The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-05-08

Have faith have faith in God
General Overseer:-You will please turn with me to
the eighth chapter of the Gospel according to ST. Matthew
when He come down from the mountain, great
"And, behold, there leper and worshipped Him
saying Lord if Thou wilt Thou canst make me clean
"And Jesus put forth His hand and touched him,
ing, will; be thou Clean And Immediately his leprosy
was cleansed.
"And Jesus said unto him, See thou tell no man; but
thy way shew myself to the priest and offer the gift
that Moses commanded for testimony unto them. Mat
You know more than the leper knew you have had
greater light than he had he Christs ability
to heal him. for he said eff Thou WILT Thou cans make
me Clean" There many processing Christians how
ever who have not got that farf Thou wilt, Thou cans
make clean" There two things:
(a) Faith in Gods ABILITY to heal, and
(b) Faith in Gods WILLINGNESS to heal.
The eper had not had the teaching, and he not
to whether not it Chrsts WILL therefore he said
eff Thou WILT, Thou canst make clean" And Jesus
answered him, II WILL"
Christis Willing to HeaIA Healing
May each here this afternoon hear the voice of
Jesus saying I w-not only those who are in need of
healing but ALL for how many mperfections there
in each fe and the vast there for improvement!
There good thing that God will withhold from those
who walk uprighty and earnestly pray that, and
this people in grace and in knowledge and
in faith. May God grant it!
Masters
Faith
strengthens ones faith read the story Of Jesus
healing the Centurions servant!
"And when Jesus entered into Capernaum, there
unto him centurion, beseeching Him. Matthew 85.
You know that, in the everyday life, there many
people who do not get very much because they do not
after earnestly The degrees of earnestness shown by
those who seeking healing, greatly AS we OBJ
the rank and file of the everyday conflict of
fe how others keep at it, and those who persevere
reach the goal and realize their ambtons but those who
give up and faer in the presence of every obstacle fail
and do not accomplish anything.
The Centurion besought Jesus, saying
Lord, my servant lieth at home sick of the palsy,
grievOusly tOrmented.
"And Jesus said unto him. will come and heal him.
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worthy that Thou shouldest under my roof but speak
the word only, and my servant shall be healed.
For a under authority, having soldiers I'M
der and say to this Co. and he goeth and to
other Come and he cometh; and to my servant Do this
and he doeth it.
when Jesus heard it, he marveled and said to them
that followed Verify say unto you, have not found so
great faith, no, not in Israel.
"And I say unto you, That many shall come from the
east and the west and shall sit down with Abraham and
Isaac, and Jacob in the Kingdom of Heaven.
"Bu the children of the kingdom shall be cast out into
outer darkness there shall be weeping and gnashng Of
teeth!
And Jesus said unto the centurion Go thy way; and
thou hast believed be done unto thee. And his
want was healed in that sefsame hour.Matthew 86-13.
IS Today,
Now, will read that sixth verse again
and saying Lord, my servant ieth at home sick Of
the palsy grevousy tormented."
You know that God is the same God today as He was
then Jesus the Christ the same yesterday today and
forever Human nature is just the Scknesses
the same-except perhaps, that now call things
by different names; and there may be additional sick
then and have great many drugs that they did not have
Let us think go through this narrative. Here
of you people who have for prayer for your
healing, of you having one kind of afflcton and
some having another Think Of this Centurions servant
This afternoon my mind goes out to people who
live right here in Zion City, for whom have been asked
to pray during the past week ten days. and my mind
goes to one home especially, where | made a call.
A Deeper is Necessary
DESIRE in the short time that have to be here this
afternoon to help you-no repent do not know that
there here who needs repentance there
may be- but will tell you what you need: you need deep
conservation you need constant victory over SELF Now
there number of things that take place-just like
talking with certain brother this morning in little
have other conferences of the
ing things out because there people in Zion who do not
live just they ought to live and you know "To him that
knOweth to do good and doeth it not to him it is SIM
and there many little things wonder if you
particularly impressed you have read in the Bible the