Jackson advocate. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1939-current, 1948-11-27

Let us read on. we are weak. re
are strong. You are held in honor,
we in dishonour." Jesus said, "How
can We believe that seek honour
enc Of another, and seek not that
honor that cometh from God only"
John 5:44. The child of God is
not to seek to be held in honour
by the world through seeking to
reign as kings and judge before
the time. Because they were seek
ing to judge and reign as kings in
this present time they were held
in honour. On the other hand Paul
and Apollos, because they did not
judge those without and seek to
reign as kings, were held as fools.
Those who dare take this stand
today are considered fools as were
Paul and Apollos.
Where did the apostles ever seek
an office or seek to have anyone
else elected to. office? The word of
God must verify be the believers rule
Of faith and practice. l believe for
anything to be our duty as a child
of God it must be plainly taught in
the word of God. 1t must not simply
be taken for granted. The Bible is
an all sufficient rule of faith and
practie. When we set aside the
word of God as an all sufficient rule
of faith and practice and turn to
the wisdom of men, or that which
to US may seem to be expedient-
right then and there we begin pre-
pairing the ground in which modern
ism flourishes The ultimate end can
be nothing but the great falling
away from the faith predicted by
Paul We are right now being
caught in the rapids of that great
falling away. when the Son of
man cometh, shall he find faith on
the eaTth?" Luke 1873.
The word of God is inspired. The
recorded actions of men of today,
no matter how good their inten-
tons, can never substitute for the
lack Of scripture to set forth our
duty as Gods children. If the word
of God does not tell us it is our
duty then it cannot be our duty.
God will not hold you and me re-
sponsible- for not doing a thing
which He has not made plain to us
is our duty. 1t does not make any
difference what men may think or
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bringing about righteousness unless
we are taught in. the word of God to
do so then we run without being
sent. If we are going to leave the
word of God and be guided in
our actions by the decisions of men
wherein are we better than the Ca
tholics who appeal to this council
and that council to substantuate
what they believe and practice?
| believe that the Christian finds
his armour in the word of God. If
any one can find where Christ gave
to US the legislature or worlds
politics as a part of our armor I
will use it. But until someone can
show me that from the word OF
God L refuse to use SUCH weapons if
l stand alone. This is as vital and
sacred with me as the word of God
itself | propose to speak where the
Bible speaks and be silent where it
is silent. If the courts of this
world are spiritual weapons then 7
do not understand my Bible. If
so, then the world, as well as we
handle spiritual weapons. The wea-
pons OF our warfare are not car,
not. These are carnal weapons
After Paul has used such irony in
rebuking the Corinthians for med
ding in world affairs and seeking
to reign as kings and Judge before
the time he goes on to say, 81 write
not these things to shame you. but
to warn you l Cor Ala. So do
|. For 80 years I have watched the
trend of religious thought as it
turned away from the old time COS
pei to one of reform l have seen
it leading to the discarding of great
Bible differences for the sake of pre-
sentlng united front against So
c1al evils. It has led to exchange of
pulplts, to ungodly ministerial coun-
c1ls What else but the considera-
ton OF community and social pro-
blems forms the basis of such
council? The preaching of the com
mission in all that it contains could
never be the basis