The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-01-02
The Joy of Faith
D. S. Curtis.

ID. s. Curtis.
There can no greater joy come to SOL
dier Of Jesus Christ than victory by faith.
There comes such assurance, calm conf
dence, and positive belief in regard to the
ultimate results, that many say it is pre-
SUMPTION" /" "fying in the face Of provi-
dence, +" "heartlessness, f" mo human feel
ings, and at last in desperation, that you
are lacking mentally or have "gone in
sane"
No doubt you will be placed in a posi-
ton like this regarding healing, or some
other matter that does not fit in with the
plan of the devil in this world
The body at best is in value but mere
atom in comparison with the soul; but you
will think it worth ten thousand souls from
the way the devil will magnify it and the
fight he will put up to get you to let his
assistants scratch into your own and chill
dren's arms the putrid secretion from
sick calf, fixed up with glycerine and call
ed glycerinated lymph; but if you are af-
ter the order Of Aaron you will refuse to
bow down to the calf choosing rather to
follow the Lamb whitherso ever he goeth, :"
knowing him to be the God who led you up
out Of Egypt.
You can truly suffer affiction with the
people Of God; but you will never lose
your victory if you keep pounding the
devil with the ammunition Of faith in the
Holy Ghost, for that will win.
There are two points in the field Of faith
at which many have failed. Our desire to
touch upon them. What we have learned
may help some other soul.
Many have thought fighter was always
a person of faith. This is not necessarily
so, although real fighter WITH FAITH
is a grand combination; but to have faith
that wins, every fighter must be like
Joshua, willing to throw away all his
OWN WEAPONS at any time, grab
pitcher, lamp with fire in it, and 90
marching around, smashing crockery
throwing fire, jumping, shouting, acting
so like drunken soldiers that they will look
over the walls Of the city at you and call
you a fool. About that time God will let
jagged Tightening out Of Heaven and
knock the city into a rubbish heap.
Many people whom the writer has
known, before they were saved could fight
for the things they wanted and get them
Some Of these have since learned to exer-
else real faith in God, fought as He direc-
ted and thus have gained place in the
18th of Hebrews. Others were really
saved and went on fighting, but always
insisted on fighting with a sword: thew
would not jump, smash crockery, or shout,
but appeared more like Major General
III the standing army. They are still fight
ing somewhere presumably; but where?
No cable runs to the island they live on.
There are some battles we can fight but
once. Ii these are lost, even though we
get back to God afterward, it means dis
aster to others, and blank space that
might have been written over with victory.
L refer to the place where some have wa
vered when all was nearly won.
Did you never feel the assurance when
IN real battle that the fight was almost
finished, when all at once everything was
back on you with ten thousand other
devils? Or, as you were just about to
shout the victory you looked and behold
new symptom appeared, another condi-
ton you had not foreseen? Then, instead
OF taking the shield Of faith and laughing
IN the devils face, you began to reason
and when you came to yourself the devil
had you on the run? You wavered "But
let him ask in faith, nothing wavering.
For he that wavereth is like wave Of the
sea driven with the wind and tossed. For
let not that man THINK that he shall re-
ceive ANYTHING Of the Lord.'
Now faith is the SUBSTANCE of
things hoped for, the EVIDENCE of
things not SEEN" Praise God! Let us
have it made up into bombs to throw at
the devil on every suggestion he makes.
Never agree with the devil or your own
natural feelings at any time; depend Who'll
ly on God. Refuse the easy way out. and