The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-08-26


the Mount and stays little longer than they think he
ought to stay why Aaron will consent to make golden
calf, and they fall into idolatry.
There have been movements in the past the leaders of
which have taughtDivne Healing but after few they
have started in compromising with the hot CLOTH and the
cold CLOTH and little of something ese and the next thing
you knew they back into the old road.
want to emphasize the thought that matter if you
have repeed confessed restored and obeyed you do not
deserve anything for doing You cannot exchange these
acts for salvation We saved not by repentng
Tossing, and restoring but must be justified by faith,
and ceansed by the Blood of Christ for salvation is the
free gift of God.
There men-and there in ZIoN-who
fancy that they Of heaven because they neither
smoke nor chew tobacco nor do they drink liquors. frequent
theater keep late hours You say precisely the
same things of a gatepost negative Christian is
dummy. We must be something than negative;
must be positive Christians Therefore, after having done
all these things, you must not make any compromises in
thought for if you compromise your thought you will also
compromise your acts.
| think very carefully before speak. desire you to
know what your attitude should be toward all counterfeits
especially toward medicine surgery and, what do you call
-this -a-s-s-a-g-e This massage business is work
of the flesh.
Look at the works of the flesh enumerated by Paul in
Galatians and is this not idolatry? do not believe in
hotwater god in coldwater god, in fresh-waer
god. believe in the True and Living God That be-
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here to bring you back, then want keep in line my
self and bring you back is useless to talk about getting
people saved healed ceansed and blessed when you
permitting compromises. Half heartedness! We must
right back to the plain Word of God and then all
these glorious results will follow naturally If do not
go back Gods Word there will be no satisfactory results
SICKNESS AND FEAR No EXCUSE FOR COMPROMISE
1t is easier to talk about all these things when you
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that and willing to admit it. But mind if you
SICK to compromise will only make you sicker but be
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Some people have become faint-hearted Why become
fanthearted before little difficulty fant-hearted
because SICK when your sickness has through
your SINS the sins of somebody else?
want to officers and members in ZION brought to
place where they will trust God Almighty and make
compromises under any circumstances. Compromises
dangerous they FATAL and have been surprised
than to find out that people who have stood up and
proessed to believe in Divine Healing have used mustard
pasters the night before. Yes; there u.s. trusting in
mustard plaster. How do you know what the mustard
plaster going to do? The only proper thing to say II
believe in God and will not do anything die tomorrow
and you will not die; God will honor your trust
Now there all sorts of little things that creep in
For instance people think that it is all right to
atomzer other kind of 'iser and they get
little nhang tube to take the fresh air into their lungs
all sorts of little inventions to side-track you wonder
months wonder if some of you here have slipped out
of this City to drugstore and bought box of pills.
There is in saying you trust God if you do not
trust Him. God knows whether you are trusting Him or
not.
| prayed once for who had rheumatism I
said Are willing to trust God for your healng? She
answered, eyes, for this rheumatism" said Suppose
you got sick next week." She replied Then would call
in DOCTOR You must be done with DOCTORS If you do
not understand it about time that you reached an under
standing.
THE PRACTICE OF MEDICINE SURGERY HORRIBLE
IDOLATRY
The vilest and most horrible thing Gods earth is
the practice of medicine and the practice of surgery No
words in the English language strong enough char
acterze the practice It is doatry and yet find even
ZION people who have very tender feeling the
churches. The such people get out of ZION the
better; They unworthy they going back to the
fespots of Egypt The churches that tolerate this medical
abomination not churches of the Living God They
have betrayed Cod they have gone away to worship idols
There are thousands of people that worship bottle Of
laudanum and there millions of people who are posi-
tive that they would die before morning if they did not
have their pills This is true to such extent that
bers of have become multi mlionares manufacturing