because Of my own or other men,
surmises, but merely go by the facts
II the oldest Greek MSS. do not con
tain certain passages Of Scripture. how
could they get into later MSS. excep
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