THE VHOLE COUNSEL OF GOD
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BY -REV. A. R. LOVE,
nothing of being a minister f the go to proclaim the whole gospel, will eanse
pel, to preach some things I find in a stirring amontr j we iuuc
niia rni Konoa AM YrtAn.sn.nt. slumbers saints as well; and be will
... v au-x himself the emtbets of
ana necause iney piease ma peupiu nuu uuu6 . - ..
i iMAM.fr'.nii frt t.h.MA whn do not want to oe uislu. ucu
ant ui in ucisuuai luictcsh auu uv i v.ww -
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Kov crm nthpr thinm which God's In their sleep 01 aeatn
for.h W. nlalniv. because The most uopopular preacner. wno
v. kvwwi j ' I I I : . . i Ti f
was jeBua uaruii, uuu i
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enemies were among vuuc
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my popularity as a preacher. who professed great zeai ior uua uu
Tffiod 'sword does not fit mv Ideas, trutb, such men as. tne pDansees
(WhnrAfopA T talc a vou to record this I i x a Hhfis and doctors of the Mos
&J&lS&JS?&L be brourtt to fit God's word: became alo la, or.D. D's, a,
nto tou all the counsel of God.' God's word can never be changed to fit our days.
At the Baptist Church On SUII- they are unpleasant, unpopular, and do eyer lived
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clare unto you all the counsel
Acts 20:26-27.
A more beautiful asd pathetic ecene
my ideas.
If God's word
does not fit my creed,
we call them In
Why was Jesus; so unpopular as a
preacher?
1 !. " m. . ' m 1
Simply because! He dared ta DreaK
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j 1- a ..oan kan I men mv creea is wrona, ana it must ue
was never enaewju upuu mu v4DW.o- . n, ttrtn nf th Pldpi
our text i cnaugeu anu uinue tu ui uuu a wuiu, v i "r -
the one in which the words of
were uttered.
Paul was returning from , his third
nd last Grre&t missionary iourney. On
this iourney he had endeavored to re-
Tislt the churches he established on his
, nrst ana secona journeys.
He had gone through Asia Minor,
If ittdania and Achala. or Greece, and
God's word can never be changed to fit the views of the great religious leaders
ti mn nrnA. as we would call tnem tooay. ne aareu
"All scrlDture is srlven by inspiration to launch out ana speaK as one wno auu
rirtrt an ia rrmfitahlA fnr dnctpJnft. for I authority, and i not as the scribes and
renroof. for correction, for instruction pharisees, whose pbly metnod 01 teacn-
i .uv.taAncnaei! oalth Pnnl n Timf- I intr was bv Quoting wnat liaDDi ao-ana
I &u a aacuWwsuwi4v'Vw) vvw ww. a 7 v
thy. 2nd. Timothy 16.
And yet. there are people who will
- - M'vi.nM.A.T.M,MiBm.' fcv say. "Freacn tne eospei. ano let otner
w a k bj urii - - - - - - - wbb
T wtw aw - "I . . .
v nf TroAfi- the nlace where he saw things alone.
the vision of the man from Macedonia
on his second missionary journey.
ftfiftchinflr Troas on his return, anoth
er strange thlngoccurred. Paul preach
ed all night and Eutjchus, a young man
whose name means fortunate, went to
sleep and fell down to the ground from
a third story window.
thoutrht he was dead, but Paul went
a
down and picked him up and declared
life was still in htm, and, going back in
to the third story, he continued Ills ser
mon until the break of day; and when
the day had fully dawned, the boat he
was to sail upon, started for Caesarea.
But Paul walked down the coast to
Assos. a few miles away and the boat
came to land and took him on.
For some reason they sailed by Ephe-
Oroc
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see the
Tlhe Tryomi
Lynn,
So" said.
