Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-18

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@ verses r not &c
FXbFcEfEfSEIN 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 untruthfOlness Of this addition.
Is 1t true that whoever believes the
Gospel Of Christ may handle serpents
With impunity and may drink deadly
poison without harmr Surely not. II
Is nothing short of a 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 rs to take away from It.
Today / invite attention to some 9th
er dead flies," some other additions to
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 Is the Kingdom and Power and
GIory.p
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 additions made by people centuries
after Matthews Gospel was written.
These words were introduced when the
faith Of the Church respecting the
Kingdom Of Messiah was changed or
changing from what 1t vas 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 a change OF sem
timent came into the Church. 1t be-
came popular and rich. It's 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 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.
In line with this the most prominent
bishop Of the Tina was recognized as
Divinely appointed to represent Christ
In the world and to reign oyer the ma
lions 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,
"~Vioe-gereHt of tho Soa 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-Vtcarias
Del FtAA.
HThy 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. "Thy Kingdom has come In Its
glory and power"
How glad we are to see the Truth or
this subject; that the Kingdom OF
Gods lear Son has not yet been set ur
in any sense of the word-that 1t is still
future. 1t cannot be set up until thii
Gospel Age ends and the "elect" saint
ly few Of every nation, Jew and Gen
tile, shall be changed from earthly Il
heavenly nature by the First Resurrec
ton, which will qualify them to b,
kings and priests unto God and unit
Christ and to reign with Him a thou
sand years Reveladon Xxx, 81.
It is well that all Bible studentl
should mark this Fly" and extract 1
from the Precious Ointment and motto
how much sweeter and fresher tn
Lords prayer is to them forever.
"oh, What q Whopperi"
Who cannot sympathize with tn
great inldei. Thomas Paine. who whel
reading the last verse of st. john
Gospel, exclaimed, "Oh, what a whor
parrs 1t reads, "And there are ais
many other things which Jesus did, tn
which, Ii they should be written ever
pns, I suppose that rel the world il
self could not contain the books this
should be written" John xxi, 251.
Surely anyone Of reasoning min
should see the absurdity Of such
statement. Surely all Christian minis
ters should have informed the Lord
sheep under their are respecting wha
Ia and what is not the Word of Cox
the Bihia az it was recognized by til
Apostolic Church and written dow
In the original Greek MSS. Why an
tCnr1s1an minister should assail 10
, because I &adsavor to do for the pe+
. pie what he has neglected to do
cauuot understand. I must leave 1t
the Lord to Judge between rs.
recent Higher Criticism and aceel
tho Word OF Ged In full. I reject not
ing because Of my own or other men
: surmIsea, but merely go by the fact
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) tain certain passages Of Scripture. no
b could they get into later MSS. exec
y as spurious additionsf