The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-09-14

beginning of the Millennium, and refers to Israel,
and refers to the Israelitish Remnant.
| The question in the Thirty-seventh Verse is
question addressed by Israel and the answer
given in the Thrty-eighth Verse is an answer to
| Israel's question and shows exactly what Israel
must do.
And I hurl it straight into the teeth of any pro-
fessed Bible student that it is absurd to take the
Thirty-eighth Verse as text in giving an answer
to men and women during the Church period,
when they are seeking salvation and desiring to
know what to do. 1t is gross misapplication of
the verse, as any one who will give it careful
reading can see.
The Thirty-ninth Verse reads as follows:
For the promise is unto you, and to your chill
dren and to all that are afar off, even as many as
the Lord God shall call.
Let us analyze this verse:
For the promise = that is the promise made
in Joel 2:28, 20.
Is unto you- that is, unto Israel
-And to your children = that is, to descend
ents of Israel
And to all that are afoy off = that is, to the
Israelitish Remnant.
i Eaem as many as the Lord our God shall
call u referring entirely to Israel
Read the Fortieth Verse:
And with many other words did he testify and
exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward
generation Cor nation).
John the Baptist made the offer to Israel Jesus
the Christ made the offer to Israel the twelve dis
ciples made the offer to Israel and now after the
Crucihxion, the Resurrection, and the Ascension,
the offer is again made to Israel as a nation.
Israel refused the offer of John the Baptist,
Israel refused the offer of Jesus, Israel refused
the offer of the twelve disciples; and Israel, as
nation, refused the offer made by Peter But
there were individuals in the nation of Israel who
gladly received his word and were baptized and
then and there the Church was born.
The plain teaching of the Word of God is that
Jesus was crucihed once on Calvary, and He will
not be cruched again. In that one crucifxion,
salvation was provided for all who will meet the
conditions
Just as there was one crucihxion, so there was
one baptism; and that baptism was on the Day of
Pentecost, and it suffices for all who will be mem
bers of the Church.
The Holy Spirit is received at the time of re-
generation and conversion, and all this idiotic
twaddle about second blessing" and about
Have you received the baptism of the Holy
Spirit?' is simply the doctrines of demons.
The plain teaching of the Word of God is that
members of the Church receive the Holy Spirit
when they are regenerated and converted.
lhe cunning OF the Holy spirit is another mat
ter. There is reception of the Holy Spirit;
there may be several inflngs.
When Paul declared in Ephesians IS, Zone
Lord, one faith one BAPTISM he meant that on
the Day of Pentecost there was the one baptism
sufficient for the whole Church period.
The people who talk about the baptism of the
Holy Spirit do not know what they are talking
about They are giving heed to the doctrines of
devils, and it is wonder that the fruits are muir
der, suicide, insanity, and indescribable unclean-
ness.
Oh, the Grass ignorance concerning the Bible!
The world today is filled with the doctrines of
demons
Spiritualism
Seventh Day Adventism
Christian Science
Mlllennial Dawnism Cor Russelism)
New Thought
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