The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-07-17
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sion, 80 surely then he will carry It
into full force and effect.
The Seed

/ promise God made to Abraham he
. said "fn thy seed shall all the
, families OF the earth be blessed"
Genesis 28:iD The blessing here
promised is life everlasting. (Ro-
mans 6:23) II follows, then. that
, before the blessing OF life everlast
b Ing and the blessings incident there
= to could he extended 10 mankind
: through the seed. the seed itself
| must first be developed. The seed
according to the promise was the
; mystery for ages and genera
! tions. II IL yet mystery to all
except those who have given their
hearts to the Lord and diligently
, sought TO understand what consti-
tutcs the seed. The Apostle Paul
J under Inspiration defined the seed
Now TO Abraham and his seed
were the promises made. He saith
; not, and to seeds, as of many; but
as of one. and to thy seed, which is
Christ" Galatians 3:l6) The word
Christ here means anointed one.
The word Messiah means the same
glorified, the head. and the MEM
thing. The Christ consists Of Jesus
bcrs Of his body, which constitutes
the church. For as many of you az
have been baptized into Christ have
put on Christ. And II ye be Christ 8.
then are ye Abrahlm's seed, and
heirs according to the promise" 4"
Galatians 1927, 29) And he is the
head of the body. the church: who
IL the beginning, the firstborn from
the dead; that in all things he
might have the pre-c minencc. Co
lossSns 1913.
Selection of Body Members.
/ .Clergymen as class, particularly
. OF modern times, seem to- 'miscon-
ccivc entirely the commission of n
Christian and the purpose that God
has in developing that class. They
have conceived the thought and
advance 1t to the people that every
body must join some denomina-
tional system in order to be saved,
whereas the Scriptures plainly
teach that Gods purpose and plan,
during tho time ciapsing from
! the CrucifiXion Of the Lord to
the setting up OF his kingdom, Is TO
select from amongst men his
4 church, The word church means
/ callod-out class. 1t does not mean
any denuminational system. 1t
means the true followers OF the
/ Master who continue faithful unto
death Tho Apostle Paul speaks of
the church when he refers TO the
church of the firstborn. which are
written in heaven" CHebrews l2:
23) He does not say. whose names
are written on church books, or who
have signed pledges to contribute so
much moncy-not the names of
those who are recorded by men, but
who are recorded by the Lord in the
heavenly records, based upon their
consecration and faithful service TO
him. The divine purpose is clearly
sct forth: God at the first did visit
the tentiles. to take out of them a
people for his name. And to this
agree the words of the Prophets; as
1t Is written, after this / will re-
turn, and will build again the taber-
naclc OF David, which is fallen
down; and l will build again the
ruins thereof, and I will set IL up;
that the residue OF men might seek
after the Lord. and all the Gcntiles,
upon whom my name is called. saith
the Lord. who dooth all these
things Acts 15:1i-17.
In the Scriptures a pure virgin is
used To symSoiiZe the bride of
Christ, the true church; and an I'M
chaste woman or har!ut. is used to !
eymbolize the false system; and the
Lord showed that these two would
be in development side by side and
that the pure virgin class would be
The Lord Jesus gave parable, .
likening these two classes unto
wheat and tares, the true church |
being designated as wheat, where ,
as the others are designated as |
tares. (Matthcw 13;c4-39) He said: /
Let both grow together until the .
harvest: and in the time OF harvest /
will say TO the reapers, gather ye .
together first the tareA and bind |
them in bundles TO burn them: but
gather the wheat into my barn"
The great apostate systems are
binding themselves together in bun
dies and the Lord is gathering his
true saints unto himself. Defining
this parable Jesus said: THE good
seed are the children OF the king
dom; but the tares are the children
Of the wicked one: the enemy that
Sowed them is the devil; the harvest
is the end of the world" Matthew
1898. 39) Further answering the
question as TO what would happen
at tho end of the world, he said he
would send forth his messengers
with the sound of a trumpet 1proc-
lamatlon OF the truth), and they
shall gather together his elect from
the four winds. from one end of
heaven ecclesiastical systems) to
the other" (Matthew 24:3l) For
mo past forty years or more the
ture Christians have been gathering
themselves together without Negard
to creed or denomination, while the
systems are binding
themselves into great compaCts or
leagues, and making much fuss
about converting the world.
A Christians TribuIatiOn.
II has become a popular matter
TO become member of some
church system or to join the Inter-
church World Movement. and the
man or woman who contributes the
greatest amount of money is the one'
VINO receives the greatest honor.
ON the contrary, IL has never been
popular to be a true Christian, n
true follower OF Jesus and this is
due to the fact that the divine pro-
gram Is. we must through much
tribulation enter into the kingdom
OF God" (Acts l4:22) Jesus said:
If any man Will come after me, let
him deny himself, and take up his
cross. and follow me-" Matthew
1890 Jesus ConseCrated ,himself
fully to do the Fathers will. His ,
iootstop followers must do likewise.
Jesus suffered indignities and perse-
cution at the hands OF the religion
lsts OF his time. His followers must ,
have similar experience. "For ,
haFaIIntA \,