The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-09-30

TRUE WORSHIP PREPARATION HEALING
The leper approached Jesus, and, are told, he
worshped Him. Worship does not consist of posture
kneeing bowling the head any other position True
worship must from the heart HE that cometh to
God must believe that He u.s. and that He is rewarder of
them that diligently seek Him." Posture is all right and
if finds he get closer to God by kneeling all right
When the leper came to Jesus he gave reverence to
Him. He had his mind made up that Jesus was able to
heal him. but he did not know to whether Jesus was
willing to heal him. In another miracle which Jesus per-
formed they did not know whether He able to heal
This was the of the boy who had epilepsy 1t is well
worth remembering that in the individual believed
that Christ was able but did not know whether He was
willing the other they believed Christ willing,
but were not sure He able to heal him.
GOD THROUGH CHRIST EVER ABLE AND WILLING TO HEAL
You and I know the teaching of ZION. 1t has been
all along that God through Christ is not only able to heal
but willing AS long there is any doubt IN your MINDS
as to either the aby the willingness of the Savior to
heal, you trust him for healing That is worth
your while getting hold Of You not exercise the oath
be healed long you doubt ChTsts a0tagesS 10
do So You settle those two questions The eper was
excusabe You and not excusabe generally speaking
want to point this you not be that the best
thing you to be healed You not be sure but God
knows Fundamentally, sin is the basis OF all disease and
the devil the author of all disease; but there is dsci-
life: indeed there is saying, "a is educated by
everything with which he in contact from the cradle
to the grave God the heart God knows exactly
what you and what you going to be- and lie knows
what is best and what is wise for you and Tor me- 1er IS
no question about that.
"What things soever we desire when pray, believe
that we receive them, and We shall have them
mark II :24) The why many people fail
to get delverence is because they bother too much
about it. God Almighty is not going to work
mimi in
YOU ask Him. The majority of scnesses will be gradually
healed Make mistake about that God Almighty is not
going to work miracles just for the sake of working
miracle There respect in which some people IN ZION
have gone to ridiculous extremes One ought to live the
passive life AS long live the passive life shall
have good health and will be strong.
Whenever I am sck-and have been sick number
of times in nv life | spoke two and half hours in Mel
bourne before bowling mob and did not sleep for three
nights on account of the strain; and did not
recover nv voice properly for three monthsl like
this "Ths body is yours, Father have consecrated 1t
to you All want to do is to use for your glory Heal
me- I will live the passive life" do not bother. When
eat nv dinner do not bother anything about it. When
some of you your dinner you suffer pain after it, You
get it sure There good deal in eating for Chrsts sake,
dressing and sleeping for Chriss sake doing everything
for Christs sake. Live the passive life
SICKNESS NOT ALWAYS CAUEsD BY A SINFUL HEART
I want to break ZION of things. Every time
somebody gets SICK don't conclude he has committed some
wful SIM Take Deacon in the church for whom prayed
this afternoon When going to another city to hold meet
ing he missed his way and he got soaking wet Now he is
very sick Somebody hears that the Deacon is very SICK
and concludes that he must have committed awful sin
or he would be sick He lost his Sunday and sat
with his clothes in the meeting. Now, there you
Where is the awful sin coming in? Sitting in wet
clothes") That certainly unwse thing. He VIC
lated law of health in doing that
Some could go out like that and walk six miles in
the wet and it would not hurt themeven some men who
chew and tobacco and eat pork There have been
things said hard of the sick. little of the milk
of kindness and little less of magnifyng failures, and
especially when people sick That is not the time to
scod them That is when they need kind words and
ing hand and smile. tell you the way of doing things in
the past many times of digging people to pieces
ing their Illness devlish God Almighty is loving God