The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-10-18
Bible School, Lesson For
October 10Th
| CORINTHIANS - Chapters 2 and 3
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pei of the Grace of God = Chapter Two,
Verses One to Eight
l. In Corinth, Paul declared "the testi-
mony of Cod which consisted of Christ,
and Him crucihed" Aside from this cruel
fixion, there is no salvation for any man.
See Acts 4:12 and Hebrews 20.
2. Paul delivered "the testimony of Cod
in the demonstration of the Spirit and of
power, and not with the fascinating, "en-
tlclng words of mans wisdom" hence
Paul's success.
5. Pauls wisdom was the wisdom of God
spoken among the Perfect : the saved =
which wisdom the world-rulers did not
know; for if they had, they would not have
crucihed the Lord of Glory
4. The wisdom of God = the Gospel of
Grace = is spoken in the Church Mystery
during this, the Church Period = Verse
Seven
IL. The stupendous facts of Gods Reve-
lation, are not discernibe by human wis
dom. They are spiritually comprehended
and cannot be seen any other way : Chap
ter Two Verses Nine to Sixteen
l. Gods things, prepared for all who
love Him, are revealed only by the Spirit
Their enumeration in that Revelation, is
to be found only in the Bible = Verses Nine
and Ten.
2. Nothing is too deep for the Holy Spirit
He clearly comprehends God and freely
makes Gods things known unto those who
are Gods, as in the Book of Revelation,
the things are given to be shown unto His
servants" only (Revelation 1:D-Verses
Eleven and Twelve.
3. 1t is impossible for the natural man
(the unregenerated) to see (comprehend)
the things of. .God-Verses Thirteen to Six
teen with John 3.
III. Carnality hinders spiritual growth =
Chapter Three, Verses One to Eight
/. Christians ought to so grow, that they
will get out of the baby condition be able
to eat the strong meat of the Word.
2. All of the carnal in Zion, are yet in the
baby condition = are using the nursing
bottle, and are eating out of spoon, poked
into their mouths by another's hand.
8. Envy, strife tittle-tattle, criticism, di-
vision, ETC., prove carnality-walking (not
as Christians, but) as men.
4. The enormous sin of dividing over
Paul, Apollos, Luther, Calvin, Wesley,
Campbell, or any other of Gods
men and teachers Paul and Apol-
los, and all others, are ministers of Christ
only, by whom you believed.
Behold the great apostate sin of sectari-
anism, or denominationalism Let it not
once appear in Zion
S. Paul plants, Apollos waters, but God
gives the increase, or both will miserably
fail.
". The Foundation; the Building; the
Motive; the Reward = Chapter Three,
Verses Eight to Fifteen.
/. Every Christian man will receive only
the reward that he is entitled to for his own
labor Verse Eight
g. All Christians are Gods Husbandry-
His Building; and they are laborers togeth-
er aVith God Verse Nine.
3. The Foundation is Jesus the Christ
and no man can lay any other; and no
Christian man will ever want to-Verse
Eleven
A. The wise master-builder, Paul, had
laid that Foundation in Corinth, and else
where Verse Ten.
S. All in the Church, both the carnal and
the Spiritual, build on that Foundation.
Each one should be especially careful how
he builds upon it Verse Ten.
E. The carna build wood, hay, stubble-
things human, dry, brittle inhammable =
Years, following the Rapture.
7. The Spiritual build gold, silver, pre-
cious stones = symbols of the Divine, the
Heavenly, the enduring, the worthwhile /;
that which only becomes the stronger by
being brought THROUGH the fire.
8. Note the solemn fact Everything that
all of the carnal and the Spiritual (each
and every one in Zion) have built (done)
will be tested, tried, revealed by fire; for
''the fire shall try every mans work of
what sort it is"
9. The man whose work abides = stands
the fre-test of the Lords Coming = will re-
ceive the full reward Verse Fourteen,
and Second John Verse Eight.
10. Verse Fifteen:
The man whose work is burned gets no
reward = no pay check. Think of it =
self respecting man being
a pauper in Eternity, when he might have
been rich = obtained rich reward He
tried, perhaps, to gain the whole world, but
lost wasted = his life (not his SOU" !"
as the King James Version interprets it).
The meaning is this He gets no reward
at all, and goes into Eternity, bankrupt.
He shall suffer loss (of the reward) but
he. shall be saved yet so as by fire.
burned out and got nothing-as was Lot.
V. Closing Admonitions = Chapter Three,
Verses Sixteen to Twenty-three.
l. Each Christian is a temple of God, by
the Holy Spirit and so is the Church.
Now consider we'll the warning in Verse
Seventeen
How then, can man use tobacco, gum,
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