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Show 10 I may say things this afternoon that do not belong to the world. What if I do? I know the Lord is able to close up every person's mind who have eyes but see not, hearts but do not understand; so I may say what I please with regard to the kingdom of God on the earth, for there is a VE::il over the wicked that they cannot understand the things which are for their peace. Jesus said at one time, "It is not meet to take the children's bread and give it to dogs." This saying applies to all the dispensations that have been brought forth to the children of men from the days of Adam until now. AND THIS IS ETERNAL LIFE TO KNOW GOD I think these preliminaries will satisfy me, and I feel prepared to take my text; it is the words of Jesus Christ .... my text is in the Bible and reads as follows. "And this is llfe eternal, that they might know thee the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent." I will now put another text with this and then after a few remarks, it is one of the sayings of the Apostle Paul. "For though there be that are called Gods, whether in heaven, or in earth (as there be Gods many and Lords many) but to us there is but one God, the Father-, of whom are all things, and we in him; and one Lord Jesus Christ by whom are all things and we by him . . . . I feel inclined here to make a little scripture .... This God is the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ precisely as he is our father varying from mortality to irnmortality,from corruptable to incorruptable, and that is all the difference. He is the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, both body and spirit; and he is the father of our spirits, and the father of our flesh in the beginning. You will not dispute the words of the Apostle, that he is actually the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the father of our You may add these words to it or let it alone, spirits. it is all the same to me, that he is not only the father of our spirits, but also of our flesh, he being the founder of that natural machinary through which we have obtained our bodies. 7 ADAM [IS] GOD OUR ETERNAL FATHER 52 Do you not all know that you are the sons and daughIf you do not I will inform you ters of the Almighty? this morning that there is not a man or woman on the earth |
