.c.'::.'--'-. :'...! CHARLES PLLMORE--SUNDAY APRL 9 1933. THE GREAT QUESOH Mark 8:27-38. J CHARLES FLLMORE--SUhAY APRL 9. 1933. ị THE GREAT QUES'l'OH c Mark 8:21-38.c :j -'!'he subjec o our lesson.'!'he Grea Queson. 18 1 \1 C) -0' Q:'W\ 1n a ew word. e -.n a 8prual or a maeral beng? 6 cr 0 Q:' 'ha queson bas been exploed rgh here n Amerca n a' :( : 0(:: ::z a large way or many years. was ound ha our colleges &.c. were eachng evoluon and he sprual members o he
2.. church o Jesus Chrs b.came alarmed and he queson was J: 1r even brough berore our secular cours bu 1 has never 1!'. J been seled and never w111 be seled by anyhng ex- oep he Spr n man bu s always a l.1es1on and ' a grea queson wh.': each ndv1dual wheher he 1s he : resul o. a mer1s1 evoluon wheher he came up hrough \ j 0 he monkey rbe or wheher he came down rom he spr1pu. ' ' ade. rom he beavena. And hs 18 a ques1on. srange o 1 ' b [!.3 'y.\. 1 say ha each ndvdual has o sele or hmsel. When we recognze ha God 1s Spr1 end ha Hs orr1ng mus : ' : recognze ha sprual orgn and ha Bp1rual 1denJ and deny hmse1 wh. we begn o see he reasona- o. 0 bleness o bc proposons se orh n our lesson oday. We ere old ha Peer. when Jesus asked who He was 1c recognzed Hm as he Son o God he Anoned o God. He ( was a sprual beng. We have been augh ha 1s o no
! -J 4: ṭ c val mporance wha he personaly o Jesus was ha we )] *. should be concerned wh Hs eachng only bu s ev-! den ha He waned all hngs peranng o sel and J. Hs mn1sry made plan. Above all He waned Hs ollowers :: o undersand ha He bad nohng bu wha hey could have when hey compled wh God's law. As He sad. As hou! Jno. 17s21 Faher -ar n me and n hee ha hey also may be n us.- 'l''na was H sprayer. + 5! J. : \ : So Be proc!amed ha He was he Son o God and He was. cruced because o ha proclamaon. The Jews ook up sones and soned Hm when He was announcng Hmsel n j 1\ ha respec. And He asked hem 1r hey soned Hm or he! good workb and hey 8a1d.0 we are so you because or ( your b1aspbem7. \ Bow we know ha 1 Jews are he aeed or Abraham saac and Jacob and ye you are proclamng ha you are God am we are sonng '1Ou because o 'hs blasphem-! \
buld My church. and he gaes o he grave shall no overpower.' T 6 ' A' r! 1! 8Bu. He sad - s wren 1n our Scrpures 1 sad Ye are gods and sons o he Mos Hgh.- 1 Bow he acknowledgmen by Peer ha Jesus s he Son o God s more ully repored by Mahew. am gong o gve : ou Fenon's ranslaon ound n he 16h chaper o Mahew. 1 8Jesus asked Hs dscples 'Who do men say ha he Son o Man s They repled. 'Some say. John he BapzerJ ohers EljahJ and ohers jeremah or one o he prophes.' '7 }'.\ He sad o hem Bu Who do 7oU Bay ha am Then J ț Smon Peer# replg sad 'You are he Messah. he Son :! o he lvng Godl' Jesus answerng sad o hm: 'You are! happ Smon Bar-Jona because lesh and blood have no re- vealed o 7ou bu my Faher Who s n heaven. And also : '! el17ou ha you havesald and upon ha Rock wll ' s:
8 '.1 r co l.! Here we have he armalon by Jesus ha He would J: '. buld Hs Church or he undersandng o he sp1r ual ruh ṫ upon ha mghy ruh ha He was he Son o he lvng God. A. Tha wae he grea dscovery and we have ways hough c ha he church or he Truh was o be bul upon he rah o PeerJ ha he had he key o hs grea ruh bu Jesus sad 'You have sad.- ha 18 ha man 1s he son o. he lvlng God. 1s no ha we are hrough Olr ah c '. 9 --1 o be he oundaon or hs Church bu hs groea and '{.ar-reachng ruh ha man s he son o a sprual - : beng ha he s no he evoluon o he speces.rom he ' lower o a hgher order on he maeral plane. * J r - : y! Some wll say.well ha brngs us back o he subjec'.' o evoluon ha we have evolved rom a maeral conscousness o a sprual con8cousness. ere s a measure o ruh n hs bu 1Ou wll noe ha when we begn hs sprual '..:
