The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1897-12-12
THE LIFE MORE ABUNDANT.
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hear many truths, you say-''Vcry good
nicely pui-well explained grand man
he is-wonder prepchern Oh, dear
friends. this willall end in smoke, unless
YOU are honest. Honesty is the best pol
icy God wants honest people; il you are
not honest, you will yet no blessing. God
points ont many things in-your life, but
you do not like to be honest,-you like
to have IA convenient religion,-a goody
roody religion. You do not care about
straightforward talk. You do not listen
to straightforward talk, because you are
not honest l never found that single
dishonest man was ever blessed. God
wants honest people. If you are not will
ing 20. be honest, it would be better for
you to hold your peace and never ask God
for this life, for it is simply mockery.
Have definite transaction with God;
do not play with God or mock Him.
When Con speaks to you, he honest with
llim let Him deal with you. Do not be
afraid of His touching your heart: 90 not
he afraid of the light.
He is II wonderful doctor. He is not
like the doctors who want TO feel you all
over before they understand YOUR case.
The Lord Jesus Christ can PIT his finger
ON the right spot at once to make you
smart. Oh. friends, bc honest with God
atively few people who are honest with
Him, and that is Why thousands of peo-
pie 90 to conferences and return home as
bad as they went. The reason is-not
because the Lord did not speak 10 them
not because the preachers were nat
plain with them-but because they did
not want to he honest with God. They
wanted to yield something, and keep back
something, when lie told them TO yield
all.
2. Expect great things only from God
MY soul, wait thou only upon God;
for my expectation is from Him. psalm
G2j)
Expectation must be only from God
preacher, do not praise IL man,-do not
talk much about lnnn,- do not call n
man wonderful. You will be sadly dis
appointed; You are to have your eXpecta
lions only from Hin. My friends | want
you 10 give very good attention to this
puiht. ii you expect anything from Il
man, you will be- disappointed, and il
will serve you right. Don't praise man,
but expect great things only from God.
g. Obedience. This is most important
point if you want to find the life more
abundant. 'And We are His witnesses
of these things; and so is also tie Holy
Ghost. whom God hath given To them
that obey Him." (Acts $50
oh, would you like to obey God? Ycu
must come down--prde of life, position,
strength, wealth and reputution--ai
must close down. Obey in all these
points. coincidence is better thar sacri-
fee" If you don't like tn obey. it is
better for you to blame yourself and not
God. No disohedient child will ever get
a blessing from God.
DO not think YOU know much but
know enough to obey. Onwhat twig IRE
you perching2 Come down from your
twg. You may be Clergyman, you may
belong TO tbs lnity-you may be teach
eT, evangelist, preacher. whoever YOU
may be, listen to God. and come down
obey. If you dc not obey, you are simply
knocking God.
The Lord knows all the hooks and cor
ners of your heart. You cannot keep one
thing from Him. i you are not obedicnt,
do not blame anybody else afterwards if
you do not get blessing: you have so
blame yourself God has spoken TO thou
sands sDd thousands OF people before
this, but they have not found any bless
ing, because they did not obey.
Iaccheus was lodging himself upon II
twig. and Christ said 'Zaccheus, make
haste and come down He obeyed: he
made haste and came down, and found
life eternal-and life more abundant, too.
And when Jesus ca me to the place, he
looked up and saw him, and said untD
him. Iaccheus, make haste and come
down: for to-day | must abide ut thy
house" "And he made haste, and came
down. and received him joyfully." duke
1875, 81
know n lady who had been to the con
ference at Keswick fourteen times, and
she was not any better. She came to me
and said, "Well brother! | have not
found any blessing in Keswick, though l
have been there fourteen times.'
said; "We!!l didn't God speak 70
your'