Just as many preachers In our. day
and time, who have no mind or oplnon
of their own, preaeh, what some other
Tn thfi " first Tilace. DeoDle who talk Dreacher, or doctoil of divinity says and ,
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that way do not know what the gospel thinks, and not f wnat liod's wora Scripture as "unsouna aocinue, uu
fc ThA crosnel means 'i?ood news." I teaches them by their own hard nonest every new revision 01 tne ocnpmre
irld tMWa." word of (iod . Hence stud v of lU ! as a "dangerous Bible."
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the gospel means "God's word ' or (Jnrist's teaenmg was airecuj in op- nen in ioeo, me reviseu ciiuu i
"rood news from God." and the whole position to the generally accepted views the Bible came oat, (just eighteen years
Rihle is the word of God. Hence everv In His day and time. Ufird) one old orotner mrcw up
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Everybody J thing in the Bible is the gospel, mere
is asmuch gospel in the Old Testament
as there is in the New. And the roan
who preaches the whole gospel preach- j "the dlevll.
es everything he finds In the word of "Why hear ye Hi
God from "In the beginning God" and hath a devil
...
ed?"
That is what the
Jesus Christ because Ho dared to
nre9S views different from what
people had always
North
Moisery
V0bi
people said about
ex
the
a been taujrnt, and
different from wba
8us. where Paul had spent about three
years on his second journey, but landed
at Miletus, thirty-six miles south of
c m
Ephesus. -
At that time Miletus was on the coast
but now ft is ten miles inland, by the
the big preachers
Gen. 1:1, to 'The grace 6f our Lord
Jesus be with the saints. Amen." Rev.
22:21. Or in other words, f rom the first
word in Genesis to the last in Revela
tlon.
Yet, there are people who will say
"Preach the gospel but keep back part I In that day and time preached; and d If
of it. Declare the counsel of God but ferent from what the greatest and
do not declare all of the counsel of only church in; that day and time be-
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God." lieved.
1
-Thls la a rebellious people," says And because He
Isaiah, "which sy to the seers, 'see ing the truth in opposition to what the
cnange in me coafc-nnc. xt u uun uu" u u ftouuviai f.vrfuwj jrwun auu-. uio uuu uiw
small town called Melos. Here the ship unto us right tnings. bpeat unto us lieved, He was arrested, scourged, spat
remained several days perhaps loading I smooth things. Prophesy deceits.' 'jupon, mocked,; crowned with thorns,
oi unloadiner. or both: and Paul sent 1 Isaiah 3:9-10. nailed to the crossi and a spear driven
As a rule, people do not want to be through His heartl
told what God's word says. His worn That was the price i Christ paid for
is often harsh and rough, and the peo- daringr to preach tne truth, which the
threw up his
Because He did hot believe just what hands in horror and said that the
the other rabbis believed and taught, authorized verbion was good enough foi
He was declared to ber'Beelzebub" or Paul and it was good enougn ior mm.
But he did not know that the authorr
m, lie isinau icraryi zed, or ivmg James version vi lue.ocrip-
or is devil-possess- tures, was not 'made until 1611, and
Paul had been dead over fifteen hun-
n
is
persisted In presets
pie want to hear pleasant and smooth
things.
But men do not always want what
messengers up to Ephesus, thirty-six
. miles away, for the elders in the church
to come down to Miletus, that he might
see them and talk to them. They came;
and no doubt many of the lay members
came also. "
- There upon the coast of Miletus, Paul they most need.
nre&ched asrain to the church of I "I want a cool in er salve for this ris-
Snhesus. intr," says the patient to the Dr. "That
He began his sermon by saying, ' Ye l "t what you need,." answers the Dr
- know from the first day that I came in- "You may want a salve, but you need
abu ftrwht manner T hv heen the lance; and the lance, the very thing
with you at all seasons, serving . the
Lord with all humility of mind, with
many tears and temptations (6r trials)
and how I kept back nothing that was
profitable, unto you, and now behold I
go boundn the spirit to Jerusalem, not
knowing the things which shall befall
me there, save that the holy spirit wit
nesseth in every city, saying that bonds
and afflictions abide me. but none of
these things move me, neither count I
my life dear unto myself and now be
hold I know that ye all among whom I
have gone preaching the kingdom of God,
shall see my face no more; wherefore I
take you to record this day that I am
pure from the blood of all men, for I
have not shunned to declare unto you
all the counsel of God. Take heed
therefore unto yourselves and unto all
the flock of God over which the Holy
Spirit has made you overseers, to feed
the church which He has purchased
with His own blood."
