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or the Second Century the Christian
Church has been gradually led into 9
total misconception Of the Divine char:
acter'a as manifested ih the Divine att!
tude toward humanity. Little by little
heathenish doctrines respecting an
eternity Of torture for all except the
sanity. favored few. were preached.
Gradually men with teryent spirit en-:
larged upon the errors until today the
most horrible descriptions Of the Al
mighty God are printed in Christian
publications, creeds, Commentaries; etc.
No heather people have ever pictured
their god IN so deyllish a light. Ugly,
fierce, deviIlsh, though their idols be.
they cannot compare with the Satanic
descriptions which Christians in the
creeds OF the Dark Ages have given OF
the God of all Grace and Father OF
Mercies.-1 Corinthians 1:3.
The noblest and best people in Chris
tendon have abandoned the horrible
teachings OF their fathers, and are
more and more worskiping the God of
Love. the Fountain Of blessings. But
the world stiff judges our God by our
printed Misrepresentation Of Him. In
heather lands, the missionaries are
more blinded, perhaps, than ministers
in the home land. The rein Of ortho-
doxy is more tightly drawn on them.
No wonder they can make little i'm
preston on the heather. who openly
declare that they could not worship so
unjust and vicious a God US the mis-
sionarfes present-a God who has al
ready sentenced their forefathers to
everlasting torture. because Of their fg-
norance Of Jesus, in whose name alone
is saIvatIonl' Hs.7''taa @'" NJ
1t appears to me, therefore, that to
whatever extent any Intelligent Chris
tian today gives open or secret sup
Dort to these slanderous, Hasphemois
statements, idf the creeds lie fsresponsi-
BILE. Nor does 1t seem to be sufficient
that either a Christian or cOngrega-
ton here and there should privately
disown these doctrines. Denomination
al names stand as representative OF
the doctrines which led to the forma-
ton of these denominations. Would
not the only honorable way Of rectify-
, ing matters now be either as denom-
nations. publicly, openly and In round
terms, to repudiate the ISLANDERS of the
Deity; or. since this would be tedious
work, should not each individual set
himself straight by rs public with
drawal from such creeds as was his
endorsement in joining? The latter
surely is the surest and quickest meth
cd of recttfytng the difficulty. More
over, it is the right method for the
Bible never authorized any one to Or
ganize various sects and parties.
I The Bible recognizes only the one
Church Of Christ-"The Church of the
First-borns. written in Heaven" Br-
ery one who has accepted Christ as
his Savior and consecrated his life to
be a footstCp follower Of Ie3us-all
such. begottCn of the Holy Spirit, are
members Of the one true Church.
! Tleir names are written In the Lambs
Book of Life, and they haTe'the prom
ise that they will be granted abundant
ientrance into His Kingdom In the
First ResurrectIOn-if they abide faith.
full. BE thou faithful unto death, and
| I will give thee n crown Of life"
sedueins spirits-Doctrines Of Devils
Let me not be misunderstood. l am
not charging that these blasphemous
doctrines were Intentionally brought
in to misrepresent God or to deceive
the Church or the world. prefer to
take the Apostle PNul's explanation
He wrote prophetically, II fear, lest
by any means, rs the serpent heguiled
Eye through his subtlety. so your
minds should be corrupted from the
simplicity that is in Christ" /? Corin-
tLians 11.3l This is exactly what has
happene The Church of Christ has
been begullcd by earthly favors. not
only into wrong attitude toward the
kingdoms Of this world. but. as st.
Paul declares, from the simplicity OF
the Truth into a mass of confusing
and blasphemous error. a
FIRST came tile .beguiling OF the bish-
ops into thinking that they were sue
cessors to The Twelve Al Ostles and
equally inspired Authorities and mouth
pieces of Christ. Thus the doctrine Of
Apostolic Succession was gradually es-
tabllshed. Jesus prophesied Of these:
describing them as false apostles,
(which say they are apostles and are
not" but do lie. Revelation 2:2) AS
the bishops received credit as being
living Apostles, the inspired words OF
Jesus and The Twelve Apostles whom
He appointed took second place, and
with the masses. Bible study ceased as
wholly unnecessary.
Upon this foundation, tho great Ad-
versary built, item by item, the ter
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