THE K I N G ’ S BU S I N E S S
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Now H is Kingdom grows as fast as people accept Him. He stands a t the door and knocks. Is th a t to he reversed to open or I ’ll make you? The difficulties of the whole business multiply over and over. Rule. Are th e saints to ru le? Rule what? Is Christ to ru le? Does he not now? Are you M illenarians any more to be tru ste d th en th a n now. If your service is no t honest now, it would only be hypocritical in His bodily presence. If He is embodied He would be forced to deal w ith a few personages, as when He was here among men. Not one in a thousand could ever meet Him personally. Now He meets every loving, tru stin g h eart. Now we h ear His voice and obey. W hat more do you want? SOME of the Things Mr. Stubbs Denies He denies Luke 24:391, where our Lord say's “ flesh and bones.” The blood was shed. Then he denies God’s power to make a body live without food! Well, Mr. Stubbs, we will leave that with you and the Lord. You tell Him what you think about it. Then he denies Stephen’s testimony in Acts 7 :55, 56: “ But he, being full of th e Holy Ghost, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on th e rig h t hand of God, And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of Man standing on th e rig h t hand of God.” Jesus was there, standing, visible. Then he quotes the word “ immortality” and shows his ignorance of its meaning in Scripture; for it is found but four times in the Bible and always refers to the spirit and body united. He denies the plain statement of the Scripture concerning the resurrec tion of the saints; 1 Thess. 4 :16, 17: “F o r th e Lord him self shall descend from heaven w ith a shout, w ith the voice of th e archangel, and w ith th e trum p of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first; Then we which are alive and rem ain shall be caught up togeth er w ith them in th e clouds, to meet the Lord in th e a ir; and so shall we ever be w ith th e Lord.” Then he amuses himself by suggesting the impossibility of a food supply! Well, the same God that supplies the blood in Mr. Stubbs’ body, and gives his brain the power to act (apology, of course, to brain) could probably take care of the food question, if food were necessary. And if Stubbs does not think so, let him ask the eleven apostles. Or if he is not going that way, he might inquire of Judas. Mr. Stubbs does not like Jerusalem, but the Lord does—there is the difference—and we are sorry for Stubbs; because if the Lord should please Stubbs and change His throne room, He would violate His Word, and He has never yet done that. So Stubbs will have to put up with it anyway. The promise made by the angel to Mary must be made good, Luke 1 :32, 33: “He shall be great, and shall be called th e Son of the H ighest; and th e Lord God shall give unto him the th ron e of his fath e r David: And He shall reign over th e house; of Jacob forever; and of his kingdom th e re shall be no end.” There is only one place where David’s throne could be, and that is in Jerusalem; and there is but one people who compose the house of Jacob, and that people—the Jews.
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