The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-27
I abernacle Addresses;
By Wilbur Glenn VoEva
Bv Wilbur Glenn Voliva

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looked at the temple in the distance from just behind the
temple winding around the hill to the right of the Garden
of Gethsemane is roadway which leads to the little town
of Bethany
There is where Lazarus Mary, and Martha lived. Jesus
the Christ John tells six days before the Passover
went to Bethany and in the house of Simon the Leper they
made Him supper.
want you to view the guests that at that supper
We told that Martha there and Mary and Lazarus
Simon the Leper had doubt been healed by Jesus of his
eprosy There sat Lazarus whom Jesus had raised from
the dead There Martha and Mary the two sisters
You know the story the Eleventh Chapter of john how
they loved Jesus how each of them when they
Him. sad Lord if Thou hadst been here my brother need
not have died. You know how He spoke to them and how
He went along with them He wrought of the greatest
miracles there for Lazarus had been dead four days already
Yet Jesus said did not tell you if you would only be
ieve?' He uttered the Words lazarus come forth"
had been healed of his epros who had been resu
reced from the dead and the Son of God Whom Life
for God had given to Him to have life in Himself John
26 1925 1850 He had passed out OF this fe beyond,
and Jesus had called him back.
A Departing Ones Abiding Faith.
read beautiful letter from the dear mother in this
city of those two daughters that recently went home to
Heaven and in that letter she told me how Just before the
second daughter departed she said ow did Edna
that wide river?" It is not wide after ALL No had
what beautiful musc believe that that girl was SO near
out of this life that she almost in the next life be-
eve she actually saw her sister, and believe that today
they rejoicing together in Heaven.
Lazarus knew secrets that you and do not know. I
tell you that the line of separation between this life and
father calling to his bedside and saying Of my little
sister, II her standing there by the chair. Cannot
her; it reality to him. Oh when thinks of the
beautiful life beyond why should fear what called
"deah? It is privilege to face death as calmly as
faced it. He is talking all along the way here about
His crucixion AS He stood talking, the shadows of
Gethsemane and of Calvary falling thick around Him.
Already the great burden of the sins and diseases of
kind resting heavily upon Him. In few hours He
to fall upon His face in the Garden and sweat it
were great drops of blood for you and for me.
Humble and Service O
Mary came in and she anointed His head and feet and
wiped his feet with the hairs of her head She anonted
Him for His burial You remember that Gospel writer,
MARK 16 tells us the women prepared spices that
they might anon the Chriss body but when they went
to the tomb Jesus not there &c. hearers today
when you out for the Baptism of the Holy Ghost you
may rest assured of thing, that to be completely
sessed by the Spirit of God to be baptized for DEATH
you have to be willing to the price God will
Gods blessings but they not willing to pay the price
When the Savior said that He should with all the holy
Angels and sit upon the Throne to judge the nations OF the
EARTH between that time and where He stood Gethse
name and Calvary.
So tell you today between the great, rich blessing
God there is sef-dena Selfsacrce and death
thousand times If you not prepared to the
price, then you will have the blessings We all want
to reign with Jesus Christ but the Word If suffer
with Him shall also reign with Him. There is no
reigning without suffering
! Criticism Avarice Hndran to and
After Mary had anointed Him. then Matthew says,
the disciples spoke uphe critics. John says Judas
Iscariot They said 'To what purpose this waste?
My brethren this platform, and brothers and sisters
it nconcevabe that Apostles of Jesus the Christ who
had been with Him daily and nightly for three ever
could had such thoughts when facing the Cross
Calvary Yet they found fault they criticized John says
Judas did for the poor but that he had the bag and
thief Judas avarcious, and his righteousness
damned him at last. believe Judas good man when
Christ chose him. believe that Judas forsook everything
did the other Apostles to follow the Christ man does
not go to the devil in day. in week, month,
It may be that after ten twenty thirty years OF
Welding BEFORE Luke puts it, Satan enters into one for
Judas could not have done the most devsh deed
petrated by man unless Satan had entered into him. No
man could nerved himself to beay the Son of God for
thirty pieces of siverthe price, under the Mosaic Law
of slave gored oxunless Satan had complete control
of him.
The Savior said Mary had wrought good work, land
wheresoever this Gospel shall be preached in the whole
world shall also this that this woman hath DONE be told
for memorial of her,
The fame of Napoleon is worldwide; the fame Of
Shakespeare is word-wide; but tell the fame which
Mary has today pales into nsigncance the fame of all
others.
! Christi by Avarici ouss sinner
The next Judas Iscarot goes out to those mis-
cradle leaders and says "What will you give me? They
weighed him thirty pieces of slver-about eighteen dol
larsas the price for betraying the Christ have had
some experience with avaricious and women.
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