Elmore County Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1910-1915, 1914-01-03

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Blessing the Children.
The Master loved children. though
50 far as the record shows, He did not
generally give them His time When
some fond parents brought their chill.
dren. desiring Him to bless them. the
disciples rebuked them. As the sub
ject of the Kingdom was uppermost In
His teachings and In their minds, Je
sus took this opportunity of teaching
the disciples lesson. They had, per
haps, ielt too sure of. being members
Of the Kingdom class.
When Jesus said Suffer little chill
dren to come unto Me; and forbid them
not; for OF such is the Kingdom of
Heaven" we do not understand Him
to mean that all In the Kingdom would
be children On the contrary. no little
children will be In the Kingdom Only
developed. tried, perfected characters
will constitute the overcomers who will
sit with the Master In His Throne
during the blessing of the world
The thought which the Lord would i'm
press IL that even His twelve Apostles
would not be in the Kingdom unless
they became childlike. teachable, trust
full. The proper child. unspoiled by Its
elders. IL disposed to be trustful All
who become Gods children must reach
this condition Of heart rs respects the
Heavenly Father. Only such will par.
ticipate In the Kingdom
Manlfestly none can receive king
dom until 1t has been offered With
the Jews this offer came at the close
Of Jesus ministry. when He rode into
Jerusalem on the ass. The worldly
scribes and Pharisees were too wise to
receive Jesus. and plotted His death.
His disciples fully believed Gods Word
that there would be Kingdom. and
that Jesus was the appointed King, to
reign In due time
The multitude cried. blessed Is He
that cometh in the name of the Lord!"
The wise scribes and Pharlsees called
out that the multitude be slenced But
Jesus replied that the shout had been
foretold (Zechariah 9:9l; and that If
the people did not shout. the very
stones would cry out. that the prophecy
be fulfilled
Mistaken Kingdom Views.
II seems remarkable that after all
the Bible has said respecting Messiah's
Kingdom and its work of blessing all
mankind. so few believe the Message.
The majority today, like the scribes
and Pharisees Of old. are too wise to
believe In the possibility of its estab-
llshment They realize the need of the
Kingdom, but have certain theories
which blind them to the Truth
Some mistakenly hold that Christ's
Kingdom was set up at Pentecost. and
that Christ has reigned ever since, con
quering the world How unreasonable
this seems. when we know that the
heather double every century! How
strange that Christians have SO long
prayed ''rhy
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hold that Jesus
The Disciples Ne coming second
"""'o '"'" time to estab lish
His Kingdom Is unnecessary. that In
A. ID 800 He established His follow.
ers in kingy power, and made the
Pope at Rome His representative, to
reign In His stead.
These views are neither satisfactory
nor ScripturaI Well did the Apostle
warn us that many would depart from
the faith giving heed to seducing spir-
its and doctrines Of demons. quite un-
like the glorious Gospel of Gods Love
and His eyer-enduring Mercy.