Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1913-05-02

him Il John 3.lb) Murdrrors mpv
indeed receive severe srpos. aud
eventually learn better under Mes.
siah's Kingdom; but no one Of mur.
dcrouS condition OF hearl, ,rrkIug 10
do evil 10 brother, could possibly ba
OF suitable character to be- u IoInt-heiF
with his Master In the Kingdom.
zone OF the Least OF These" :,
In every time, and now. HE spirit
OF persecution naturally would strike
most prominently certnin leading fg.
ures; nevertheless. even as lesus'
words implied, all lovers of righteous.
ness are to have more or less share In
such experiences OF opposition. 81
Paul mentions this, saying, "Ye en-,
dured n great fight OF Affections; part.
~. whilst ye were made gazing
stock and partly whilst ye boz
cnme companions Of them HAT were
no used" (Hebrews 1872 33D Jesus
gives MS the same thought in His
declaration that whatsoever shall Of
fend one Of the lenst of these. His
disciples. ii were better for him that
a milestone were hanged about his necE
and he were drowned IN the depths of
the sea Matthew lS'0
This Of course is very highly flgura.
tive language, and yet Il must have o
special meaning. II must mean that
the Lord has special care over all of
His consecrated saints; aud that M
matter how poor, how weak. how ig-
norlut, they may be, the very least Of
His followers nre supervised. and in
jury 10 the least is punishable OF
course, there would still lac an awak-
ening from the dead for the one who
was drowned In the sen aud so there
are possibilities Of help and recovery
for those who would stumble tho
Lords little ones" Nevertheless, the
iniinnton Is that Of drastic punish
ment This would not mean anything
Hike we once supposed eternal tor
ment but some just recompensc Of re-
ward for every evil deed
From this standpoint we may readily
assume that considerable satisfaction
Of Justice is necessary for surely
considerable number of the Lords
little ones" have suffered persecution.
And rs we have seem not all Of this
persecution lies at the door Of the
world Much of it lies at the door of
the professed Church Of Christ-"false
brethren"
Speaking Of some such, Jesus once
declared that they would have great
disappointment when the time Of re-
wards would come. He says. Many
shall say unto Me in that Day Lord,
Lord have we not prophcsird in Thy
name, and done many wonderful
works? And | will declare. do not
worthy Of the Lords recognition as
amongst His Elect Church. Ills Bride
class We shall be glad II they will be
found worthy of some blessing under
His Kingdom. But there will he great
disappointment to them They missed
the greater point of the Gospcl-Lore.
Love For the Brethren.
The Lords will concerning all His
followers is that they should love one
another as He loved them. st John
expressed this sentiment saying that
down His life for the Church. so also
His followers should lay down their
lives for the brethren. u John 3:16)
If this is the lore standard that the
Lord has set for His people, how sorely
some will soon be disappointed in re.
spect to His will If they have ignored
this requirement. II, instead of loving
the brethren and laying down their lives
for them, they say all manner Of evil
against them. etc, what then? Then
they are false brethren. Then they ara
the peril of the true brethren. as men,
toned in our text.
Oh, how much the true followers Of
Jesus need to impress upon themselves
this great lesson-that love does no
Ill to his neghbor, that love Is sympa-
thetlc, suffereth long and is kind,
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed up,
seeketh not merely It's own interest
and welfare, but seeketh the interest
and welfare of others!
The supreme test Of our loyalty to
God is our love for Him And this
love is manifested by our desire to do
those things acceptable to Hin. There
IS little that we really can do for the
Almighty. He is so great and we are
so small But IL we have His spirit
OF Love, then we shall love all those
who love Him. And orr conduct to.
ward them will demonstrate the real
sentiment Of our hearts Thus seen,
we are daily making our reward in the
Lords sight. daily showing Him to
what degree we are worthy or un-
worthy Of His great reward
Those mentioned In our text as false
brethren were perious to the true
brethren, but did not get into this po-
sltion Immediately. Ii was d growth,
development The wrong spirit grad
ual!y supplanted the right 1t Is well
that Christians note this insidious
cankpr which unnwg nj tho root nf