The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-07-03
SUBJECT
"The Second Coming of Christ and
What is Involved IN Being Pre-
pared for His Coming"
CONTINUED from last week.

with the newspapers and the newspapers with the
revival do not think giving the devil very much
and these socaled converts will outside and smoke
their pipes and their CIGARS and drink their beer and that
about all that amounts to- therefore the people
being deuded and deceived and the devil getting IN his
work
THE DEVIL FEARS GOSPEL, NOT ITS SUBSTITUTES
The devil does not fear any substitute. Take on the
second coming of Christ considerable number of those
profess Christians do not believe in His literal
coming they say He when dies and that that
is all that is by Il will again and the devil is
not afraid of that kind of doctrine.
The devil does not for any substitute and there
never was time in the history of the world when people
needed be careful what they hear and what they
read than now.
noticed yesterday and it attracted my attention be-
cause had preached particularly Thursday in Chicago on
Repentance Confession and Restitution article by
theatrical manager-a who has written play-(and
you would wonder why he struck on this the effect
do not need to confess their sins where that
confession would give anybody else pain or suerng
and So you see the devil gets his ticks in every that
he
ZION teaches the Word of God: that the sinner must
confess if he is shot it, and that he must confess his
wrongs those whom he has wronged and here writer of
play and theatrical manager the herads his
so-caled sermon throughout the world says that II
mans wife has broken marriage VOWS she should
confess to her husband because that would give him pain
and suffering; enunciaes principle of thought and
action that sinners should not confess their sns Tor IL IS
not necessary.
Now when man stands up and condones transgres-
sion- when man stands up and sympathzes with the
wickedness Of humanitywhen man stands up and tells
the people, 'Wel it is not very bad after ALL you
have sinned others have snned THAT is great comfort
it not? the old saying that misery loves com
pany is such comfort when you have sinned to know
that somebody else has snned. Is it?
Oh one hears all kinds of stuff! The other day there
came article by prominent woman advocating that
ladies should smoke cgarets and laughing at the odtme
bookism that would deny woman the right to smoke
cigarets walking down the streets of city; and SO
the devil is rampant.
THE BRIDE OF CHRIST MUST BE PREPARED AND WAIT HIS
COMING
Oh it is an interesting time in which are living and
means more Christian today than has meant
before Why? this of people, in the last
DAYS must be tried and purified and gotten ready here for
the second coming Of the Lord Jesus Christ
Anyone ought be able to that for the of
men and who going to be ready when Christ
comes it means something Those who have gone on be-
fore-he spirits Of just made perfechave been in
school in Heaven they have been going and on but the
last company must get its preparation HERE
That preparation involves REPENTANCE of all sins;
1t involves CONFESSION of all wrongs;
It involves RESTORATION, if it takes the last
cent you have.
It involves the FAITH of God;
It involves OBEDIENCE-the disobedent shall never
inherit the Kingdom of God
SIGNS THAT ALL CAN SEE
Some of the signs of the last days. told IN the
Epses of Paul that shall be heady proud, boast
full and that children shall be disobedent to PARENTS and
that shall be breakers Truce breakers, boast
ful"-and there never time when men Dragged as
much about their achievements they do now there never
was time men suspicious of each other as
they
No can be power who has any uncertainty about
his own position. No can be power who IS half
hearted hafhearted Elder, hafhearted Deacon or
Deaconess hafhearted Member, half-heared Seventy
will be able to do very much good in the Masters Vine
ward 1t is excellent thing for to say: L know
what believe 81 know in Whom | believe and am
anchored"
CHRISTIANS SHOULD FIRMLY ESTABLISHED THE FAITH
recognize that of the great difficulties many peo
pe have to encounter instability The mighty Apostle of
the Lord Jesus Christ Peter lacked stability; and was
Peters tongue that often got him into trouble There are
some very good people, today who lack stability they are
not seedthey are not established not rooted
and grounded and get these things before so
that you will become established.