San Antonio light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1911-1993, 1923-02-04
HE DISCUSSES DISCIPLES.
To til. Editor:

To the Editor:
While do not agree with all who
write letters to The Light yet / read
them and take great interest in some
of them, / claim that you do right in
printing letters in The Light that your
subscribers writA OF course all should
sign their names to the letters and not
use too much utilization, then people
will get the views Of other people.
/ have read what Mr.. James b.
Lockwood has written in The Light Of
January 9th, / agree with him to some
extent. Several years before the Civil
War commenced my father had me to
read chapter in the Protestant Bible
before he would let me go out to play
with my neighbor boys; I also found
out that there was a good many diff
ferent church denominations on this
earth, especially in the United States
A good many years ago, commenced
at the first of Genesis and read the
Bible, book by book, chapter by chapter,
verse by verse to the last of revelations,
i paid strict attention to what I was
reading. This caused me to go think
ing. i could not think any disciple.
Protestant or Catholic, who kept near
all the sayings of the Lord; Christ says.
verify, verify say unto you, II a man
keep my saying, he shall never see
death" Read St John chapter s, verse
81.
will cite to few Of the many say
ings Of Christ to prove, that none Of the
Disciples that know of, let them be
Catholic or Protestants, keep near
all the sayings of Christ. We should
remember that the first four books of
the New Testament contain the sayings
of Christ. Christ did not say keep the
sayings Of Peter, or Paul, nor any other
fallible being. he said keep this saying.
Read st. Matthew, chapter 10, verses
"a, %; here is good proof that the dis
ciples should not teach to the people
anything that is not the saying Of
Christ, but we have many disciples who
teach something Of their own mind Ia
the people. wonder If these disciples
feel themselves above Christ their mas,
teri
Read what Is said IN st. Mark, chap.
ter one, verses l to IL. Now, here /,
proof that Christ and many people were
enveloped with water when they were
baptized. This is certainly a good ex
ample for the disciples of today to u.s.
as 4 guide. but many of them do not ust
81, did Christ let John. the Great Bap
tist. do wrong when John enveloped hin
with water?
Read st. Mark, chapter Z. verses i
to %, now common reason should teacl
anyone that wine or strong drink arr
among those things that can enter int
the mouth and go down into the belly
but there are many disciples who teacl
contrary TO the sayings Of Christ il
this. OF course. Christ condemns
drunkenness. but he did not say not {,
fpH
drink: / say punish a man in some wa,
when he is found too drunk to walk.
And he said unto them. "Gn We int,
all the world and preach the gospel (,
every creature" Read st. Mark. chapte
16. verse IS, now. the Gospel is tn
savings OF the Lord. II is not the savin
of fallible beings. the discinles are fall
bic beings. therefore they have no busi
ness teaching something 10 the peopl
Of their own mind.
Read what is said and what Jesu
did in st. John. chanter q verses T.
II. II it Is wicked for people to drinl
wine. whv did Jesus make wine for pee
nile 10 drink? We see that Jesus mad
better wine than fallible beings made
and the ruler Of the feast gave the win
that Jesus made great praise. II III
disrinles who are opposed TO the p"onl
drinking wine be correct, then Jesu
committed a had decd.
Road what is said IN ST. John. chan
Ter 2. verses 1 TO T. Here is nroof tina
man shorld he enveloned with water
F.,d when he comes nut NJ that watC
asen he Is born again. Of course thor
are exceptions 70 about all rules. IN
lie water opnld b. put on the head of
man who Is IN nrisou ~ ono who IS 70
rick 70 he enve'oped with water. sur
NOSE This would answer ne n suhstitut
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