And with a few more such words, re
minding them of his own faithfulness,
and commending them to God, he closed
his sermon and then they all kneeled
down on the beach and Paul led them
in prayer, and they all wept sore and
' fell on Paul's neck and kissed him, sor
rowing most of all, for the words which
he spake, that they should see his face
no more. They then accompanied him
, unto the ship and he departed.
Did a more pathetic or picturesque
scene ever take place between pastor
and people ?
Why did they love him so ?
Because he had been faithful to them;
because be had declaeed unto them the
wnole counsel of God; because he had
not kept back anything; because he did
this at the cost of tears, trials, persecu
tions, and self support by the labor of
his own hands, lest any man should ac
cuse him of being mercenary.
- Surely a man who will be true to God,
' true to his .duty and true to his people
at such a tremendous cost, deserves to
: beloved.
If Paul had declared only a part of
tne counsel of God to them, and had
kept back other parts, because those
parts were not popular or . were un
pleasant, then he would have been an
unfaithful servant to God, who deliver?
ed only a part of his Master's message
to His people; and he would have been
'. an unfaithful pastor who kept back
part of the counsel of God from His pea
pie, simply because it was unpleasant
or unpopular. .
uauxui overy witness in any
. vtun : 19 tnat ne win, by the help o
uoa, ten the truth, the whole truth,
' nd nothing but the truth.
A man may tell the truth and y et be
. an untruthful witness tecause he does
- not tell the whole truth.
half truth is a whole falsehood. I
o right aa an honest man, to say
biggest preachers andUhe only church great majority of
of uts day and: time did not tielleve. oe oiamea ior it.
nor endorse.
But Judaism andj the traditions of the
elders died when Jesus died, and the
Pharisees and scribes lost their influ
eoce forevermore.
iprtce ior tne same
dred years, but, "where Ignorance
bliss, us folly to be wise?" . jv
Some inen who think themselves
wiser than their fellows, are unwilling
to have their old views disturbed and
behind this class stands In solid phalanx
the unthinking orthodox, whose posi
tion may be expressed In the well
known saying, "I believe in it because
it in impossible." , !
Such is the faith of the man who be
lieves that a mortal sinner can live for
ever. '
With such a mass of people un
willingr to be moved, what can the
preachers, do?
If the ministers do not proclaim the
whole counsel of God, the people,' in the
instance, are to
he preached
Messiah, and
that
that
call-
Paul paid a like
offense. Because
Christ was the true
He did rise from the dead, he was
ed a heretic
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The Jews at Thessaionica who "be-
lieved not," moved with envy, (what an
awful motive power J took unto them
selves certain lewd fellows of the ba?er
sort and set all the, city on an uproar.
and assaulted the house of Jason, and
not finding Patii there,' they drew
Jason and certain brethren unto the
rulers of the city, "crying, -These that
have turned the (world up-side-down
have come hither also."
If Jesus and Paul had preached just
From ancient days even until now
the people want their own thoughts
told out to them, and through fear of
offending the people, the twentieth
century preacher is muzzled, or as
stern old prophet puts it, "They are
you do not want is the only thine that
will do you any good."
"I want a little sooth in? syrup and
morphine." says the patient.
"it is not sootnins syrup and mor
phine that you need,'' replies the Dr
"You need a dose of calomel and a bot
tle of bitters. You would like to have
your sensibilities deadened by morphine
but that can never effect a cure."
"I want this crushed limb bound
up," says the patient.
