The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-05-20
"OBEDIENCE"
Continued from Last Week.

who oveh God love his brother aSO"-l John 4:2O IL.
GENERAL OvERSEER: All these and references
very beautiful but you have not touched the point OF
Obedience yet
Elder Tindall, suppose I appointed you to preach a
to this Church Obedience: what would be
oune?> That what the ministry is for to lead the
pie in the way of obedience There wonder there is
sickness and disease and death THE wonder to is that
there is not more!
ELDER TINDALL: WE'LL there is the passage that has
been referred to- Samuel 1922. know Of nothing
stronger than the case SAUL the command that God
gave to Saul.
GENERAL OvERsEER Do want Obedience an alb
stract proposition concrete propositions we nave
had the abstract | want little of the concrete.
ELDER TINDALL: He up the in the quota
ton that given here that He loves obedience better than
sacrce-To obey is better than sacrifice 1t seems to
that it is all summed up in that case.
GENERAL OvERsEER: What these people going to
obey in? You cite the of Saul and cite all the
the Bible but does not do this people one bit OF
good except as abstract proposition What these
people going obey in? Why that these people are
SICK and diseased and dying? Why is it for
God Almighty begin judgment at the house of God? You
know believe in going right straight for the head Of the
nail.
Elder Carey what would be your outline if were in
position lead Church of thousands of people into that
place where they claim Gods keeping power? After
man has preached all day playing piano. you would
feel like saying "St down there and play tune After
man preached for hours obedience, you cannot
blame the people saying YOu have preached all day on
obedience:
What do you want US to do?' Is not that the point?
ELDER CAREY: Well, if a says he obeys God, ne
will show it life He has to bring forth fruits to show
that he obeyng Godso that those who him will know
One of the told us that 80 obey better than
sacrifice"
man can sacrifice all he likes, and he make all
the profession he likes but obedience is not there what is
the good of it?
ALL MEN SINNERS
GENERAL OvERsEER: Let me preach little on
Now in the first place, confronts audience.
According to the Word of God the very first thing that the
servant God must proclaim unto all men that all are
sinners is not? and make people their real and true
condition.
GOD MUST BELIEVED
The first thing is to show the people how to get out Of
their sins They must believe in God they must believe that
He is.
THE LIFE OF MAN MUST BE REFORMED
The first step that each and every to take to
get back to God genuine repentance; and bringing
forth fruits meet for repentance covered by the express
sion reformation of life"
In other words, you have got to get men and women
to DIE in their old nature There must be DEATH before
there can be LIFE. When they are "bon again., then
comes in this question Of obedience.
THE NEW LIFE SEEKS TO OBEY GODS ORDINANCES
Now the very thing that obedience will be shown
will be in baptism When and women refuse to obey
the commandment the Christ to be baptized Unto
the name Father and of the Son. and of the Holy
Ghost" do place much confidence in their profession
of the new birth other words do not believe that
has half KILL baby to get it to take milk and does
not have to PREACH and PREACH and PREACH to men
and women who have died to the world and have died to
SIM and have been born again, to obey in baptism.
Another thing Obedience in attending the services of
the house Cod have been little surprised that there
were not some passages read on that
Now you have got an idea of what it is to OBEY.
In OBEDIENCE MUCH IS INVOLVED FOR EVERY CHRISTIAN
AS talk to people, and as go around here from day
to day to minister people, and am called the
telephone am not surprised that people have diff
cuties and are always in trouble.
Here comes in a call the telephone tomorrow or
next dayt may be request for prayer for child What
do know? know that that father and mother do not go
to Church once in three months know from records
that thew are and thieves and that they love filthy
ucre so that they and will not their thes into
Gods storehouse know that of them has not been
baptzed 1t is no wonder that they in trouble and it is
an insult God Almighty to get down and ask Him to be-
stow His blessings (Which for the obeien the
disObedient and the rebellous
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