The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1916-01-15

Thy truth Help them at this time as never before
to be calm in their Spirits to have sefconro to
with Thee and to make full surrender being willing to
lay down life itself rather than to compromise righteous
principles God thank Thee for Thy sustaining grace
and for the many blessings bestowed daily We know that
there wonderful future before ZION. God meet
with in great power this morning and help the people,
that they may eectuay do that which right in Thy sight
in reference to all important questions Hear and bless
our Father, for Jesus sake. Amen
THE ADDRESS
Taking for granted that you all familiar with the
Eleventh Chapter of the Gospel according to ST. John, will
not take time to read the chapter through but will call your
attention to the principal points in regular order
You have heard great many sermons in reference to
Christ Public Teacher; you have Him the
side delivering discourse to large congregation you have
Him healing the sck you have Him going into
the Temple driving out the money changers and
throwing their tables. You have heard Him denouncing
in the strongest possible the hypocrisy of the religious
leaders of His time
CHRIsT's PRIVATE LIFE
But this morning want to give you vivid insight
into the private life of the Christi for you simply know the
Christ public Man, Preacher and Teacher moving
among men, then you have but impartial knowledge of
the greatest Of all teachers.
Very little is given to of Christ in His private life,
and inclined, and women always in
cned go extremes either to minimize His Divinity
His humanity.
The Christ can be understood only when you view His
Divinity and His humanity proper proportions Christ
in His humanity just like of except that He
never snned and guile found in His mouth.
This morning want you to go with me to the little
of Bethany It's location you need to have before you
1t about miles from the City of Jerusalem the
side of the Mount of Olives and in the great pic
of Jerusalem, which have at different times,
you will the little winding road leading around
the Mount of Olives to the little of Bethany which you
cannot see from Jerusalem.
THE BETHANY HOME
There was a home in that little town that had three
members brother and two sisters There every
believe from the record that home in the true
of the word that this brother and these two sisters
intensely devoted each oher and although they
Jews and Jesus desped the Jews they had accepted
Him as the Christ and their home had become His home
when He in this little town of Bethany Very little is
known of Mary and Martha Some have concluded that
Martha very impetuous woman and that Mary was
of medtatve character that Martha moved quickly
on the impulse of the moment and that Mary would sit and
think a subject before she made a move.
AS study the situation and the Son OF God, and
yet the Son of Man-for He took upon Himself the form of
servant-enterng into that little home, and those inmates
sitting at His feet looking upon Him the Great Teacher
the affection which they had for another must have
been very great
THE SoRRowING SISTERS SEEK HELP FROM JESUS
The Record which we have in the Eleventh Chapter of
John simply tells that when Jesus down in Perea
messenger from his home and brought the message
to Jesus lord, behold he whom Thou lowest is sick'
It is very probable that when this message de-
vered dead and if not when it delivered
he probably passed away thereafter
The sisters very first thought when this affection came
into their home Of Jesus the Christ and He the
first One to Whom they sent for help.
And here for every of us and particularly
for processing Christians who not connected with the
movement fact of the matter is that the rank
and file of processing Christians when trouble comes or
when is stricken down with disease, their last
thought perhaps be of Jesus but their first thought
is of DOCTOR drug of nurse and sometimes of
neghbor.
That is not true in ZION, thank God but it is true
throughout Christendom, for the most part
THE GREAT PHYSICIAN KNOWN
The first thought of Martha and Mary of Jesus the
Christ and the simple message that they sent was lord,
he whom Thou lowest sck These sisters knew very well
that Jesus could heal their brother from Perea and they did
not say to Jesus eve want You to down at once
they did not even say Spea the wod for they knew that
Jesus standing there in Perea could heal their brother and
raise him up
They also knew that Jesus had left Judea for His life
was in danger Jesus was not afraid but He would not
unnecessarily expose Himself and there is lesson for