The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1919-09-20

unto Me in Heaven and on earth .-
Go ye therefore, and make disciples (out) of
all the nations, baptizing them into the Name
of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy
Spirit:
Teaching them to observe all things what
soever commanded you: and 10, am with
you always, even unto the consummation of
the Age.-Matthew 28:1S-20.
The Ministry of Jesus the Christ in Mat
thew 4 :23 and 9:35, is summed up in the
words
Teaching,
Preaching,
Healing.
1t is written, ''The people were astonished
at His doctrine for He taught them as one
having AUTHORITY"
The words of the Great Commission,
among the very last before Jesus ascension,
were spoken to the eleven Apostles.
Without authority, His words would
amount to nothing = for no one has any
right to give command unless he has the
authority. Therefore, Jesus the Christ
prefaced the giving of the Great Commits
sion by the assertion, which was true, that
ALL AUTHORITY IN HEAVEN AND
IN EARTH had been given unto Him :
that is, given unto Him by God the Father.
AS the time approached for the close of
His earthly Ministry, He gave authority
unto the Apostles
One of the essential qualifications for the
office of Overseer or Elder (the terms be-
ing used interchangeably), is that of ruler
ship. Officers in the Church of God are
either commissioned directly by God, or by
Him, through officers to whom He has given
the authority.
In the early Church, these fundamental
and tremendously important truths were
recognized and respected
Today, comparatively few believe in God,
and still fewer believe in the Bible, and al
most all have rejected Jesus the Christ
1t has been and will continue to be the
mission of LEAVES OF HEALING and
THE THEOCRAT to proclaim to one
and ALL "In the beginning God;' and while
multitudes are calling themselves Republi-
cans, Democrats, Socialists, and by various
other titles, each contending that he is right
and all the others are wrong-that his theo-
ry is a panacea for all social and political
ills-Zion, we'll knowing that they all are
chasing phantoms, will continue to proclaim
THE THEOCRACY- RULE OF
GOD-as the only antidote for all the evils
that now veX mankind.
Just as long as men refuse to recognize
God and submit themselves to Him, they
will continue to prey upon and devour one
another.
No question can be truly solved when God
is left out.
The world never needed men clothed with
Divine Authority more than today.
The belief in the Divine origin of the
,,oir;c+rx- well r1i0o rnriChed
The belief in the Divine origin of the
Church scarcely exists.
The belief in the Inspiration of the Bible
has but few stanch advocates.
The Second Coming doctrine is univer-
sally scoffed at.
In thousands of cases, the so-called min
lister" is called by the people, and not by
God. When his preaching does not suit
their taste they dismiss their minister.
Worldliness, like a flood, has come into
the so-called religious" bodies and over
whelmed them: and (be it said to their ever
lasting shameD numerous processing
"Methodists" openly and boldly advocate
that all restrictions in their Discipline
against theater-going, card-playing, ETC.,
should be abolished.
Today's papers tell us that different min
listers are advocating Sunday baseball games
and picture shows in order to attract.
1t may well be asked, "Attract whom?'
The only answer that can be given is,
"The world, the flesh, and the Devil"
AS the General Overseer of the Chris
tian Catholic Apostolic Church in Zion, |
boldly declare:
THE DIVINE ORIGIN OF THE MIN
ISTRY;
THE DIVINE ORIGIN OF THE
CHURCH.;
THE VERBAL INSPIRATION OF
THE ORIGINAL SCRIPTURES;
THE UNIVERSAL A P o S T A S Y
FROM THE FAITH;
THE NECESSITY OF REGENERA-
TION;
THE SECOND COMING OF CHRIST.
Through LEAVES OF HEALING and
THE THEOCRAT these, and other Truths,
will be proclaimed without fear or favor.
The work of lions ministry is two-fold;
Destructive and Constructive.
lions message, first of all, must be de-
livered to an apostate ministry and to an
apostate church-which is sitting in the lap
of the world, disgracing the Lord Whom
she processes to love and serve.
God the Almighty has long ago spewed
out of His mouth card-playing, theater-
going, money-grabbing, pleasure-loving
crowd, who, though they may appear beau
tiful outwardly, are, in fact, corrupt from
the crowns of their heads to- the soles of
their feet
Through LEAVES OF HEALING and