May 1925
TH E K I N G ’S B U S I N E S S
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THE UNIVERSAL TESTIMONY TO THE UNDYING TRUTH OF GOD’S WORD There is a universal and unanswerable question which confronts every soul born into the world con cerning the mystery of God’s laws. Why sin? Why suffering? Why disasters? Why death? - It comes to children. It comes to adults. It lingers
quakes and vomiting rocks? No. Can he tie the tides of the sea and say “ Thus far and no farther” ? No. What is the testimony that comes to us from the ancient civilizations? Curse! What is the testimony of the groans and tremblings òf thè earth? Curse! What is the testimony which comes through the air that carries disease and death? Curse! What is the testimony from the fields of battle? Curse! What is the testimony of the tornado and the cyclone? Curse!
in old age. Why ? Tremen dous strides have been made in the struggle to know and understand the laws govern ing the universe and to adapt them to man’s com fort, and many blessings have resulted. But God’s laws have not changed. Man may be able to live longer, but he lives in a world of sin, sickness, suffer ing, sorrow and death just the same. The air Carries the human voice across the continent and we marvel. The law was always there, but men had not sensed it. Men can fly in the air and photograph the mountains and the cities beneath them. The law was always there, but men had not compre hended it. Men can go down into the depths of the sea and study conditions there, but the sea has not changed. Man is seeking, studying and striving for fresh tri umphs, and they will come, but only as they are in line with God’s laws. To go con trary to them or to seek to
What is the message from the lips of the lad who lies? Curse! What is the voice of the crime wave ? Cu r s e ! What means the cry of the Son of God, “ My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?” Curse! (Gal. 3:13) : “Cursed is every one that hangeth upon a tree.” ; The earth, the sea, the clouds, the air, the soul of man, the cry of the Son of God, all unite in the testi mony of Genesis 3 .47-19 : “And nnto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife, and hast eaten of the tree, of which I commanded thee, saying, Thou shalt not eat of it: cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; “Thorns also and thistles shall it bring forth to thee; and thou shalt eat the herb of the field; “In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.”
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evade them, is useless. God’s laws are perfect. Man’s laws never. Hundreds of ordinances are passed in cit ies ; sometimes they run into the thousands, but they do not change the nature of man. Man is a law-breaker by birth. Violation of law is an instinct with children. Environment and penalties may curb this tendency somewhat, but never eliminate it. No man living can truthfully deny that he is a liar and a thief by nature. We have tested it with hun dreds of men and women and none would dare to pub licly deny it. Has God’s law changed? No. The curse of God is upon the earth and human nature. Hard to say, but true. Can man eradicate epidemics from this old earth ? No. He may stem the tide of one, but another comes. Can he control the heavens and avoid the floods? No. Can he keep the frost and ice from appearing? No. Can he harness the wind and the cyclone? Can he keep the earth from groaning and breaking forth with
But, God has a new law for the .children of men, resulting from the death of His. Son, and it offers the only solution to this problem (Rom. 8 :1, 2) : “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. “For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.” The obligation upon every “ born-again” one is to voice this message to the masses and plead with them to come out from under the curse of the law into the glorious liberty of the sons of God. A REAL REVIVAL What is it? When will it come? What will it do? A real revival of the church means a reviving of the life of believers who compose the church ; a quickening of the Holy Spirit ; a refreshing from above ; a renew ing of power ; a- return to normal.
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