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T H E K I N G ’ S B U S I N E S S
March 1926
Two things mark this apostasy from the faith : The denial of the verity of the Word of God, and the denial Of thè Godhead of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, God mani fest in the flesh. Whenever there is any question in your mind as to the soundness of any man’s faith, go to him in a kindly manner and ask this question : ‘ ‘ Do you believe^ in the verity of the Word of God, and that Jesus Christ was God manifest in the flesh?” Any evasion or quibbling in the answer will be equivalent to a denial. Note that the Scripture says: “ Some shall depart from the faith.” That is, they had once professed to believe that which they do not now believe. They once favored the faith and now they oppose it. What is the
is immortality, that there is resurrection beyond the gates of death, then will I believe. Until then, no.” This country of ours was never produced by men like Burbank. .Contrast his sacrilegious allusion to Christ, —God manifest in the flesh—with the words of Lin coln, and then contrast the two men! We have not attempted to quote all he said in the article referred to, but enough to cause sorrow and indignation. Has the man been so engaged with the little things o f earth that he has failed to look up to the heavens which declare the glory of God? How degrading, then, must be the life of a so-called “ sci entist” compared with the many real scientists of note, who with Bible in hand, and faith in the heart, .have
reason? Their faith was a profession but not a possession, and consequently t h e y were snared by Satan. For, remember, Satan made a tool of Judas. Satan is not dead. He is still in the game and on the job every moment. His greatest delight is to work in the c h u r c h where Christ is supposed to be honored and wor shipped. Evil men will wax worse and worse any way, because they are Satan’s emissaries, but his crowning joy is to snare the saints, help to destroy their use fulness and use them as instruments to carry out his p i a n s and deceive, if pos sible, the very elect, and this he does. Who are some of these apostates? Well, Harry Emerson Fos- dick professed to be lieve the Bible. 13e singled out a Presby terian church in New
read, reverenced and testified - to the true Word of God and the G o d h e a d of Jesus Christ, and who have, in loving lowliness of mind, kissed the feet of Him who said, “ He that hath seen me hath seen the Father; ’ ’ “ I and the Father are One;” “ Without Me, ye can do nothing.” Ignorance is s t i l l bliss to many, but the future is full of ter rors, and no matter what any of them may say, the fear of that future will still dom inate the soul of every normal man. Mr. D a n i e l s has given us a grewsome picture of a God-given prophecy of present c o n d i t i o n s in the church. Unite to the Scripture reference given under the car toon that of 2 Timothy 3 :1 and you face some of the facts for serious consideration: “ This know shall come.” APPALLING APOSTASY
ITIM+fNOWTHE SPIRIT SPERKETH EXPRESSLY,TOUT IN LATTER TIMES SOME SKULLW W FROM THE FRITH
York City for his game and played it for a number of vears, ministers of other Presbyterian churches endors ing him meanwhile. He stayed in that Presbyterian church when he knew that the great body of Presbyter- ians were opposed to him, and when any sort of consul- eration for the rights of others would have moved him to find a place better suited to his faith-denying and faith-destroying views. . Mr. Fosdick made an address recently at Geneva tne theme of which was, “ A Christian Conscience About War,” opposing war and crying for peace. But why did he fight for a job in a church where he knew he was violating the foundation principles of righteous ness and peace? Surely, Satan has a grip on such a man. Read again the warning of the Word of God: ••This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come.
also, that In the last days perlions times The Word of God is a prophetic book. The Old Testament is verified by the facts in the New Testa ment, and the New Testament is verified by the history of the church and by world events. Pity the Christian who has not been able by practical experience to prove the unerring verity of the Bible! The apostasy *of the Church is definitely described in many portions of the New Testament. Evidences of it are recorded in every period of the existence of the church, and it is now so marked that its presence is everywhere felt. * “ In the latter times, some shall depart from the faith.” Not all, thank God. But what is the faith? Unquestionably it is Jesus Christ our Lord. He is the center. Our faith is fixed upon Him.
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