The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-04-29
Continued from issue of April 15th)

PEOPLE: mo"
GENERAL OvERsEER: Mo-
81 am the Lord, change not."-Malach 36.
"Jesus Christ the same Yesterday today and forever
Hebrews 1873
"God is respecter of persons."-Acts 1924
Now what you going to do with,
"Whom the Lord loveth He maketh sick?'
VOICE eft is not there
GENERAL OvERsEER: Do not read there in the
twelfth chapter of the Book of Hebrews that Whom the
Lord loveth He maketh sick'?
PEOPLE: "No."
GENERAL OvERsEER: What does it say?
PEOPLE: "Whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth.'
GENERAL OvERsEER: WE'LL ever since I little
boy have heard from different preachers and teachers
in theological semnaries that Whom the Lord loveth He
maketh sick.'
Some of you know that in studying Geometry there
two methods of proofone is known the reduction
to absurdity.'
Now suppose we accept the position that they
rect when they say Whom the Lord loveth He maketh
sick" Then would it not follow that who is sick
is loved by God his Heavenly Father than is person
who not sick? and ao would not it be true that the
sick you the God loves you? "Whom the Lord
loveth, He maketh sick"
If that true, then the who had Rheumatism
in both legs would be loved by God his Heavenly Father
just twice much would the who had Rheumatism
in only eg and aso church that had preacher who
SICK organist who SICK choir conductor who
SICK and the choir members and congregation all SICK
would be church that God would love the most ZION,
does God train His children by making them sick?
PEOPLE: NO
GENERAL OVERsEER: Or does God train His children
through the influence of the Holy Spirit?
PEOPLE: eyes"
IF GoD MAKES ONE SICK IT SIN TRY RELIEVED
GENERAL OvERsEER: Now wonder if we have settled
this question to who the author of sickness and Of dis
Is there any person who intends coming forward
here for prayer this morning who still believes that God
is the Author of aicon and disease? If there is
to help YOU because shall not pray for the healing
of any person who believes in that kind of e If you be-
eve that God afflicted you, then keep your affection, and
do not be trying to get rid of it,
What do these people do who talk about Good having
afflicted them ?"-They try the Allopath and the Oseo
path and the Homeopath and the Hydopath and the so
path and the Neuropah and they will spend all of their
money and the carpets from their foors in order to
try get rid of what they say God has sent to them
Who is right-ZIoN, the churches?
PEOPLE: "ZION!'
WHO ARE THE DELUDED PEOPLE, THOSE WHO TRUST GoD OR
THOSE WHO TRUST THE DOCTORS?
GENERAL OvERsEER: And who the foolish people
the and the who take the Word of God and
live the and the who trot off and
swallow their muck? If there any fools in this case
not the FOOLS
Every line written between the lids of the Bible dealing
with this subject that the foul archenemy of
kind is the author of and consumption and typhoid
fever and dphthera and smallpox and every other kind of
oathsome and dreadful disease with which mankind af
ficted. And say shame upon the who calls himself
Christian would lay the foul diseases at
the feet of God the Almighty and He is the Author of
them
SISTER: "That is what taught in the Roman
Catholic Church."
GENERAL OvERsEER: Did you out of the Roman
Catholic Church?
THE SISTER eyes, about ten years ago 1 came into
ZION, and l glad that found ZION'
GENERAL OvERsEER Well, I glad that you have
learned this beautiful truth intend preach upon this
subject in the Chicago Auditorium.
Oh there many thousands of lovely people in this
world if only will get to them and teach them Some
of the oveest people this earth Roman Catholics
and of the best members in this Church
Cathocsbecause they have had good training there
many thousands of Roman Catholics and Bapsts and
Congregationaists and Presbyterans who and