The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-07-19

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'The man who never suffers persecution
| for his Lord and Master will never be owned
| by Him, and will fail to receive reward
! If we suffer with Him, we shall also reign
with Him.
"The world hated my Lord, and cruel
fed Him. The world hated the apostles and
put them to DEATH The world hated the
Christian martyrs The world has always
hated the Church of God. If the world
does not hate you, it is an indication that
you are failing to witness for your blessed
| Lord, and that you are compromising with
| the world, the flesh, and the Devil.
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and
it doth not yet appear what we shall be;
IF l held a grain of corn in my hand
this afternoon, and you knew nothing OF
the nature of corn, or of the power of the
grain to terminate and grow, and I should
picture before your mind the beautiful full
ing tassel and fully developed ear, you
would either see it by faith, or refuse to
believe it.
"No one will ever get anywhere in the
Christian life that does not walk by faith.
Esau walked by sight and bartered his
birthright for a, mess of pottage.
"The great masses of the people in the
world today are looking at their houses,
their fine farms, their limousines, and their
bank accounts To them the material things
of this earth, which are ephemeral, abiding
only for moment, are of far greater value
than all the untold glories of eternity. The
Devil will offer people anything they want
if they will only reject Christ and serve
him. But the children of God are able to
look beyond the temporal things of earth
and see their glorious heritage in Christ
Jesus. They are ready to trust God in all
surrounded by foes of every kind, for they
know Whom they have believed, and Whom
they trust.
walking by faith I hear the trump !;
walking by faith see the Lord and receive
the promise; walking by faith | sit with
Christ on His throne
But we know that, when He shall appear,
we shall be like Him; for we shall see Him
as He is. II John $50.
unless you are willing to let go of every
thing and count everything as refuse, there
is no hope for you. Paul said:
Yea doubtless, and I count all things but
| loss for the excellency of the knowledge of
Christ Jesus my Lord: for Whom have suf-
fered the loss of all things, and do count them
but dung, that I may win Christ. - Philip
plans 2:8.
"You can never become a child of God
by exercising the intellect or by means of
university education The only one who
can ever reveal the deep things of God to
you is the Holy Spirit, and it is through the
Holy Spirit thatI have been able to learn
them. | never learned them in college,
what fool man is to play with hell
fire, to dillydally around with his opportuni-
ties, concerning himself with houses and
lands and material things, and then lose
the crown and go to hell and leave it all
behind
"Not very far off, and the last sermon
will have been delivered in this Tabernacle
These seats will be empty, for the saints
will have been caught up to meet their
Lord. May God lay hold upon you, as the
angels laid hold upon Lot and compel you
to escape for your life.
And every man that hath this hope in him
purifeth himself, even as he is pure.
"That is the test, and if you have not
purified yourself, then you have no hope
in you, and that is all there is to it. Pre-
pare 10 meet thy God Are you ready tc
hear the summons, Come up hither'?
"What an awful thing it would be tonight,
| if, at the midnight hour, the trumpet should
sound and your wife and two of your five
daughters should be taken, and you and the
others should be left behind. You would
| remember that you sat here in Shiloh Tab
ernacle this afternoon and heard man THAI
warned you that Christ was coming, and
coming soon, and that you smiled in un-
| belief
| Il see some with a sheer on their faces
here this afternoon, but the day is coming
when you will cry nightly to God for
| mercy.
"These are the days of His preparation.
The revived Roman Empire is taking shape,
and the Jews are returning to Palestine.
The British Empire already has sent great
airship across the ocean, which is $40 feet
long and 90 feet high, and is planning to
build other airships which will be more
than 5000 feet long, or more than half
mile in length.
'The Jews will not all return to Palestine
in ocean liners, but Great Britain will take
back many of them in great airships.
Who are these that fly as a cloud and as
the doves to their windows? - Isaiah CO.'S.
DO you know that automobiles are pre-
dicted in the Bible? In Nahum the second
chapter, third and fourth verses, we read:
| The chariots shall be with flaming torches
in the day Of His preparation. and the fir trees