The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-03-18


made great lamentation over him.
AS for Saul he made havoc of the church, entering
into every house, and haing and women committed
them to prison.
Therefore they were scattered abroad went every
where preaching the word
"Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and
preached Christ unto them.
And the people with accord gave heed unto those
things which Philip pake hearing and seeing the miracles
which he did
"For uncean spirits crying with loud voices out
of many that possessed with them and taken
with pasies, and that la1ne were healed.
"And there great joy in that city.
"But there certain man. called Simon, which be-
foreme in the city used sorcery and bewtched the
people of Samaria giving out that himself great
one:
"To whom they all gave heed, from the least to the
greatest saying This man is the great power of Cod
And to him they had regard because that of long time
he had bewitched them with sorces.
"But when they believed Philip preaching the things
concerning THE KINGDOM GoD, and the of Jesus
Christ they baptized both and women.
"Then Simon himself believed ALSO and when he was
baptized he continued with Philip, and wondered behold
ing the miracles and signs which done.
"Now when the apostles which at Jerusalem heard
that Samaa had received the Word of God they sent unto
them Peter and john"
GENERAL OvERsEER: Now notice. Whenever man
that he has the Holy Spirit and then refuses to obey
the Word of God take stock in him. My fight has been
to uphold the fundamental principle of leadership in IHE
KINGDOM There is the attack eve will have man rule
over the language of LIONS opponents the Word
God mark you has put to rule over you in The KING
DOM the Holy Spirit goes contrary to the Bible
Now when they heard that they had received the Cos
pei, what did they do?
ELDER CAREY "They sent unto them Peter and john.
GENERAL OvERsEER Why, there people in this city,
YOU know that would not stand for that They have
ceived the Holy Ghost and they free CD. Now they
don't have to listen to anybody CO. There is the whole
thing: no rulership-No leader but Christ they say
That is trick of the devil.
ELDER CAREY:
''Who when they down. prayed for them,
that they might receive the Holy Ghost:
"(For as yet He was fallen upon of them; only
they were baptized in the of the Lord Jesus.)
GENERAL OvERsEER: They in the primary class,
but TIL tell you when they taught they responded
That is what am teaching you for because when make
this call for conservation then you cannot that you
have not had the instruction.
ELDER CAREY
Then laid they their hands Them and they received
the Holy Ghost"
GENERAL OvERsEER: Elder Reder, read Acts 10 IA.
Whle Peter yet spake these words the Holy Ghost fell
on all them which heard the word"
GENERAL OvERsEER: That was a very simple thing,
it not? The Holy Ghost fell all them which heard the
word" The Holy Ghost had been given at Pentecost and
when they responded to the presentation offered in Peters
sermon the Holy Spirit upon them. There was not
any bowling months twelve months, there?
trying to work up physical feshy manifestation
No. there not
Acts 1916 read by Elder Tindall-
"And it came to pass that while Apoos was at Cormth
Paul having passed through the upper coasts came to
Ephesus and finding certain disciples,
"He said unto them, Have We received the Holy Ghost
since We believed?"
GENERAL OvERsEER: Now notice: "Have we received
Holy Ghost We beeved There is the baptism on
the Day of Pentecost Zone baptism see?-t is for the
whole Body.
We have always been taught that that one baptism IN
Ephesans water baptism. No such thing. The one
baptism was the baptism the Day of Pentecost One
Lord one faith baptism,"-one Body: covering the
whole Gospel from Penecos down to the Second Coming
of Christ Now is your business to appropriate that
baptism through conservation and the prayer of faith
"And they said unto him, We have not so much as
heard whether there be any Holy Ghost
"And he said unto them Unto what then were We
baptized? And they said Unto Johns baptism
Then said Paul. John verify baptized with the baptism
of repentance saying unto the people, that they should be-
eve Him which should after him, that is Christ
Jesus
"When they heard this they baptized in the
of the Lord Jesus"
They had had only the baptism that John practced and
then they were baptized in the Name of Jesus.
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