Strange Children
“For they have begotten strange children” —Hosea 5:7 “For they are not all Israelites that are of Israel” —Rom 9:6 The true church, the “church of the first born whose names are written in heaven,” are all of the consecrated class, begotten by the word of truth, sons of God possessing the “mind of Christ,” whereas in contrast the “tares” which for the most part comprise the greater part of the church nominal are begotten not of the truth,…