The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1901-11-30
A MESSAGE FOR YOU.
God Loves a Bad Boy, Says
Mr.. Pearson.
The Revival at The Presbyterian Church. Col
lection 10 be Taken Tonight For the :
Evangelist's Benefit.

Evangelist OotlSu"
Evangelist Pearson addressed another
great audience at the PRESBYTERIAN
church last night. The sermon was a
mastery one and the great audience was
deeply interested.
Just before the sermon many requests
for prayer were read by DIR. Daniel, and
DIR. A. A. Marshall, of the First Baptist
church, led in earnest prayer Tor those
named in the requests.
The evangelist's text was from judges
1920: Il have a messages from God unto
thee
mot from the President of the United
States" said the preacher, "but for you
Not for our brothers in China, but for
you that are here tonight / am here to
deliver this message to you. How you
receive the message depends upon your
self and not upon the messenger. When
you receive telegram you don't care
whether the messenger who brings it is
tall or short, whether he has red hair or
black, but you are anxious for the mes
sage and you accept it no matter how or
by whom it is brought, and that is the
spirit in which / wish you TO accept the
message bring you from God tonight.
He divided the message" into seven
counts, and each part he proved by nu-
nierous quotations from the Word Of
God to be true message.
/. Your record is sinful. That record
which you have been making ever since
you were born, and you can't wipe 1t out.
1t is written in Gods book in Heaven,
and He alone holds the key. But, you
say, MIR. Pearson, did God really send
you to say that my record is sinful?. Is
that the message?" Turn to LIST Kings,
S:46 and to Romans 1923 and to lst John
1:10 and read what God says about it.
Your record is sinful and there are just
two things you can do about it. Q) Go
on as you are going now; live as you are
living; keep away from God as you have
done, and you'll be lost, or (2) Come, an
honest man to Christ, believe in and ac-
cept Him as your Savior, and live your
life of Christian joy and peace hence
forth.
CD Your nature is wicked. This is
the message (Gen. 6:5; Jeremiah 1873;
Romans 3d. Your sinful nature ex-
plains your sinful record, and the one
explains the other. Then you are face
to face with two things: Will you enter
the presence Of God with your sinful
49,
nally damned, or will you come to God
as did those souls last night and give
yourself into His hands to be moulded
after His own nature?
49, God loves you. (John 3:16; Eph.
2:4-5: John 4:10). With your sinful
record with your wicked nature, God
loves YOU why then does He let any
one go to hell?" you ask. Because He
is just as stern as loving. Away with all
this sentimental bosh that God must
save everyone at the expense of His JUS
tice! But he loves all men and has pro-
vided way Of salvation for us through
His only Son Jesus Christ. And it was
for love of us that He gave that son to
die that we might be saved. 1t is the
hardest thing in the world to make a
man hardened in sin believe that Goa
loves him. He has been living in sin and
has become afraid of God, as did Adam
and Eve. A great deal Of the mans fear
of God comes from his mothers teach
ing. too A mother says to her boy:
sNow, Johnny, be a good boy today and
Cod will love you, but He will not love
YOU if you are bad And the boy
grows up to be a bad man and still thinks
that God does not love him. God does
love bad boy--a bad man--but He can
not save that boy unless he will believe
on the crucified Son of God.
a. And that Christ died for us Is just
a proof CT Gods love. (Heb. 2:9; LIST.
Peter 2:24; LIST. Peter 3:1S). Christ not
only lived and suffered everything for
you, but gave up his very life. How
can you reject salvation purchased SO
dearly?
6) You must either repent or perish.
duke 49, Acts 1913; Rev. 2:16). 1t is
inevitable God cannot save you from
the consequences Of your wicked nature
and sinful record unless YOU are peni-
tent.
(6.) Unbelief will damn you. You who
heard the sermon last night need net
TO be told again the horrible ccnse
ouences of unbelief (Jol;n 3:tS: John
S:24: Mark $50.
G.) Faith saves here and now. This
is the message John 6:47l. He that
believeth in Me hath eternal life Just
look to Jesus with even the smallest
faith and He will save you.
Then the preacher made an earnest
plea for unsaved ones to come to Christ.
You can be saved here and now" he
said. Don't wait until tomorrow's sun
lit may never shine"
1t was a wonderful after-meet-
ing. Quietly, and with no excitement.
the workers went about in the congre-
cation and spoke to those who were I'M
saved, and there were showers OF
blessings" Wives brought their hus-
bands, mothers their sons, and young
girls their brothers to the evangelist,
who gladly welcomed them in the name
of Christ.
Tonight the last meeting during the
week and Sunday night the last OF the
series.