The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-05-22
7 tabernacle Addresses
By Wilbur Glenn VoEva


brought offering unto God and that God had unit
ABEL but no respect unto CAIN and how that through
jealousy Cain and slew his brother Abel and tina
the blood of Abel cried unto God from the ground for
geance upon the murderer This is indeed very interest
ing verse, and which is very little understood
"BY FAITH Enoch translated"
Think of man walking with God! AS you read thu
genealogical table, which so dry to the person.
will lind therein the midst of it a-the statement tina
Enoch walked with Cod and not, for God took him.
"BY FAITH Enoch was translated that he should no
Now l believe that we have only very little of thu
story of Enoch Perhaps God had promised Enoch that
he would walk with Him he should DEATH ant
it BY FAITH that Enoch walked with God and Coo
fulfilled His Word and translated him.
"BY FAITH Noah, being warned of God Of things no
yet with fear prepared an ark to the saving
OF MS house, by the Which he condemned the world
became heir of the Righteousness which is by faith
Yes, there stood Noah, in the midst of wicked, per
generation; God the Almighty found him to be the
only righteous one, and told him that within hundred
and twenty years He would destroy the world by flood
Noah believed it, and Gods Word was fulfilled
That wonderful falkland yet faith different
whatever to that which is possible to of God today
"BY FAITH ABRAHAM. when he was called to go ou
into place which he should aterward receive for an inner
1tance Obeyed and he out not knowing whittier he
went
God said to Abraham, "Get thee out of thy country
leave thy kindred and thy fathers house. and into lane
which will show thee" And Abraham went, and "BY
FAITH he sojourned in the land Of PROMISE in strange
heirs with him of the promise for he looked for city
which hath foundations whose builder and maker is Cod
BY FAITH Saral conceived and bore Isaac.
You know Sarai the central figure of that wonder
full story of when the angels visited Abraham and the
promise when Sarai heard she laughed and then it
that the angel rebuked her and asked the quesOnwhc
has ringing down through the ages-"Is anything
too hard for God? No; God is able to do all things is
the unbeef and the lack of faith the fear and doubt
that keep back the blessings of God from the people,
You will remember that the Son of God Himself, in
Nazareth could do there mighty works because of their
unbelief'
GOD PROVES THE FAITH AND STRENGTH OF HIS CHILDREN
"BY FAITH Abraham when he was tried offered up
saac and he that had received the promise offered up his
only begotten Son."
get to that part of the twelfth chapter-he question
hearts the fact that God the Almighty and tries and
tests and correct in order to educate and to discipline all
who would be His children-Hs sons and daughters.
But alas how many there who fail If the truths
of ZION truths in 1901 they truths today Ii God
founded ZION CITY and threw her gates open in 1901 she
still the City of Cod but under the Christening hand OF
Cod under His correction and discipline only little rem
nant abides But tell you that you would Just as well take
toothpick and with it undertake to upset Shiloh Taber
nace to try to stand before Gods Thoroughly tried AND
The most stupid thing that a man or any ever
did, was to himself herself in array against the work
ing out of Gods plans and Gods purposes.
When God told Abraham to offer up his son Isaac He
allowed him to go the very point of stretching forth
his hand with the knife to Stay him: but that sufficient
and then God provided lamb in the icket for the sacr
fee Abraham withheld not even MS own SogeS ms
that God was able to raise him even from the dead
"BY FAITH Isaac blessed Jacob and Esau concerning
things to come"
''BY FAITH Jacob, when he dying, blessed both
the sons of Joseph and worshpped leaning the top OF
his staff"
"BY FAITH Joseph when he died, made mention OF
the departing of the children of Israeli and gave command
ment concerning his bones. -
"BY FAITH Moses, when he was born, was hid three
months of his parents.
E'BY FAITH Moses, when he come to years. re
fused to be called the son of Pharaohs daughter
"BY FAITH the children of Israel passed through the
Red Sea dry land
'BY FAITH the walls Of Jericho fell down..
"BY FAITH the harlot Rahab persisted not with them
that believed not when she had received the spies with peace
'BY FAITH they subdued kingdoms, wrought right
eousness obtained promises stopped the mouths OF lions
uuenched the violence of fire. escaped the edge OF the sword
out of weakness made strong waxed valiant IN hight
turned to flight the armies of the Aliens women received
their dead raised to life again. and others were tortured
not accepting deverance that they might obtain better
resurrection they stoned they were saWn asundef
were tempted slain with the sword they wandered
about in sheepskns and goatskns being destitute acted
tormented; (of whom the world not worthy) they
wandered in deserts and in mountains, and in dens anc
caves of the earth And all these having obtained gooc
report through faith received not the promise
FAITHS VICToRs WHO HAVE GONE On REJOICING OVEF
PREsENT-DAY CONQUESTS
WHEREFORE seeing we comprised about with
IF wit