The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1918-06-08
CHRIST AND THE APOSTLES MADE THE MEANING OF
DISCIPLESHIP PLAIN

every
perfectly plain what meant to be of His disciples
Follow Me-" and they followed Him. Now one of the
others in this group to whom Jesus said Let not your
heart be troubled" was Matthew the publican. Matthew
was tax gatherer class Of people very much
despsed You know it is said today that there two
things certain thing is death and the other taxes and
have found people that went into ecsaes
taxes It is something that people do not like altogeh
and in those days the gatherers for the part
extoroners and robbed the people, We do not know
that Matthew of that kind but he sitting in the
Receipt of Custom and Jesus Christ said to him. Follow
and Matthew followed Him. In this group of Apostles
there these FIVE We do not know much about the others
One of the singular things about the Apostles is this that
far the record goes very little said about of
them-in fact about of them except Peter, James,
and John. So far Matthew concerned, do not
know very much about his ministry We do not know very
much about the ministry of Thomas Simon the Canaanite
Thadd@us There is very little recorded Of the ministry
of the Apostles Some say that of them did
much That only conclusion In the absence of history
we only that do not know how much they
pished as Apostles Of the Lord Jesus Christ.
These Apostles had been under the ministry of Christ
for three years. They had been with Him day night
He had taught them they had His Miracles they had
heard His parallels He had given them doubt great
deal Of private teaching but when the time that they
to approach the crisis they unprepared for it,
It enough for persons to sit down and say What
awful thing for Peter to deny his Lord what awful
thing for Judas to betray his Lord what awful thing
all these Apostles to forsake the Lord and flee and leave
Him alone The question u.s. critics. if you had been in their
place would you have done any better?
It is easy enough to stand off and what you would
have done had you been other persons place. but
mind you will all have your chance if you have not
had it already The time will when you will all haye
opportunity and you will be put to the test to whether
you will confess your Lord deny your Lord Hundreds
in ZION CITY who in the days of prosperity enthusi
astc certain principles do not believe in them
You will always have people who go in whichever
direction the jobs lie. There people who have the
faculty of changing their religion to suit the job And
there people who be Methodist just easy
Baptist and Presbyterian if there good job to be gained
and if there little money in it they become Ro
man Catholic.
ICoMMERC1ALIsM A CURSE "THE LOVE OF MONEY Roof
OF ALL EVIL"
The commerciasm of the present age has eaten it's way
the heart of the churches and find joining
tain church increase their political power and to increase
their business prospects, There doctors who join
church for nothing than to increase their practise
Is not that true? knew doctor-he is dead now, and
is good thing for the people of that community that he
is - that doctor Presbyterian. He United
Brethren and he Methodist. And whenever he
changed his location he always changed his religion and
the first inquiry he made when he located in town
which the most popular church in the city, and then he
would join that church. and am afraid it is just fear
my part that there people who joined ZION
for twelve per cent interest and dividends have not said
there any, but just little afraid there were
some: l am little afraid there that came into
ZION for fat jobs Anyway | know got fat jobs
whether they joined for that not.
Jesus Christ held the truth up before the people, and
not question with Him whether He had fifty followers
or ten thousand and you will remember that in the Sixth
Chapter of john the Fftysxth Verse; after He preached
certain lot of His disciples walked with
Him." He did not say "Come back here minute, will
fix this thing up; will change My position and come
back here and follow Me-" He did not do that.
He did not want them. I tell you, my brothers in
ministry you not called of God to get twenty
verts you called Of God to get twenty thousand dol
lars you called of God to get forty applications for
membership in the church, but called of God to go
out with the Gospel message and and trust your God to