10 :g: evoluon when we begn o acknowledge ourselves as splr-.j us.l beng8 we ake r n our developmen. Hereorore :1J. - we have developed a body co.nscousnese and has been l- done und er a law wh whch we ddn' per so nally undersand- lngly co-operae. Now we ae eachng a place whee he whole.ị race mus rse o a hgher semderd o deny- end rom hs me on co-operae wh he sprual man wh ha sprual. evoluon. And 10 and behold we dscover h& we have never. J 1 % 1! : 11 been maeral ha we' had o buld a emple and he law unvers&l has urnshed us wh he basc prncples o hs : emple--our body ha we mus acknowledge ha we ere he real sp1r1 ual deny or he nrn1 e mnd. And as say rom hs me on rrom he me ha you make ha acknowledgmen 1 you begn o co-operae wh he law and hs makes 7 U a jo1n her wh Jesus Chrs n he brngng orh or a man enrely : -: deren enrely new a man ha s as drreren rrom he old. :.!: '
12 q '!) : maeral man as he 8un s deren rom he moon or as he sunlgh s deren rom he derkne se. An enrely d1eren J knd o man s evolvng now n he human amly and we are all ( }. %. askng when hs grea queson s o be answered n each one o us. When am an egral par or hs new race? * You are an negral par you are one o he new race o bengs now comng no expresson on hs earh jus he momen you acknowledge youreel o be he eon or he lvng God. And k J{.' 1! 13. ::: r.j hs s he grea lesson. Ths s he lesson ha Jesus brough 1:. ou n he Scrpure jus read where Eo asked hose dscples. o acknowledge he &onsb1p o man. O course He was playng a İ! par n he grea drama o lre arranged or our observance. j / e are o look upon Hm and Hs dscples and all her experences { as somehng ha akes place n us. :. We are old ha we mus gve up somehng ha we mus & * sacrce some hng n order o ener no hs new le 1n! }..j
14 r : y : l'. :' Chrs d ha s & serous queson wh many o us. Bow c. much do have o gve up? Vlhn do have o srcrrce? You. c :: have o srcr1.ce your personaly you have o se.crce ha ț. 1 Saan. And even he grea dscple Peer could no undersand ha Jesus had o be cruced ha he had o de. He hough r ha ha mean exncon bu means o he one n Chrs. he exncon o he led deas he lmed man he man.. or lesh and blood and n s place an enrely deren new 15 c. T. r knd o man appears and ha nev{ man s he Chrs man he mo.n aer Gods dea.!) J % r!. We have oen wondered wha knd o man a sprual omnp-. oen all-powerul God would creae. and we have looked a he Ị 1. humeln an'.1ly and sad s hs an example o God's bandwork?! No. od creaed a perec man a man Who well Jesus Chrs : measured up n degree o ha man bu He ddn' ulll all r '.. \. o Rs capacy ell Rs ably. He sa.1d o hose dscples
:. 16 1 You wll do hese hngs and gre8er. 1 : NO\1 we mus ln our acknowledgmen or ourselves as splrual ' bengs ake no consderaon ha we nre quckenng he na1n-al } man ha we are smulalng hs egosm. you wl11. And rlgh here 1 a very 1ne pon 1n he developmen o he power o he n&ural man. The whole race goes hrough hs evoluon J.- regardless o. he reardng or resranng n.luences or hose : who reuse o acknowledge hemselves as sprual bengs and.. ' 1'7 :: 4 we rb now on ps plane. are wnessng he endency o man o rse: he naural man's evoluon.! When you receve no your conscousness hs bapsm whch s rloodng he world oday here s a race evoluon every naon wll begn o ake on a ceran deny bu he : surroundng 'acules are o. a 11m! ed selr1sh naure. ha wll. : ' or h& ldenly n he man wll parake o ha nbure. We are old n he evoluon or he sraeles ha Samuel--he was he : ') -- j *
