LUKE 17:20-21, C. H. Cayce “And when He was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, He answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation: neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! For behold, the kingdom of God is within you.” The kingdom of God did not come with observation— that is, with outward show. “Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, lo there! For, behold, the kingdom of God is within you.” That is, the kingdom of God is among you. The kingdom was among them then. It was already right in their midst, but they did not know it. They did not see it. They did not observe it. It did not come with outward show. They could see things of an earthly nature, for things of that nature, come with an outward show, and they could see and understand natural things. But the kingdom of God was not of this world, and is yet not of this world. It was composed of spiritual subjects then, and is composed of such subjects now. “But the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God; for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned. But he that is spiritual judgeth all things, yet he himself is judged of no man. “— 1 Cor. 2:14-15. The Old Baptist Church makes no outward show. The natural man, the unregenerate sinner, does not see it in its beauty. There is nothing in it for him to enjoy. The unregenerate do not love that kingdom. They hate and despise it. But the Lord organized it, and put it here, and He put it here to stay. No matter how much the world may despise that kingdom and try to destroy it, the Lord has preserved and kept it through the ages past, and He will continue to preserve and keep it. The world can not hurt the church. It is when vile and wicked men creep in among them that trouble comes. As long as the church harbors, shields, protects, and retains fornicators, whoremongers and others of impure lives, in her communion and fellowship, she may expect trouble, strife, discord and confusion. Of course, if a man loves sin as well as he ever did, we need not expect him to live a sober, or moral, upright life. If he has been killed to the love of sin, he does not love sin as he once did, and he would be found living a different kind of life. If he does not live a different kind of life, he has [pg 49] no business in the church of God, and the church will have trouble with such men, or on account of such men, as long as they are retained in the church. The Primitive Baptist, uly 11, 1916.