The Tulsa star. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1913-1921, 1920-07-24
WHERE ARE THE DEAD?

! NulIlC DtuCNt lUdt llDN arc mol rec
cciVing the proper consideration
notice and honor TO which th,,
are entitled. This leads them into
| q wrong course.
! Saint Paul emphasizes the fact
! that the conflict Of The church an
the end of The age will be parlicu-
jarly with the evil spirits. These
! evil spirits have been restrained
since The great dclugc. and lhcr
days of judgment is at hand. We
therefore should expect that they
would be able to exercise greater
power over the human race now
Than at any time since their re-
Slrainl. Many scriptures clearly
indicate that the real battle ground
OF the Christian is the mind. there
fore, the attack of the evil spiri,
will be expected along this line w,
learn from one who was long sub
jccl TO the influence of these de-
mons that their method of attack
is as follows: First. By suggestion.
BY suggestion is meant that The
demons intrudc upon the mind evil
thoughts All Christians realize
that the, have a conflict I'm keeping
out the mind thoughts that are inn
proper and That it is constant war
fare to keep them ou' But where
one INDUCES i'm evil Surmising iude-
ing another, filling his mind with
evil !houehtS, such is yielding io
suggestions, and if persisted i'm.
leads 60 The second Stage. which is
designated as. Authorization. The
word Authorization means to cut
short 1t here means lack Of con
tinuity Of thought or lack Of con-
ccu'raIi"n Of thought One who
finds himself given over to evil sur
missing and evil thoughts will find
great difficulty in concentration Of
mind upon the study of the Lords
word the, scripture Studies" or in
prayer. Attempting either prayer
or study, the one finds his mind
suddenly turned away from his sub
iect and his thoughts turned to or
set upon evil things Thus continu-
ing he loses sight Of principle, name
. lN the great truths Of Gods word,
and this leads to the third Stage de
Signalcd as,
Impression, which means that
one is moved to act from sources
other than the word of God. The
word impression, means sensible
result Of influence eNerled from
without. In other words. it is to
be controlled by passion, not Dy
the word of God. For instance, one
says ! am moved to take this course
because Of what have heard, or
what influence another has brought
to bear upon me, at The same time
| entirely ignoring the word of God
concerning the subject This per
sisted in leads to the fourth stage
namely,
Possession, whereby ii is under
stood that the evil spirits take pos
session of the mind and control his
. conduct
The Apostle tells US. God rcsi,-
'clh The proud but giyelh erace to.
the humble minded" From this.
we WoJid under laud that humility
OF mind and ledrI would DE spc-
cial pro.p non provided by the
/ Lord, and thai any one maniicstiugI
spiritual pride OF ambition, theI
/ Lord would remove from such OneI
this protection and the evil spirits
would have special power over him.
/ All Scriptures indicate that ihci
| conflict will become more and mo-
severe as We near the close Of ,he
Gospel Age. We may expect lhdtI
all the Lords true servants who are
actively engaged in the closing hours
of the harvest will be attacked
/ through human agencies by these
/ evil spirits. We may expect that All
manner of charges and attacks viii
be made by them through human
agencies against the reputation and
standing OF others who are cngaB-I
ed i'm The harvest work, which will
constitute a test of all brethren, as
to whether they will be governed
by passion, or whether they viii
be governed by the principles OF
Gods word. The prominent posi-
ton occupied by one in the harvest
work, the more venemous will be
the attack Let each one examine
his own heart carefully and see 10
| it that his own conclusions arc
based upon right principles, name
~, The word of God, and moi upon
outside influence. No other course
is safe.
The soldiers of the cross must
have special strength in order to
stand at this time, and to repel IN,
combined attack of Satan and his
host of helpers. If we look al il
from one standpoint, we would be
come dismayed and despair of win
ming, but looking at it from another
view point, we know that, He who
is for us is greater than all who
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