Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1911-04-04

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49, ~ Gospel, In our Com
W @ett mon Version, are
III Ws8eSEyN{ spurious 80 recog-
a.. nlzed by all schol-
S.l - ars, because these
y - - - = n1ssg verses are not 10
gi2ASIaa Sl,SSslL be found IN any ~
the oldest Greek
MSS aud were evidently added to the
Word OF God In the Seventh Century
or later Moreover, we gave proofs
OF the untruthfulness OF this addition.
Is It true that whoever believes the
Gospel OF Christ may handle serpents
with impunlty and may drink deadly
poison without harm? Surely not 1t
is nothing short Of sin for those who
know better to acknowledge these
verses and to use them to bolster up
theories Of Divine Healing, II is as
much a crime TO add to the Word Of
God as to take away from It.
Today invite attention to some 9th.
or "dead hles," some other additions to
Gods Word. which have had much TO
do with twisting the theology once de-
llvcred to the saints Take, for In
stance, the closing words of the Lords
Prayer
"Thino Is tho Kingdom and Power and
Glory"
These words, II uttered by our Lord.
should be found In the old Greek MSS.
But they are not found therein.
They are, therefore, to be rejected
as additions made by people centuries
after Matthew'S Gospel was written
These words were introduced when the
faith OF the Church respecting the
Kingdom OF Messiah was changed or
changing from what It was originally.
All through the New Testament the
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
timent came into the Church IL be-
came popular and rich Its bishops
were respected. Finally the theory
prevailed that God did not intend to
delay the establishment OF the King
dom until the second coming OF Christ,
but did intend to establish it 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.
In line with this the most prominent
bishop Of the time was recognized as
Dlvlnely appointed to represent Christ
in the world aud to reign over the ma.
tions IN his stead and TO bring about
the Messlanlc reign, etc This was the
Bishop OF Rome, who subsequently
was styled the Pope and who claimed
and was accorded the honorable title,
"Vicegercni Of the Son Of God" 1t Is
said that the equivalent Of this title
is worn to this day by the Pope on his
tiara, or three-crowned hat-VicariUs
Del FuH
"Thy Kingdom Como 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 It's
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 It IL still
future. II cannot he 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-
tlon, which viii qualify them to be
kings and priests unto God and unto
Christ and TO reign with Him thou
sand years (Revelation Xxx. 81.
II Is well that all Bible students
should mark this Fly" and extract It
from the Precious Ointment and notice
how much swectcr and tresher the
Lords prayer is TO thcm forever.
"oh What a Wheppsrl"
Who cannot symp0thlze with the
great lnhdcl, Thomas Paine, who when
reading the Inst verse OF St Johns .
Gospel exclaimed, "Oh. what whop /.
per" II 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 It.
self could not contain the books that
should be written (lohn XXI. 80.
Surely anyone Of reasoning mind .
should see the nbsnrdity OF such a