"Nay, says the Dr," it must come off.
To grant your wish and bind up the
crushed limb, would mean your death;
for blood poison would soon spread over
the whole system. n
"i want tne preacner to preacn me a
smooth comforting sermon," says the oeoole had always been taught und h.
sinner and the worldly-minded church lieved, they wouldi never have turned
dumb dogs that cannot bark."
Why?
Because they are afraid of j giving of
tense. 1
i
if the people object to having; their
old ideas disturbed, they will obiect
still more to pointed preaching on
questions of virtue, trutb, morality,
honesty and sobriety.
The minister says, "If I denounce
such and such things I shall offend Some
man or woman." But whether it hurts
or not, the truth must be proclaimed, if
men and women are ever to be sayed
from the error of their ways."
Hence, terrible is the responsibility
that teaches the doctrine of the everlasting'
unending conscious suffering of the ungod
ly, in a literal lake of fire and brimstone,
or in any or other coicious condition, and
if the Bible does not teach any such doc
trine then why will men and women who
profess to love truth, hold to it! Yet there
are those who will thiow up their hands in
holy (?) horror, at the thought of surren.
dering the long cherished idea cf the un
ending, conscious agony of the uugtidly in
a seething, surging lake of fire and brim
stone, which can never be quenched.''
"This dogma has furnished the pulpit
hunder for many a pteacher. and he would
feeljthat he was ruined for all the time, if
he half to give it up. If you take away
the doctrine of the everlastiog conscious
suffering of the ungodly in a lake of fire
and brimstone which can never be quench
m a
ed, wnat will-, we nave to scare' sinners
with and force thrni to accept?"
Mr Love is one of the first Baptist
preachers in the South to take this posi
lion. He lias evidenty not takeu it incon
siderately, as treat is alonnds with the very
quotations ftom the Scriptures usually cit
ed to prove the doctine of eternal punish
ment. So far as we can see he has quoted
any particle of Scripture bearing on the
subject.! Ot course his interpretations of
these texts are subject to criticism and to
denial, i The object cf this notice, how
ever, is to justly state Mr. Love's views.
The price of his little book is 25 cents.
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what all the other religious teachers of the minister of the gospel.
anu preacners m.itneir aay and time God forgive me."if 1 have sooken
were preacning, and just what all the smooth things to you and prophesied
deceit.
uod ior give me u l nave declared a
part of His truth to you and have kept
back another part.
I see the faults and vices of men and
women. Must 1 let tnem fro on to the
error are being
who dwell in them
like ants
member.'
"Nay, nay, a sermon on the wrath of
God, and the vengeance of God, is
what, you need, and will do you far
more good, than a sugar coated sermon
on the love and mercy of God.
m 1 ' 1 a.
xne man or woman wno says witn a
sanctimonious air, to the preacher
"Preach the gospel and let every thing
eiseaione," would tell nls doctor to
throw away all of his bitter medicines
and sharp knives, and use bread pills,
stump water and salves, only.
I he man who says the preacher!
ought to preach some things in the
Bible and keep, back some others, is
either conciously or unconsciously mutr trath. whether it be what W i
v.uc , .o lo Dajriu mat ways beard and believed or not." This
parts or yod's word are not given by is the cry of every West heart.- And
inspiration; ana mat toose are not pro- the Boreans !
uuie, ei.ner ior aoctrme; reprooi; home from every preaching service and
correction or Instruction in righteous- tr,coad in,iiHn nur-i .v.-
. ...wv.. v. nuiiuuuj auu . v Hill JiUg nil
Hence the prechers ought not to preacher and putting their opinions
the world up-sidetuown. But they did
not preach just; what the other rabbis '
preached, nor;di!d any of the other
apostles. Every one of them, we are
told, save John; wfs murdered because judgement without giving them warn
u ,u.uBr,luluK,nulvu wo ro. God will rftnnlrft t.hli.
nann a nti a i-t. maa a. i. i ? -ww-,wr v
lieve.
