The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-02-27
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IOVE'S EFFECTIVE
SACRIFICE"

After the singing of the PROFESSIONAL REJOICE ALL
YE BELIEVERS" General Overseer Voliva offered the
Invocation.
The Choir and Congregation then Joined in singing the
first two and the last stanzas of 'ROCK OF AGES"
The general Scripture lesson from Luke the Ninth
Chapter, with the particular thought centered around the
Hty-seventh to siXty-second verses.
The General Suppicaton and prayer for the sick being
offered the Choir and Congregation sang CAT THE
CROSS" and the Choir an Anthem, che SHALL FEED
The Tthes and Offerings were then taken and General
Overseer Vova introduced his discourse for the afternoon
by reading from Matthew the Twenysxth Chapter the
first thirty verses.
Commenting on the seventh verse, the speaker said,
John tells Mary anOnted Jesus feet and wiped them
with the hair Of her head"-John IL: 1-3.
Commenting Fifteen the speaker said, thirty
ling or about eighteen dollars American money
On verse twenty-three the speaker commented, Zone
of the Gospel writer's says e is for whom shall dip the
sop" Judas had not spoken before"
The General Overseer read also John IL PA, Is.
verify verify, say unto you, Except of wheat
fall into the ground and die it abideth alone but it de- it
brngeth forth much fruit.
He that oveh his life shall lose it and he that hateth
his life in this world, shall keep it unto life eternal"
The General Overseer then offered the following
INVOCATION
Let the words of my mouth and the medations of my
heart be acceptable in Thy sight, and richly blessed by Thee
in the Name of Jesus the Christ and in the Power of the
Holy Spirit unto this people, Lord, my strength and my
Redeemer. Amen.
1t is my desire to deliver an address today bringing
fore you number of events which led the CrucXon
and then God willing the first Lords Day next month"; to
complete the address by calling attention to the remaining
events, which cannot take time to mention today You
will observe using the lesson that have read basis
that 1T came to when Jesus had finished Tor ended all
Christ had finished His public teaching and not again
the people to listen Him they had listened to Him
before The teaching which follows given in the upper
to the twelve Apostles and recorded in the main in
that wonderful set of chapters to be found in the Gospel
cording to Saint john
These sayings here referred to the memorable Ser
which He gave the mount of Olives recorded in the
chapter OF Matthew to the parallels OF udg
ment recorded in the Twenty fifth Chapter of Matthew
To make thorough study Of Jesus Christ Teacher
would take months of labor His teaching simple;
little child could understand the words that He used You
will remember that after they had listened to Him, the
mark was made that He did not teach like the Scrbes and
Pharisees but that He spake having authority
On another occasion sad "Never spake like this
man. So wonderful His teaching that many Of the
chief rulers believed Him. though they did not openly
confess Him for fear of the Pharisees.
Then He told His Apostles, for the second time the
kind death that He should de- and the death that
reserved for the Christ the crueest and most shameful
of all deaths.
He said unto Them eye know that after two days the
Feast of the Passover That meant great deal to
them than for they had been taught by Jesus
that Passover Feast would come when He as the Lamb
that should be slain for the sins of the world should be
offered up sacrifice alsuficient Precipitation for
the sins of the whole world When He said Ye two days
and cometh the Feast Of the Passover that would mean
great deal to them and whether they realized not that
it would be the Passover when the One whom they had
dearly loved should be sacrificed they that the Pass
over Feast to unless the words of Jesus
untrue would fail of fumen when He should be nailed
to the Cross for the sins of the world.
he Son of Man is betrayed into the hands of sinners
Matthew &c AS Mark HAL
The Decenu for e OF
While the Savior utterng these Words the Scribes
and Pharsees and the rulers behind closed doors and
darkened windows plotting through mere and jeal
ousy how they might take Him and put Him to DEATH and
get Him out of the way.
AS read in the third, fourth and fifth of Matt
hew the Twenysxth Chapter, they in the house of
Caiaphas the High Priest who had been appointed that
year by the Roman Governor They afraid to
out the OPEN They feared the people have not found
in all the record syllable indicate that the murderers
of the Christ had any fear of God That has been the rou
BILE in all the centuries and it the trouble today Multi
des of people fear but they have no fear OF God the
Almighty
So it with these towards religious leaders of
the time They afraid to take Him openly for fear
of the people; for the life and ministry of Christ had i'm
pressed the people There those who had found for
gveness of their SINS healing of their prosy and healing
of all kinds of diseases. There like Nicodemus
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