18. x' ' las judge hey bs.d been ruled or generaons by judges--bu Samuel was growng old snd he urned hs work over o hs sons Joel and Abjah and hey were no up o hs sandard. Ab1jah ṛ and Joel boh receved brbes and jusce WS no denl ou arly and complan wen up rom he rbes and hey sad Gve us a kng. Make us a kng lke he oher na1ons ha we :.' [ may go orh and conquer.n Ths reques d1dn' please old SSDluel. : 1 '4 He ook 1 o Jehovah and Jehovah old hm o go ahead and le.j g 19 J ':.? he have wha hey WB1led. He sad s no ha hey have 11 \' dened you bu me. They don' wan o look o God rar her gudng lgh. Then Samuel as you know anoned Saul he rrs kng or ' srael and Jehovah warned hera wha he resul would be ha co' hey 'Would becoue slaves ha hey wo-(lld l1ave o lserl o he. k - T wll or a dlc a or. 1 '+ o! 1 You know Bory oday repeas lse1 and he world oday
\ 20. s gong hrough he. very evoluon. Our Republcans ou'. 4 Democras} a republcan rule have no been successul bec&use! '!. ṭ. $ o he njusce he desre or spols he selrshnese o.r o-:r. legslaors. and hey have become so muddled and so mxed ha ' hey havehro\vn up he sponge as we say. And wha s he - resul? Dcaors allover he earh even here n J.rner1c we } have a dcor. Tl means ha he desre ror somebody o do 1 our work or us regardless o our oml eors has been compled.j 1 j r. : ---- 1 21 ' ': '. wh. We have no looked o Jehovah. We do no.nd n our. : legslave halls any reerence o God. They don' ask God o. ake par n her delberaons n her work. They have ae- Burned ha hey Ca.T1 ge along whou God and hey nd ha 1: j ': hey canno. They nd ha hey canno carry on cvlzaon k c on hs plane whou drec reerence o.he ndwellng God ahd hey have become so conused ha he only way ou s o le some dceor ell us wha o do. Wc can' do ourselves.
: 22 We are also o ge down o real.prlua1 work. So.: J' as say he world ls becomng ruled by dcaors bu we. l' s wl11 ge red o hem. We wl11 lnd 8ooner or laer ha hey w111 make slaves or us ha hey.111 requre rlbue on her slde. \! : You wll lnd hls n S8muel abou he 8h chaper ' ' lr you wan o read. You can prophesy jus wha ls golng o come o hls naon and all he Unled Saes or he. { C c -- 2:5 ----! world. We are old n he paper h18 mornlng ha he dlcaor jl ' :[ o Germany has as8jmed ha he German people are he people or he earh ha 18 ha hey are equa o all rule ha. 1 hey are gong o conquer he earh. ls he old Kaser come agaln. So we rlnd ha hs ls he.ae unlversal l ' 18 he qulckenlng or hls Am deny n man. ls he.: = j qulckenlng or ha whlch wll become he Chrls bu mus -1 ' 0. ' ' dle or hs menaly ha ls smu1alng he persona17. :: UNTY SCHOOL OF CHRSTANTY UNNARCHVES
24 : :'!: } Tha mus persh. We mus come no a realzaon ha he :! earh s he Los and he ullness hereo ha all hngs belong o he grea Jehovah God ha here 8 a. rulng Spr here end ha ha Spr s he same Spr '.'..1 :. '!j. ha ruled n he conscousness o he Lord esus Chrs c :r and ha we. n our undersandng o ourselves mus ee up. hs kngdom hs.: Messlah. and we mus realze ha here ' whn us 18 aaprlual deny a 8prual undersand- J :. CC- 1 ' 25 lng a sprual ruh ha wll when s exended n our conscousness nclude he whole man and we can sep orward and become one wh he Lord Jesus Chrs. We wll undersand we wll co-operae wh and we wll se up n he earh he rule o God. 1 :..J { J