The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-04-20

Amen.
ADDRESS
In this address, shall be dealing with beginnings but
do not propose to leave you there may start with the
alphabet speak, you beyond that
would remind you, beloved, that you living,
corng to current chronology nineteen hundred and
years beyond the time when born Behle
hem of Judea.
would remind you that you living almost nineteen
hundred years this side of the Cross and the Crucxon
and the Day of Pentecost
would not have you, for minute not for one
second think that you neglect the study Of ANY POR
TON of Gods Word phase of the Person and life of
Jesus the Christ, and not be the loser.
do believe it is possible for any to get
understanding of the New Testament unless he has
a general understanding of the Old Testament.
THE PREExIsTENCE OF JESUS CHRIST
In Z1oN we believe unreservedy the persistence of
Christ We have only words of the severest and the
strongest condemnation for the statement matter by
whom made to the effect that Jesus the Christ simply
Human; that He than Good Man. If such
statement true would be in SINS utterly without
hope and death would end ALL
will talk about some things that do understand, and
will talk about things that do not understand
things that far and away beyond the reach of to
understand How God could be manifest in the flesh is
mystery But all that have read believe with all my
worship
I'm THE BEGINNING GOD' - Three Persons.
Think of time when there such titles
Father" "Son" "Hoy Ghost - God in Three Persons,
but one essence.
In the First Chapter of Genesis, in conference "a
council meeting these words spoken: Let Us make
man in OUR image after Our likeness If you cannot
understand it, do not talk about it but THINK about it and
PRAY about it.
JESUS CHRIST THE AGENT IN CREATION
refuse any longer to repeat the statement in the
Apostles Creed (so-caed 81 believe in God the Father
Almighty Maker of heaven and EARTH because it is not
true.
If you will look up the references you will find that the
Person in the Godhead Who became God the Son the
Agent in Creation That declared and again
Therefore, is not true to say that God the Father
Almighty was Maker of heaven and earth for the Bible
expressly teaches that God the Son Tor the Person IN
the Godhead Who afterwards became God the SOM.
Jesus Christ was God. He existed through all Eternity.
Therefore, the declaration in the Gospel according
to st. John:
"In the beginning the Word, and the Word was
with Cod and the Word was God"
Some very greatly offended when He said, Verify,
verify say unto you Before Abraham was, I am"
In the Seventeenth Chapter of John, He lifted up His
eyes to heaven and, among other things, prayed:
"And now, O Father, gorify Thou Me with Thine Own
Self with the glory which had with Thee before the world
was" st. John II 80
Paul. in the Second Chapter of Philippians, exhorts,
saying
"Let this mind be in you, which also in Christ
Jesus:
"Who, being in the FORM -
THE WILLING CoNDEsCENsIoN OF JESUS CHRIST
The word used there stands for those essentials which
go to make thing what it is the external appearance
not the veneer but the essentials ngraned that make
a thing what it really is.
Who being in the form of Cod thought it not robbery
to be equal with Cod
Or, as is sometimes translated He did not look upon
that something to be held and chung to but He put