The Kingdom of Promise and ProphecyWhiteside, Robertson L.
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The Kingdom of Promise and Prophecy
Whiteside, Robertson L.
Bible -- Prophecies
Apostle, Author, Shepherd, Bishop, Bread of Life, Bridegroom, Star,
Captain, Christ, Corner Stone, Counselor, Governor, Head of the Church,
High Priest, King, Master, Mediator, Prophet, Physician, and a number of
other names and designations apply to one Being yet they differ in
meaning. In different relations different words apply to Him. Just so
with the church. It is called body, family, temple, house, kingdom, etc.
Viewing it from different standpoints, you use different scripture
words. Being “called out,” it is the church, as an organization, it is
the body of Christ; as a government, having Christ as its King; it is
the kingdom of Christ.
This is enough—you see the point.
Pointed Paragraphs:
People spend much time and energy in worrying about things that are
entirely in the hands of God. We worry about the weather, and we worry
about how God will work out his plans in the final windup of all
earthly matters. If we believe in God and in Christ, why worry?
Wherein God invites us to trust him, he will not betray us. To doubt
him is sin. He is not slack concerning his promises. He rewards
abundantly those who put their trust in him—those who love him serve
him.
If by faith we could see the Lord as he is and could realize our own
weakness and dependence upon him, all the praise and adulation that
men could heap upon us would seem empty and vain. To know that our
Lord looked upon us with favor would be sufficient.
THIS GOVERNMENT AND JEHOVAH’S WITNESSES
Dear Brother Whiteside:
It seems to me that we ought not to oppose any move upon the part of
the government to respect the conscience of sincere individuals. There
are too many people in this country who would like to see us stop
preaching for us to help further any movement which would deny the
right to preach to certain religious groups.
There have been efforts in some cities to make it illegal for the
“Jehovah’s Witnesses” to distribute their literature or to sell it on
the streets. These, in so far as they have come to my attention, have
been declared unconstitutional. For this I am thankful, for I know
once such laws are placed upon the books that they will be used by
people against us in certain sections of the country. I have met
people who would have invoked legal aid, if they had the power to do
so, to prevent us from preaching in certain places by means of the
tract. It seems to me that laws which might be passed and used against
“Jehovah’s Witnesses” could be easily used in the hands of vested
interests and tricky lawyers to rob the church of Christ of the
liberty of free speech.
Then, too, it would be easy for an intense patriot to label the
teachings of the New Testament, and thus of the church of Christ, as
subversive. They could point out that the New Testament teaches that—
1. Christians are kings and priests. (Rev. 1:6.)
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