The theocrat. [volume] (Zion City [i.e. Zion], Ill.) 1914-1949, 1920-01-10
mq the Watchwords that have been given
out at all the twenty-four meetings.


in Zion was organized February p, 1896, so
that the Twenty-fourth Anniversary of this
Church will be February y, 1920.
I want all Of you-every man, woman,
and child at the age of accountability-to get
this: come upon this platform tonight,
with the unqualified conviction that the
Coming of our Lord draweth nigh.
And while the year 1919 has, in numerous
respects, been the most momentous since the
Spirit of God moved upon the face Of the
waters and God said, "Let there be light"
the year 1920 will be far more momentous
year for the people of God, and for the
nations, and for the whole world
Do You Realize What is Meant by the "Prize of
the High Calling of God in Christ Jesus?
Leading up to some statements regarding
this Church, your very close and prayerful
attention is called to the Word of God bear
ing upon the Church of the Lord Jesus
Christ
have felt that if can, tonight be used
OF God in enabling you to see what Gods
Call is to you, what your place is in the
Church, what the Prize is that is held out
before you, then this All-Night Meeting
would see such a conservation on the part
of the officers and members as Zion has
never approached before
The Church Outside the Regular, Settled
Plan of God
Let us look into the Word of God for
few minutes
The Church was the Ridden Mystery
from before the foundation of the earth was
laid until it was revealed to the Apostle
Paul
The Church was something that did not
form part of the regular, settled Plan of
God.
Provision was made for the Church, con-
tingent upon Israeps rejection Of the King.
And the highest calling that God has ever
extended, is His calling to you and me with
reference to the formation of the Church
the Body Of the Lord Jesus Christ.
Members of the Bride to Become Joint Rulers
With Jesus Christ
The richest reward that God has ever
promised is the reward promised to the
members of the Bride-the Body of Christ
If could get into the minds, and spirits,
and hearts of everyone here tonight, that
there has been placed before you, among
other things, the promise of joint-rn1ership
with Jesus Christ, it seems to me that that
one thing alone ought to bring you to your
knees with a full surrender, complete con-
secration of yourself, spirit, soul, and body,
EVERY talent, every power, every influence,
all that you are and all that you have,
upon Gods Altar; for the very thought Of
being jointruler with Jesus Christ-the
very thought Of sitting with Him upon His
Throne should be enough to stir every man
and woman to the deepest depths Of his or
her spirit
You have heard the Third Chapter of
Philippians read and reread You have
heard the Verses =
This one thing I do, forgetting those
things which are behind, and reaching forth
! unto those things which are before,
| press toward the mark for the prize of the
high calling of God in Christ Jesus.
| What is it?
The Out-Resurrection from among the
dead-a part in the First Resurrection-th
promise of immortality-the promise of a
body just like the body that Jesus has to-
night, as He sits at the right hand Of God the
Father,-the promise Of being partakers in
His Glory and sharers in His joy, and sitting
with Him as Joint-rulers over this earth
not as subjects, but as joint-ruers
The Dispensation of Grace Based upon the
| Rejection of Christ, His Crucifxion,
Resurrection and Ascension
Beloved in Jesus the Christ, in the Eigh-
teenth Verse of the Sixteenth Chapter of
Matthew, we have the first mention of the
Church. 1t was not mentioned before be-
cause the Gospel of the Kingdom of the
Heavens had to be first preached to Israel.
and Jesus had first to be offered as King to
israel 1t was their rejection that led to
His Crucifxion, His Resurrection, His AS
censlon; and thus, the Dispensation of the
Grace of God, based upon those facts, be-
gan, and the Gospel of the Grace Of God
from that time has been preached
The Church the Greatest Thing God Ever
Planned
Jesus said in that verse: Upon this Rock
| will build My Church; and the gates of
Hell shall not prevail against it"
You may go from Genesis to Revelation
you cannot find anything of greater import
ance than this.
The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ is
greater than the universe it is greater than
the angels; it is greater than the earth; it
IS greater than the Kingdom of the Heavens
1t IS the greatest thing that God ever plan
ned-the greatest thing that God ever Great
ed. If you do not see that, well, then you
do not know the Bible