The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-09-18
7 abernacle Addresses
By Wilbur Glenn Vohva
By Wilbur Glenn Vohva


forget it, 1t is very important not only to be able to turn
to these things your Bibles get them in your minds
The ministry of Christ is up Matthew :23 and
Matthew 9:35.
"Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
| GENERAL OvERsEER-"And preaching"-
AUDIENCE-"THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM"
GENERAL OvERsEER-"And healng'-
AUDIENCE-"AH of sickness and all manner of
disease among the people,"
GENERAL OvERsEER- He is great Example
Those the three things which He did What was it
that He preached.
AUDIENCE-"THE GOSPEL. OF THE KINGDOM"
GENERAL OvERsEER- THAT is what He preached. He
never preached the gospel of deocracyThe rule of the
people, by the people, and for the people," He never
preached the gospel of monarchy of autocracy
of pluocracy of olgarchy nor the gospel of re-
pubicansm.
He preached THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN The word
Gospel" "Gad Tidings;"-the "Glad Tidngs of
THE KINGDoM,-a glorious announcement of THE KING
DOM.
THE PRINCIPLES OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD EXPLAINED
We go on into the fifth chapter of Matthew and we
find good deal there about KINGDOM GOD. Remem
Der that before the fifth chapter of Matthew he Sermon
the Mount), far the record goes if remember
recty there just those three references the two
nouncements- KINGDOM HEAVEN is at hand' and
the description given that the Savior preached he Gospel
of KINGDOM
Having made the announcement, He then proceeds so
to speak, to give the Constitution of KINGDOM GOD
think the Sermon the Mount may very appropriately
be called "The Constitution of THE KINGDOM GOD" All
that have of the Sermon the Mount is set forth in the
fifth sixth seventh chapters of the Gospel according
ST. Matthew.
In this fifth chapter of Matthew one of the first things
to notice is that Jesus "opened His mouth Did you
why that put there? There not anything in
the Bible that is super1uous Everything
there counts for something.
JESUS WORDS AUTHORITATIVE
We told that Jesus "opened His mouth" That
PRESTON "And He opened His mouth that He spoke
with authority
He then proceeds to give what call '"The Beauti-
tudes' How many Beautitudes there?
Audience-There nine.
General Overseer-How many Gifts of the Holy Spirit
are there?
Audience-Nne
/ General Overseer-Where do you find them?
/ Audience Corinthians 1882.
General Overseer-How many divisions of the Fruit of
the Holy Spirit there?
Audience-There nine
General Overseer-In what Book of the Bible do you
find them listed?
Audience-In Galatians.
General Overseer-There nine Beatitudes there
nine Gifts of the Holy Spirit; and the Fruit of the Holy
Spirit has nine divisions For the sake of convenience
say he FRUITS of the Holy Spirit although the word
is singuar-"Frut''
What does the word Blessed mean?
Audence-Happy; highly favored
General Overseer-When Jesus said, Blessed, was that
something from the outsde' which upon person?
or was it something INSIDE" result, inherent, an
inward, an insde-state?
There two kinds of blessedness There is that be-
slowed upon from outside source and there
that which is inherent-nsde. | into home where
there poverty, and poor, frai sick, suffering
mother with the little hungry children around her. and
take food to that mother and am blessed in doing it. Now
that bessedness is something that is inside That is not
something that is bestowed upon Don't you see? That
the kind of bessedness that Jesus speaks of here in the
Sermon on the Mount
BLESSED the poor in spirit. 1t does not say,
Blessed SHALL BE the poor in spirit in the day when the
awards are made or BLESSED MAY BE the poor in SPIRIT
but 1T IS FACT it is present state condition.
BLESSED ARE the poor in spirit for theirs is-what?
Audience-"THE KINGDOM HEAVEN
General Overseer-Now if were to ask you to come up
here and preach fteenminutes this subject,
wonder what kind of discourse you would preach Be-
fore teach preach he must know what he is
talking about must he not? He must know the meaning
of words.
WHAT is MEANT BY, "THE Poor IN SPIRIT