When the castles of
bombarded, those
will rally to their defence
around a mole hole. ;
"Truth is bitter" says an African
i J l
provero, ana it is as outer to some
Americans as to the Africans. ,
blood at my hands. I
And so, I may not, I dare not, I wll
not speak smooth things and withhold
the harsh things. I will not prophesy
a. w '
deceits, l win not witnnoid any part
of God's message to his people, nor to
the ungodly, whether it be pleasant or
unpleasant; popular or unpopular
ness.
preach those 'parts.
Now, if there is one word in the Bible
that is not the word o God; if there is
one verse in the Bible that is not Gos
pel; and was not given by inspiration
and is not profitable, in the christian
over against what She has said, they will
search the Scriptures diligently to see
if what he said is true.
Many people expect the preacher to
be infallible and think themselves a
Utt.l mnro en frt tia mnof wnoa .. n
llTO. Ihon fhat. nrnvui r-rn ..on aV....- ! 1 I . . . . ... i . T:
will , a "w7' toe infallibility of the infallible preach
nas no place or business in the inspired
volume of God's word, and I am heart!
TW W BufcunK on every sucn wiU they 5eiieye ill when it is declar
word, verse. chantr and hnnlr fim Ko I , . .. - 1 7. . .
D... ' : ' Tr -.r-. ea onto tnem lromithe pulpit.
There are plentyiof people who would
"Declare unto u-4,the whole counsel or I whether it be in accord with what the
God. Give us the truth and the whole people think or not. r
-"To the law and to the testimony''
"What salth the Scriptures?"
That should be the end of controver
sy with every lover of truth.
"Wherefore I take you to record this
day that I am pure from the blood of all
men, for I have not shunned to declare
unto you all the counsel of God, ' r ,
God's word has but little weight with
such people. The neither read It nor
Bible.
And yet, the very people who thus
stigmatize parts of God's word by say
ing tnat tne preacners ought not to
preach those parts, would be the very
nrst people to raise a howl and a war
whoop against the man who would ad
iwaio . mo bbriKiag ous oi tne - very
words, verses, chapters and books in the
Bible, which they themselves declare
rather go through life believing a false
hood than to surrender some long
cherished idea.; ; v,;:;- . -
On-the other h.nd, there are some
men and men of brains and culture who
love trutb for truUVa sake, and in the
light of the present day scholarship
they know that some of the . old inter
pretations of Scripture are false. Not
the scriptures falser but what the peo-
is false, and thpv
J ought not to be preached.
; : And if they ought not to be preached. oo -i . .t..J
then they ought not to be read, and if ..rr., 18 ia,se ai
they ought not to be either " P"chers shall tell the
w ' - j'kvifvuvU
read, they ought not to be in the Bible.
p coeelstency I thou art a jewel."
The man who dares to darl fl1A f n A
whole councU of God; who is so bold as
people the truth.
otners wno cannot
rL wo luea oi a cnange in what they
nave alwava believed and A
brand everv new nt.Apntat.,t.
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versus Ignorauce and Error," is the author's
sub-tiile.
Mr. Love Li pastor of the Baptist Church
at lleudersonville, N. C, and his degree is
from the Buuthern Baptist Theological Sem
mary. in ims niue dook he takes the po
sition against Eternal Punishment His
position is that the unsaved are punished;
out not punisnea witn a view to Makin
tbem any better. They are finally at the
General Judgment destroyed utterly, In
his vie w Hades is the in termed! ate; state
between the grave and Judgement, i This
la the place in which the wickd ar to guf .
f er for their sins. . -(
The author denies emphatically the im
mortality of the wicked. Immortality
says he, depends upon faith in Jesus.
There is not one single reference, nor oe
clear intimation, in the Bible that the' soul
of any man or woman in its natural, or
ialleu sta'e, is immortal" u
The following naramnha cvo-ooa
every new interpretation of Scriptures iu vain to find. one single verse
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