The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-10-21
Think on These Things
Continued from last week)

Now have the Nine Beatitudes
For instance BLESSED the poor in spirit for theirs
rs the KINGDOM HEAvEN"-not "shal be- but BLESSED
the poor in spirit, for theirs IS THE KINGDOM
HEAvENr
Further in this chapter have the statement that
Except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness
Of the Scribes and Pharsees we cannot" what?
PEOPLE: CENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN"
GENERAL OvERsEER: Yes, Except your righteousness
shall exceed the righteousness of the Scrbes and the Phar
isees, we cannot ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF GOD"
THE MODEL PRAYER
Now, in this chapter the Saviour talks about "Alms
givng He then talks about prayer and He gives model
which call "The Lords Prayer" and which
have often prayed and which sometimes chant-whch
of course, is praying.
In the model prayer Jesus said, among other things
"Pray we, = Thy KINGDOM Thy will be done in
earth, as it is in Heaven"
THE KINGDoM-WHAT IT? WHERE IS IT?
I ask you the question, then-What is meant by the
phrase KINGDOM HEAVEN" and KINGDOM OF GoD?
Some writers attempt to differentiate between them
but have no doubt in my mind that they and
the thing and that they used Interchangeable
What did John the Baptist mean?
What did Jesus the Christ mean?
Sunday-school superintendent and teachers, an
preachers by the tens of thousands have mouthed that
petition for centures and doubt very much whether any
of them stopped to consider seriously what meant
and they of all people, would have been scared almost to
death their prayer suddenly had been answered. because
the coming of KINGDOM GoD the smashing up
and the grinding powder of the manmade order of things
to which the rank and file of the people cling tenacous
If | were to ask the question-What is meant by the
Empire of Great Britan most of you could If
to ask you what meant by the Republic of the United
States of America? you could tell If to ask
what meant by the Monarchy of Russia? could tell
BUT, just ask the people what is meant by THE KING
GoD and they dumb!
Now, what senseless thing it has been, and what
snseess thing u.s. for thousands of ministers and Sunday
school superintendent and teachers and workers in
venon where there tremendous enthusiasm worked up
to go the Lords Prayer: City KINGDOM Thy
will be don in earth as it is in Heaven|
For WHAT are they praying?
WHAT IS 1T that they want?
WHEN do they want it?
WHERE do they want it to come?
These questions that during this Feast propose
far concerned and to tell what
mean when we pray "Thy KINGDOM GOMEZ" WHAT
want to come; want it to come; and
want it to come
It IS not difficult matter to give definition of
KINGDOM OF GoD.
There thing especially which wish to impress
upon your minds this evening" that there is not scntla
of proof the teaching of the Lord Jesus the Christ
of the Apostles that KINGDOM GoD-for which Jesus
sad to pray-s to be anywhere else except upon
this earth.
The popular conception of KINGDOM GOD down
through centuries and in Chrstendom for the most
part today that it is kind of soapbubbe away up yon
der in the sky and that person has to die in order to
"nherit THE KINGDOM GOD" And in fact to hear the
majority of them tell it, everything that the Christian
ligion talks about is for the hereafter.
THE KINGDOM OF GoD CAN CLEARLY DEFINED
challenge that position, and say that it VIII be plain
y shown the addresses that shall deliver during this
Feast that THE KINGDOM GOD be just clearly
defined the Empire of Great Britain; and in defining
it the elements enter into TIE definition; by that
mean-terrtory laws rules and principles and is "Thy
will be done in earth AS 1T IS IN HEAVEN That is the
prayer.
THE KEYNOTE OF THE FEAST STATED
The keynote of this Meeting is-"THE New BIRTH !"
l do not propose to spend my tine exhortng and
to Go this and h9t and the other thing; to love
their neghbors the Bible commands to love humanity;
ii deny themselves for the Christs sake, and to do
thousand other things but propose to emphasize the
ABSOLUTE NECESSITY of the and when and
have been 'born again., there will be need to
preach all of these other things, for they will
If had peach tree in my orchard e have orchard
but, this IS simply Ustration) that had to beat with
baseball bat from morning till night in order to get it to
bear peaches, then l would cut It down.
made remarks in Chicago last Lords Day,
and the "Inter Ocean, had editorial which said that