Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1912-11-19

70) He snid-
As Christians We
lIIAfe have long lament.
ed our differences
sk&A11A us9 and wondered at
lRASlOk RU9otllJJ their number AS
we have been get
ting rid one after another of the doctri-
nal errors OF the past, and see their fool
lshness, and learn that they are not
supported by Bible testimony, We won.
der how they originally got foothold in
Christian faith But glance backward
Is sufficient to explain the situation
During the ministry Of our Lord and
the Apostles the faith of the Church
was kept pure, but as Jesus prophesied
IN the parable Of The Wheat and Tares
all this changed as soon as the Apos
ties fell asleep He says, while men
slept, the enemy came and sowed
tarcs' amongst the wheat The tares
Of error sOwn by Satan shortly aftel
the death Of the Apostles have yielded
an abundant crop and well-nigh
choked out the good seed OF the King
dom Chrlst's sanity followers. The
nominal wheat field might almost be
called tnre field. so greatly do the
tares prcdominate
But in the Harvest, the end Of this
Age, the duwning OF the New Age cf
Messiah's Kingdom, the Lord will IA
vor such conditions MS will effect thor
ough separation between the wheat
and the "tares" He will gather His
wheat into the garner All imitation
Christians will, by the fiery troubles
of that day. be reduced to the ranks
OF the world in general.
Judas Place Improperly Filled.
Whilst the eleven Apostles were
waiting as directed for the Pentecostal
blessing, they, contrary to direction.
busted themselves by appointing sue
cessor to Judas They chose two men
and of the two selected one by lot,
and then supposed that they had made
an apostle Without reproving them
God ignored their choice; thenceforth
we hear no more of Matthias In His
own time God brought forth the sue
cessor of Judas, and we all recognize
al once st Paul. OF whom It is written
that he was mot one whit behind the
chicfcst Of the Apostles and that he
had visions and revelations more than
they all.
ST. Paul's writings constitute the
major portion Of the New Testament,
and are invaluable gifts Of God to His
people There never were to be more
APOSTLES than these Twelve Jesus de
clares that He chose The Twelve
Again He declares that Cod gave them
10 Him and that He lost none of them
save Judas, whose disloyalty had al
ready been fOrctold
When Jesus prayed for these He diff
ferentiated them from His other fol
lowers, saving, Neither pray ! for
these alone. but FOR all those also who
shall believe on Me through their
word" Their words are His words.
They have been His mcnthpeces to the
Church. OF these Twelve, md Of none
others. lie declares, Whatsoever
things ye shall bin6 on earth shall be
bound In Heaven and whatsoever
things We shall declare loosed all shall
know are loosed aud not binding In
the sight Of Heaven. So carefully di1
the Lord intend to supervise these in
their utterances. TINT their words
would be lnfaluhle and lie wished q
of His followers to haow this.
Furthermore after our Lord had as
cended 10 glory, He sent "A message TO
the Church through st John the Reye
lator. In that message He pictured
the Twelve Apostles as Il crown of
twelve stars, upon the lend OF the
Woman. the Church again. In the
symbolical picture ~ the Sow Jerusa
lem. which representa- the Church ip
glory beyond the .ci' Hc piytl'cs the
Twelve Apostles ss Inc twelve iouUdH
tion stones Thee uVtcr were 10 p.
any more. nor cnr ic.- 'run TIL.
standpoint we SOC d.: 0-e ere not e.
expect an addidousl rCvciali5a pf an'
kind. Gods people s - not 20 trust q
ther IN their ava 5l~cI'Gtions an6
mental gymuast'tf ur IN visions m
dreams: for. le - Pa, declares. ~
any man preach aov othr, Gospel thaI
that which we have preached let MIN
be accursed" jGa'HtanS e., s. ~ So
too. he declares. "'ln word Of HIS
grace is able to tui'l vod up.' and tc
make you wi.c unto salvation
Again he said. "The Word o. God Is
sufficient that the wsu OF God may
be thoroughly furnished" tActs ~.
80: II Timothy o. 1870 We see
then, that the Church needed no more
than the Twelve Apostles nor an
further revelation OF any kind than
those given 10 her through this In
Rired apostleship. But that ther,
would be some who mistakenly would
rialm to be apostles. the Lord Jesus
clearly indicated, declaring that there