Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1911-03-14

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IA 49, &EB ars, because these
s. verses are not to
0faASToRs fSuS6ELL9 be found in any of
the Oldest Greek
MSS. and 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 serpeuts with i'm
punity and may drink deadly poison
without harm? Surely not. 1t is moth
ing short of sin for those who know
better to acknowledge these verses and
to use them to bolster up theories Of
Divine Healing. 1t is as much a crime
to add to the Word of God as to take
away from it.
Today | invite attention TO some 9TH
er dead flies. some other additions to
do with twisting the theology once
delivered to the saints. Take, for in
stance, the closing words of the Lords
Prayer:
"Thine Is 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, to be rejected as addi-
tons 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 Sec
ond 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 a change Of
sentiment came into the Church. 1t
became 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
Divinely appointed to represent Christ
In the world and to reign over the ma
lions In His stead and to bring about
the Millennium. etc. This was the
Bishop of Rome. who subsequently
was styled the Pope and who claimed
and was accorded the honorable title,
'Vice-gerent of the Son of God" 1t is
said that the equivalent of this title to
this day is worn by the Pope on his
tiara or three-crowned hat-Vicarius
Del Full.
Thus the change came In the general
sentiment of the Christian world"
Messiahs Kingdom was 40 longer to
be looked for as &C ming, but was to be
recognized as here. The Pope, as Mes
siah's reigning representative. was to
be acknowledged. All Kingdoms that
were to honor ard obey Messiah were
commanded to honor and obey the
Pope The various prophecies which
tell of Messiah's Kingdom glory were
applied to the Pope. and are still so
applied.
AS Messiah was to ride forth con-
quering the world and wound the
heads over many peoples" so the Popes
in succession sought to do. to fulfill
these prophecies. As the Inaugural
ton of Messiah's Kingdom is prom
Used to be In the midst of time Of
great trouble, 1t was not thought i'm
proper that Papacy should cause great
trouble III the world In its endeavor
to establish itself as the Kingdom Of
Messiah. AS whosoever would not re-
ceive Messiah was to be destroyed
from amongst the people," it was not
considered wrong to destroy those who
rejected andopposed the Papal Kingdom
and to give them to the burning fame.
"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 believ-
ing 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, THY Kingdom has
come in its glory and power"
If Papacy is the Kingdom Of Mes
siah. it Is certainly not what the Jews
expected. 1t is certainly not what we
expected. 1t Is certainly not what the
masses of mankind had any reason to
expect, although t is so accepted by
the majority of Christendom.
Although our protesting forefathers
broke away from the Pope and de-
nounced him as Anti-Christ and de-
clared that he falsely sat in the place
Of Christ without authority. they, new
ertheless. were imbued with the same
error. They did not think to go back
to the message Of the Scriptures and
to look for the Son of God 10 set up
His Kingdom at His Second Advent
and then TO bless Israel and the world
through His glorified Church. Instead
they held to the Papal theory that
Gods Kingdom was set up and was
conouering the world. and that thus