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| II(R4SI0R RUSSELD) The Pastor de-
Clured that we are
gradually awakening to the fact that
the world does not love God. and that
few Of The churches recognize Him as
the gracious Heavenly Father AL
though the Bible tells us that God is
Love, that His mercy endureth for
ever. ana that from Him comes every
good and perfect gift. nevertheless the
doctrines Of demons inStilled into our
minds FROM childhood have hindered
us from approaching these statements
Back in the Second Century, when
Bibles were very expensive and few
people could read, Satan laid the foun-
datiOu for gross errors The clergy be-
gan to claim that the bishops were sue
cesSUrs to the twelve Apostles, thus
implying that their teachings were of
equal authority. Nobody was allowed
to preach unless authorized. or ordain-
ed. by these so-culled Apostolic Bish
ops. The result was the separation Of
the Church as the clergy-the public
being called children of the Church.
Conditions During tho Dark Ages.
Later the Apostolic Bishops, with
Emperor Constantine, started creed
making. Thereafter creeds took the
place of Bible study; for the Emperor
decided that the Nicene Greed was the
standard of Orthodoxy. and that who
ever differed from its teachings was a
hereto and subject to persecution.
This condition lasted twelve hundred
years, When we consider how much
error could be brought into the Church
in twelve centuries, it is no wonder
error and that the doctrines Of de-
mons so leavened the whole mass that
it became injurious to spiritual health.
Matthew 1876, IL, 12; Luke 1921.
Then the authority Of the Apostolic
Bishops began to be questioned. The
Bible began to be sought and studied,
but all who did this were esteemed
heretics. Finally the people insisted
that they be permitted to read the
words of Jesus and the original Twelve.
The pseudo-apostles Revelation 90
were forced reluctantly to give the
people the Bible in the vernacular.
Both Catholics and Protestants warn
ed the people that the others edition
nynna;ntl,, Tho nlninnt
to prevent Bible study.
The same spirit is manifested every
where yet. Whoever agrees with the
creeds is tolerated by his own class.
Whoever presents the Bible without
sectarian bias is branded a hereto;
and viIifcation heaped upon him is
reckoned service to God, however false.
What Are Doctrines of Oemons7"
Doctrines of demons, the Pastor ex-
planned, are various falSehoodS design
ed to misrepresent Gods dealings and
Message from tnking effect in human
hearts. The Almighty could have pre-
vented Satan from practising deception
and Slandering tie Divine character.
But 1t is not Gods purpose to use force
in gathering the Church. He sent forth
His Message, that those bearing should
have opportunity Of responding volun
tarily.-2 Peter | 4.
Personally and through his demon
host. Satan seeks to misrepresent Gods
AIoSCnun % rorintbiopS a.1l ua in
duCed us to believe that before mans
creation God had made great place
called Hell, supplied with tireproof dev
lis and fuel to last to all eternity, and
then mndc man. knowing that nearly
everybody would 80 there. Additional
Iy, we were taught that we would be
rendered indeStructibIe in order that
our torments might last eternally. No
human mind ever invented such doc
trineS. They are the work of demons.
to separate uH from God and His Word,
through preachers. cvangeliSts, and the
rreeds handed down from the past.
Satan began this opposition to God
by telling Mother Eve that her sin
would nG bring death. as God had
said; and he has continued the state
meut until the whole world are con-
vinced that when men die, they are
more alive than ever. This is the fun
1amPntal doctrine Of demons. upon
which are based all the false doctrines
hat have troubled us. The Bible says.
The dead know not anything; 1.-THE
wages Of sin Is death"
These doctrines of demons include
PurgntOry and MASSES for the dead
They include the work of spirit me-
liums: for as bishops and priests
are deceived. so are spirit mediums.
fhcy think that they communicate
with the dead; whereas the Bible
makes clear thai they are deceived by
the fallen angels the demons. thus Civ
ing the only confirmation Of Satan's |
original lie, that the dead are alive.
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