The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-09-23


give careful consideration to this text find fault in this
man." That about all he said It very painful
experience.
man into whom God puts His Spirit when he reaches
the time to enter his work. will be acknowledged of
God and He will put His seal upon him. think tell
preacher the moment he the hymn whether there
is anything in him not. You tell good deal by the
way he the platform to whether something
going to move
THE THREEFoID WORK OF CHRIsT's MINISTRY
would have you note the twenty-third of Mat
thew the fourth chapter and commit it to memory for
have there given the analysis of the ministry of Christ
The first thing that He did to teach the people
The next thing preach the Gospel of KINGDOM,
and the next to heal all of sickness and all
of disease among the people.
want you ZIoN to get away from the church idea and
get hold of KINGDOM idea.
There are fifty distinct references to KINGDOM
GoD and tell you that believe God is going enable me-
by His grace day work out things which have
not hitherto been touched part of the world by
body. (Amens) want you to hold onto the ideas gave
the blackboard and do not let the Devil rob you
them. Do not listen to any strange voice.
CHRIST REVEALED PREsENT-DAY REALITIES BLESSINGS
All this talk about deferrng everything until two thou
sand years beyond the millennium feel when hear that
kind of talk like the fellow did when looking at Niagara
Falls He said to his friend Do you know has been cal
culaed that with the wearing of the water upon the rocks
the Falls going to disappear His friend replied,
about how long do you figure will take at the present
rate?" The answer was, "About million years." He
piled, "Let her wash for all I care" So say if all the
good things and all the holy things which God has provided
in His bountful sorehouse all ten, fifteen twenty
thousand years yonder-we, have not much in
terest in them, and think that is fair statement
tell you my friends, John the Baptist said Repent
ye for the Kingdom of Heaven Is at hamd Anything that
is at hand is not two thousand in the future If this
book at hand is right here Jesus the Christ when
He began His ministry said the same thing
DIFFERENCE BETWEEN TEACHING AND PREACHING
the twenty verse of the fourth chapter and in
the hrtyh Of the ninth chapter told that
He went about teachng and preaching the Gospel of
KINGDOM, and then healing all of sickness and all
of diseases.
There is difference between teaching and preaching
When teaches he does something than proclaim
If is going teach the subject of Divine Healing
he will define it in the light of Gods Word He will give
the Covenant of Divine Healng he will show you that
it is in the atonenent He will try to make clear you
by of Illustrations by comparisons by contrast and
by the of simpler Words but when breaches he
simply procams truth and preacher is herald to make
known the glad tdings of THE KINGDOM OF GoD.
We pass the Fifth, Sixth and Seventh Chapters
and we have that great Sermon on the Mount.
SOME PROMISES TO THE OBED1ENT UNDER THE KINGDOM
Oh how little the average preacher knows about the
Sermon the Mount How much does the average church
member know about the Sermon the Mount?
Let take the first Beatitude: BLESSED the poor
in spirit for theirs is KINGDOM OF HEAVEN 1t does
not say BLESSED the poor in spirit for they shall 90 to
Heavem'
HEAVEN AND THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN NOT IDENTICAL
The Kingdom of Heaven is not Heavem THE KINGDOM
not Heaven but something right here upon this earth
Heaven is the place where the spirits of the righteous go
when they depart this life BLESSED the poor in spirit
for theirs is THE KINGDOM HEAVEN does mean they
shall go to Heaven, simply It does not say here It
simply means, have it in of the Gospels BLESSED
be We poor for is THE KINGDOM GoD-Luke 10
TO illustrate: here people who very rich they
have everything that money buy Here people who
are poor you go and present the rule of God Who is
the more likely to accept the rule of God? Repy-The
poor) Yes; the poor every time. For instance, today
every time you strike at the abuses that are the result of
such operations of Great Trusts you get serious
conflict with the that be- Whereas generally speak
ng the man the in ordinary circumstances will
hear THE GOSPEL and work under the rule God and long
Tor the establishment of KINGDOM GOD That what
1t means 1t is simply social order
When Jesus said, "Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be
done in EARTH as it is Heaven did He that you and
should pray for something He did not intend to let us