The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1912-12-28

of Christ as presented by the Great
Teacher and His Apostles, were great
Message, of which none were ashamed.
The difficulty is that we gradually fell
away from those doctrines into bond
age to human traditions and creedS.
We need the doctrines of Christ and
the Apostles to break down our creed
fences. which have separated Gods
people into various denominational
folds, contrary to the Divine arrange
ment; for God has but one fold for all
His sheep of this Age.
If as Gods people we put away sec
tarianism and the creeds of our fore
fathers, and go with sincere hearts to
the Lord and His Word. we shall there
find the lone Lord, one Faith, one Bap-
tism, one God and Father over all, and
one Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, )"
and one Church Of the First Born,
whose names are written in heaven"
The Doctrines of Christ
What Gods people need is to put
away other gospels. other messages of
hope, aside from the one which the
Bible presents. Theosophy is one of
these, Evolution another, New Theol-
ogy another. These hold out a different
gospel from that of Jesus and the
Apostles one given to US for our
sanctiffcation-
The doctrines of Christ are those
the Apostles. These doctrines relate to
the Church and to the world. and Gods
blessing for each: to sin and its for
giveness; the terms of that forgive
ness, the basis of that forgiveness-the
death of JeSus-and the hope of that
forgiveness. release from Divine con-
demnation, fellowship with God, and
everlasting life through resurrection Of
the dead.
Someone may inquire, Why are the
doctrines of Christ so misunderstood
that six hundred different denomina-
tons have resulted from the differ
ences of theory respecting them? The
explanation Is that, shortly after the
death of the Apostles, the Adversary
sowed the seeds of false doctrines, US
ing human lips and pens in his ser
vice, through pride and ambition.
The darkness became so great that we
speak of the period as the Dark
Ages"
The various denominations of Chris
tendon are evidences of honesty, per-
severance and love of the Truth, be-
cause our forefathers who made these
creeds were each trying to get back
into the true Light They all made
the mistake, however, of holding too
much to the creeds and theories of
the past.
God, who foretoId through the
Prophets this darkness, and who has
DpSSSeQ ana gulQeQ HIS children
throughout it, has promised that with
the End of this Age will come a great
enlightenment upon His people, scat
tering the darkness. THE wise shall
understand, but none of the wicked
shall understand" We are in the
dawning of this New Age. and see
clearly the Divine character and
Plan for human salvation.
Wineth to Do His VIII.
T0davE EfIdU iS h.
Masters own lips. He gives US the
key to a clear knowledge of His doc
trines; namely, that the student must
be fully consecrated to God and fully
DESTROYS of knowing His will and His
plan. In order to see the Truth, from
the standpoint of divine revelation.
we must draw near to God in the
spirit of our minds, consecrated in our
heart. We must will to do His will.
Gods will represents actual perfec-
ton of thought, word and deed toward
God and toward all mankind. This is
the divine standard, but we are no
more able to fulfill its demands than
were the Jews. The best we can do is
to will to do right, and to the best of
our ability carry out that covenant
But for those who have come into
harmony with God through Christ
their advocate, a provision has been
made whereby all desiring to do the
divine will and manifesting endeavors
SO to do, are counted as righteous
though they did the divine will per-
fectly. This class are the prospective
members of the Body of Christ To
these the promises of our text apply
They shall know If our Lord merely
made up these teachings, or whether
He was the active agent Of Jehovah.
On the threshold of new year shall
we not determine to give our hearts
fully to the Lord-to do Gods will?
If so, we shall doubtless be enabled
fully to understand the doctrines of
Christine deep things of God. re-
vealed to this class by the Spirit of