The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-01-01
SUBJECT:
Having Also the Mind that
Was In Christ Jesus
CONTINUED from last weekly
THE TRIuNE COPS PLAN FOR MANS CREATION AND RE-
DEMPTION


Son. But God the Son came voluntarily. What was the
mind He had in Him. Who being in the form of God-He
had every attribute that God had He SefExstent
He was Uncreated, He Eernal He was Life, and He
had every attribute that God the Father had.
What was the mind that He had Who, being in the form
of God giving it freer transation) did not look upon be-
ing in the form of God something to be grasped and held
on to tenacousy? He EMPTIED HIMSELF That is the mind
He had.
Talk about sacrifice! God forbid that anyone here
should mention it again. Talk about sacrifice! What
have YOU given up for the Lord What have given
the Lord?
God the Son. in Heaven had all the attributes of God
and was the form of Cod and it robbery to be
equal with Godthat u.s. His being with God took nothing
God the Father; but He laid it all aside and put it all
down.
This is beyond the comprehension of man. but you can
get glimpse of it.
He put it all down-he emapted Himself, the Bible
and being in the form of Cod He made the first STEP
and He took upon Himself the form of slave And then
as if this were enough He goes and becomes obedent
death the death of the coshe death reserved
for the viest criminals.
That is the mind that in Christ Jesus and here is
the exhortation-HAvE THE SAME MIND
Now you can understand something of the meaning that
is in that cluster of chapters that is called the Holy OF
holiesand the first ever read of Doctor Dowes
was based upon certain of the chapters OF that
cluster there in John. AS sat in my office in an Ohio city,
in despair my poor heart breaking and longing for some
thing that did not have then it was that copy OF the
LEAVES OF HEALING to me- brought from the City OF
Cincinnati by lady, The sermon found in that LEAVES
was based upon the words: And what shall say? Father
save Me from this hour. " remember the first lines.
Doctor Dowie said "There is time when man is
so ready hear the voice of God and willing to speak as
God would have him speak, when he reaches the place
where he uers the cry, And what shall say now? Then
God will tell him what to say"
That verse is in the 18th chapter of john Now, we
into the 18th chapter. They were there in the
upper reclining around the tabebecause Jesus had
said them for the third time Two days more and we
to Jerusalem the Son of shall be apprehended and
He will suffer many things of the scrbes and the priests and
the elders.
Oh, the suferings of Christi
Ny prayer to God is that shall get to it as
can for the more like Christ you the nearly
will suffer the things He suffered
ONLY GODS PEOPLE CAN COMPREHEND THE SUFFER1NGs OF
THE CHRIST
Sinners know nothing about the suerings of Christ.
1t is only the saints is only those who pure and truth
full and holy who know little about the suering
of Christ It was because He good that He suffered
so much
AS told you Wednesday night you find the devil
creating fiery furnace for anyone except saint you
lions den to open it's mouth for anyone except
saint The better you are, the sufferngs you will
have The Bible teaches that to fill up the
of Christs suffering does not? Oh pray that God will
help to be truly consecraed and devoted that shall
contribute something toward filling up the of the
sufferings of my Christ and Lord.
Can you picture the Gar of Russia laying aside all the
paraphernala of his office? Can you picture him voluntarily
abdicatng empying himself of all the grandeur of that
mighty ofce-the Autocrat of all the Russians? Can you
him emptyng himself laying aside all his prerogatives
and powers and taking the place of Russian peasant? If
you that then when you have it you mil
lion mes-you are TEN MILLION MILEs-you infinite
distance from compehendng the distance from being the
FORM OF GOD to being in the form of slave-the DEATH
the death of the cross.
And yet God through Paul, exhorts you and me, "LET
THIS MIND BE IN YOU, WHICH ALSO IN CHRIST JESUS
Then, having foretold His DEATH they said to Him,
Where wilt Thou that prepare for Thee to eat the
Over?"
The apostles only men, and they very slow Of
understanding Are there not things that you ought to
have grasped twenty that you do not yet?
Have not eyes that not and that hear not? DE-
not Christ say of them, O**sow of heart to believer? Did
not He say that of them? Yes.
And He said to them eco into the city to such man.
and say unto him, The Master sad My time is at hand
will keep the passover at thy house with My disciples.
They went, and there large upper room all fur