The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-04-19
Tabernacle Address
BY Wilbur Glenn Voiva

did not attend the house of God they did teach class they
did not sng they did play They did take any interest
at ALL They did not show any way that they were "new
creatures in Christ Jesus alive God They did not bear
any Christian fruit And do wonder that the devil has
them down; and the devil HAS them down.
would expect the devil to get in orty-eght hours if
did not read Gods Word, and if did pray and if did
not commune with God, and if did not feed.
What did Christ when He said BLESSED are thew who
hunger and thirst after righteousness?
Did you have hunger for righteousness that was SO
intense that seemed that you would be consumed by it? Did
you ever have thirst after holiness and righteousness thirst
that was more keen than any physical thirst could be?
There is where the difficulty in
Grow in grace!
Grow in the knowledge of the TRUTH as it in Christ
Jesus!
Now notice!
The Newborn Spiritual Life Must Sincere
Milk of the Word"
GOD has part in mans redemption, and has part
How would expect the born babe to grow if we're
not fed with proper food? How would you expect child ever
to be anything who did take norsnen who did not have
sleep Sleep nour1smen fresh all absolutely necessary
to the physical life of child they not And that child
would die if you did not supply with proper food fresh
air and light and heat would it not?
Well then how do you expect this new born Spiritual child
to grow he does not read the Bible if he does pray
he does not exercise the energy and the power that God
impaired to him? How can you expect it?
Let your light shine!
do not know of sadder thing than to have to look at anv
one in this audience who has profesed be Christian and
say Father, to all appearance his light has gone OUT
Oh my God! what terrible thing that your light has gone
out!
The Light of the Through oareeness
and Indifference
And may be there Others that God looks He
can just little bit of flicker So have be very careful
You know when lamp just about 60 OUT if you rush in
at it and slam hat down the table, you liable put
the flicker out And have got be very careful God
forbid that should do anything put that flicker out am
going to do all to fan that flicker into fame Tt would be
a terrible thing to put out that little flicker.
Let your light shine
Wherever you are let your light shine!
are the salt Of the earth but if the salt have his
savoudid you salt that had thrown out of
doors and gotten and the sadness had gone up into the
atmospheric You know that salt of that kind is good for
anything, Nothing at all!
We up the Second Coming of Christ: Behold
the Kingdom Of Heaven is kened virgins who took
their lamps and went forth the bridegroom five of
them wise and five foolish The five who were wise
took oil their vessels with their lamps; but the five who we're
foolish took oil with them. And all once there is cry
made, "Behold the brdegroom!"
See?
The Foolish to Make Up for
Past Neglect
And then the foolish discover that they have no OIL and
they say the five wise virgins GIVE your OIL for our
lamps are gone OUT And the wise virgins say Not So lest
we have not enough for ourselves Go rather that SELL
and buy for yourselves And they start off,
Don't you see? You neglected the meetings. you neglected
and you neglected everything ese all at once the
devil gives you knock with cancer knock with tberc11-