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Show I ASHAMED OF CHRIST AND HIS BRETHREN. Those Who Truly Belong to! the Lord Are Brethren ot Christ. ; God Desirsa Sincerity of Heart Repentance Re-pentance an Evidence of Honesty. Consecration of Lifa a Further Evi-denes Evi-denes How We Become Brethren of Christ Careful Training Beetewed Upon the Members of God'a Family. Character-Li kenesa to Our Elder Brother, the Lord Jesua Chriet. lgaAjartji J-, Denver. C o 1 o . MtaBKHajM Jnne 20. Pastor SWfcTwfet' Kussl 1" h,re to flKflBKj his discourse from : HBSf-a lh" ,oxf He that iWQt'ImU despiseth you despiseth Me; iSBpMB QQd he th.it des-gBBJn des-gBBJn pleth Me. deapls HjPHS Him that Rent BHHmSS Me." Luke 10:16. T! The Pastor de-iryK-.fluSElrQJ rlared that by nn-tur nn-tur we are sll sinner under aentenco of death. Bat God tells os that Ho purposes to bless 1 the world by and by, through tbe great I Millennial Kingdom that will help I mankind up out of degradaUon, sin I nnd death to full perfection of human ' j nature. Meantime. He is taking out of j 1 the world a Church class, to be asao- j cinted with our Lord In the work of hlesMlnf: the world. Jesus Himself will ' be the Head of this company, and they i wlil be the Body of Christ Whoever desires to become a member of thie Hody must comply wltb tbe requb-d j conditions Erldently tbe one qunllty for which God Is lookinp Is honesty sincerity ot' heart All whom God is now recelv ing are honest -hearted. If lie has thus' j favored us with the Truth, it is for oij to maiutaln this honesty, otherwise we1 shall lose Ills favor. It requires lion I esty to confess that we are Inner, j There Is a tendency on the part of inanLlud to say. "1 am all rlg'jt." But j everybody knows that we all c oma j short of perfection. If we confess our sins, we demonstrate our honesty; and ' He who ninde arrangement Tor the for- giveness of sin is faithful to forgive us. If we assort that ire are not sinners sin-ners we make God a liar. 1 John 1:9. 10 The Termj of Dlscipleehla. The Pastor then discussed tbe terms of membership in the Body of Christ. G Tbe candidate must first turn sway 0 from sin and toward God- To thoaa K who have rakeu that step and are de- Pj slrons of progressing, tbe Ixrd Jesus says, "Sit down and count tbe cost." KG The Bible i;ever urges anybody along K this Hue. neltlier doe God nor the? Vi Lord Jesua Christ. I There is only one way to become a I Cnristiun to enter Into a Covenant I with God. A Covenant is a positive, agreemeuL The call of tbe Gospel Age W la one of sacriflce to give up everv- Kg thing of an earthly nature. This l K the Covenant which our Lord Jesua flj made, it is the only kind to be made H now. Whoever would be a follower of fi tbe Ixrd. must make the same Covenant Cove-nant of Sacrifice. Psalm 3tt:G. He brews 10: i. The Church are to be Jolut-heirs witb Christ in His Heavenly Inheritance. J "If we suffer witb llim we shall also reign witb llim." hu er has counted tbe 'ust and desires to become Christ's disciple, must follow uur Lord's iu-tructlon: iu-tructlon: ir any man wills to be My dis-tple. let him deuy himself, take up his cioss and follow Mc." To deny himself is to give up his will to tbe Lord Jesus Christ: for every member of the Body of Christ must be in ab solute accord wltb the Head. A Great Work of Transformation. Tbe speaker then explained that a great work of transformation goe on after out- becomes a member of tbe Lord s fumily. No slave was ever un der greuter bondage than is a Christian Chris-tian to bis Muster; for even the very thoughts of a Christian are to be brought Into subjection to tbe Ldvlue wilL That will decides bow be shall spend bis lime, what kind of clothing lw shall wear, bow much be 6hall eat. etc. "Whether ye eat or drink or what I soever ye do. do all to the glory of God." Jf he Is thus rightly cxerc.-bed. he will receive a great blessing both in bis mind and in bis body. Tbe peace of God, which passet-h all under standlug. will rule In his heart and life, through Christ Jesus. In conclusion the Pastor exhorted his audience to confess the Lord and to be loyal to Him to tbo core. Were there any present ho had not ulven themselves them-selves to tbe Lord, bis advice would be that they do so, that they tell the Lord that they accept all His gracious ar-raiiijenionts. ar-raiiijenionts. that they have .given up their own wills and are taking up their crop's to follow Him. The speaker reminded re-minded them, however, that ibis course will c ost tbe crossing of their own wills and tbe denying of themselves even as It wub with the Master. "He that despisetb you desplsetb Me." When we consider that our Lord Is represented by His members In the ' flesh. Me see that love for the brethren means love for the lxird. Therefore j whoever is ashamed of the brethren Of C'hrlHt Is also ashamed of the Elder Brotheri and thus Is demonstrating that be Is not tit fo membership In tbe Kingdom |