The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1915-10-02

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hold it very good And the evening and the morning
were the sixth day."-Genesis 81.
GOD MADE ALL THINGS VERY GOOD
GENERAL OvERsEER- Some people, in fact most people,
are in danger of thinking that things always have been just
as they today but that not true there was time
when God surveyed all the of His and He pro-
nounced everything that He had made being Every good
AS you study the first chapter of the Book of Genesis
you get the steps of Creation by Have you noticed
that the Bible unlike any other book that writ
ten ut has preface and introduction for it does not
need The Bible starts out with the statement SIN
the beginning God" there any argument but only
the simple statement "In the beginning God' which is
sufficient explanation for everything that is around and
about us-''In the beginning Cod"
GoD THE FIRST GREAT CAUSE OF ALL CREATED THINGS
The Bible says of man who does not believe in Cod
that he is fool "he fool hath said in his heart There
is God-Psalm AL. One looks upon massive build
ing and you heard anyone argue for minute that
that building dropped down from the Skies that it blew
across the fields at the head of gust of wind that
sprang in night that it merely by chance; but
Everybody will freely admit that before that massive build
ing existed there intelligent beings capable of planning
and executing such building.
A blind said to an infdel who would not
admit that the sun and the and the
dences of Divine Being when you reach your home to-
night and enter your front room and the table
lighted lamp Illuminating the what will be your
cusion to how that lamp got here-tha it took itself
there and that it lighted itsef% The nfde replied Ger
tainly not; conclusion would be that intelligent
being placed it there and lighted it, And that the
correct answer Now when looks at the world the
and the and the stars and the flowers
and the trees and the fruit and in BRIEF everything in
nature about u.s. there is but explanation and that
explanation is God-"In the beginning Cod. The only
Cause adequate to the effects which around about
u.s. is God the Almighty it is He Who has created all these
things.
DIVINE HEALING THE RESULT OF GODS DESIRE TO HAVE
HUMAN LIFE PERFECT
In study of Divine Healing must get right down
to the very foundation principles will do by first
reading this last of the first chapter of Genesis and
desire to get the people who sit in these services to grasp
this truth want you all to get hold of this position because
it is absolutely that there time when everything
was good; there time when everything all right
there time when everything perfect That is the
position that when God finished His work. everything that
He perfecthat is Genesis the first chapter
and the thirty-frst verse
you say that you not interested in studying the
Old Testament? WE'LL let tell you that of the most
interesting chapters the whole Bible is this first chapter
of the Book of That chapter bears the marks of
inspiration just much does other chapter in the
Bible No man who lived could have written the first
chapter of Genesis all of the university professors that ever
existed that exist now that shall exist, after
conference could not have written the first chap
ter of Genesis all of the scientists in all the world could
never have written the first chapter of the book Of Genesis
We have to say of the chapter of Genesis old Pha
raoh said of certain plague that fell Egypt and upon
himself "Ths is the finger of God The first chapter OF
Genesis was plainly indted by the finger of God
GIN the beginning God created the heaven and the
earth.
"And the earth was without FORM and void; and dark
upon the face the Deep And the Spirit of God
moved upon the face of the waters.
And God sad Let there be light and there was light
Genesis l. LIB.
| And so on throughout the entire chapter
MAN WAS MADE IN THE IMAGE OF GoD TO ENJOY
/ PERFECT SURROUNDINGS
After God had created the beautiful sky and the earth
and the animals He said "Let make in Our own
image What inspiration, for human being to think
that he is created in the very image of God There are not
very many people who stop to think about that but it is
true; and God said, "Let make in Our own image
God talking to His Only Begoten Son and to the Holy
Spirit when He used that anguageLet make man IN
Our own image" And God did make in His own
Image and made him perfect and gave to him perfect sur
roundings Well much for things they once We're and
let us all get hold of this.
MEN ARE Now THE SLAVES OF SATAN-SINNERs
We want to look at things they do not desire to
paint them any darker than they really and do not