The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1912-06-25

are alike; they grow we cannot tell
how, nor can the wisest philosopher
explain this miracle. These seeds de-
velop characteristics that are exactly
opposite. though the conditions were
the same. The Creator who formed
all of the marvels that we see about
US in the material world. would surely
be able TO perform the miracles mar
rated in the Bible, and therefore. we
need have no doubts as TO their au
thenticity.
Q.-Did God create Satan7 &C. r. T0
notwithstanding TO the Bible, Sa-
tan. of his own volltion. became the
adversary of God Originally. as God
created him. he was holy. pure, grand
of character and of high order OF an
geic nature, covering cherub" (Eze-
kiel xviii, ICY. He transformed him
self from the loyal. glorious servant Of
God, to a bitter enemy and opponent
The Scriptures tell US what constituted
this transforming work-that it was an
evil thought, disloyal thought, an am
bilious thought The angel Luclfer-
signifying bright morning star'-said
within himself, Il will ascend into
heaven, | will exalt my throne above
the stars of God 1.-The other angelsl;
l will be like the Most High
Qsaiah xiv. 12-1N. AS God is the EN-
peror of the entire Universe. | should
like TO be the Emperor Of some quarter
of 1t where I might reign supreme and
work out my own schemes and plans.
Lucifer's opportune moment came
when our first parents we're created.
Perceiving that they had procreatiye
powers TO Oil the earth with posterity,
he seized upon the thought that by ali
enating them from God. he could WELD
an influence over them and eventually
have an earthly dominion of his own
God has permitted him to carry out
much of his scheme. while he was. ar
the same time, unconsciously. working
out a part Of the Divine Program. 1t
is not to be understood that Satan has
" any sense thwarted the Divine Pro-
gram; on the contrary ii has been a
part of Gods great plan to permit evil
to reign for COCO years and then TO
bind Satan and establish righteousness.
Q.-Can you give some ScripturaI
proof that faith healing as il is prao-
tlced today is Of the Adversary or the
Evil One? | know that IL cannot be OF
the Lord because there are some who
are engaged in performing wonderful
cures, as happen to know personally,
and who are devoid of faith in the
teachings Of the Bible. For instance.
a close relation Of mine was raised
from a death bed by the powers Of one
Of these "heaerss who in his teac hings
was denying the very foundation prin-
cipes of the Scriptures. "a. NJ
Answer.-There is no question but
that many remarkable cures are effect
ed hy some who seemingly are able to
exert an influence that Is beyond ana
above the natural powers of man. 1t
is equally trne that many Of tLese
Christianity Their power then must
be from an evil source. rs the righteous
Lord woQld not aid those who are not
in harmony with Himself In agree
ment with this thought we read In the
seventh chapter OF Matthew the 22d
and 25d verses, that some would accom-
plish many wonderful works. even III
the name Of Christ. yet the Lord would
not recognize them. After all. the
Lords followers are not to be known
by their great works'-"by their fruits
ye shall know them Matthew vii. -
Q-ls il possible for Christians TO
handle deadly serpents and to drink
poisons without suffering injury in any
form. as stated in Mark xvi. 1872 (R.
r. D.
Answer.-Since' God invites man to
reason on His Word isaiah !. Isl. We
must know that His Worl is reason
able The quotation in the question
Is unreasonable. But is it a part Of
Gods Word? We answer No s..
Marks Gospel originally ended with
verse nine. chapter sixteen; the addi-
tional verses 40 10 20 inclusive which
includes the above quotation. are not
it-ltA al t-t titA A4ttAHNrt itAA "a tbE
Bible. All scholars are agreed that the
addition was made about six hundred
years after ST. Marks GOSPEL was
written. and hence the quoted words
are no part OF the Gospel, and We
know them 20 be untrue. To sanction
them. now that we know about them.
would be n Join with those who wrote
them ia adding 10 the Word II God /
Revelation xxi. Is. 19l Human ex
perieuce shows that not even the best +
y Christians can. with impunity f
Take up serpeuts and drink deadly +
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