The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1902-06-27

/ uem1ranee His ato1ing death that our
mary sins nay lie washed cwly and for
+ soften.
But another crtli1a has also b-e1 s1e.
/ gested ne beng proper one 60 grow oll
/ OF this test. The Rev r. A. ToFrey ha.
/ made the suggestion that there are cerlai.
/ things that naturally depend upon VIII
/ mention.
J. Our acceptance before Col Gepers,
/ rpon what we DO with Jesus "He tiat
/ helieveth on Him is not condemned. bit
! re that beheveth not Is condemned a..
! r,eCy, because he hath no. believed in The
! name OF the o1ly-bcgotten Son q God.
/ Icbn III: IS
/ we reject Jesus God rejects AZ. These are
| short sentences. but each one Is worth a
/ lifetime Of study. The yilest sinner in the
world accepting Christ is Immediately ac-
cepted of God. The most upright man re-
/ leCting Christ is instantly rejected OF God
/ The moment we accept we are lustiieo
from all things from which we could not
be justified BY the law OF Moses and jus
/ tiication is more than pardon, for in par.
don there may stil be the memory OF sin,
but when God justihes lie remembers
against rs our transgcssions no more for
ever"
IL Our becoming sons Of God depends
| upon what we do with Jesus. But rs
many as received HIM. TO them gave lie
power to become the sons of God. even 10
Them that believe on His name" John
i: y.
There is a very insdious kind Of heresy
making its way through the world to-day
which declares there Is such a thing as the
universal fatherhood of God and the uni
versal brotherhood Of man; that God il the
father Of all His creatures, and that every
man is my brother This is certainly CON
trary TO the Scriptures. We become sons
OF God not by the lives we live. nor BY
doing good, nor by reading the BiD.c, nor
by praying without ceasing, but we become
Gods sons by regeneration. This is the
work of the Holy Ghost, and is wrought
in US the very moment we by faith accept
Jesus Christ as a Saviour, 1t is not posi-
bic for IT'S in any other way to come into
this world than to be born into it; it is
not possible for us ever to enter the king
dom OF God except by the new birth,
This constitutes US children Of God.
III. Our having peace depends upon
what we do with Jesus Christ. There
fore being justified by faith, we have peace
with God through our Lord Jesus Christ"
Romans v; /.
When we remember that peace is the Op-
posite of confusion, of strife, of unrest we
are able to see how great is the blessing
which comes to us by the acceptance Of
Gods Son. We do not think Of peace as
simply an emotion. 1t is not an experience
but it is that which comes to us with the
presence Of Christ He is our peace, and
whatever may be a mans position in the
world If he has rejected Christ, or lin
other words) If he has failed to accept Him
he must 20 forever throughout the world
crying, peace, peace" but for him there
can be no peace.
". Our having JOY depends upon what
we do with Christ "Whom having not
secN, we love; in whom, though now We see
Him not, yet believing, We rejoice with
Joy unspeakable and full of glory"
Peter i: s. We also remember the words
of Jesus when He said "These words have
! spoken unto you that Ny Joy might re
main II you, and that your JOY might be
full"
Joy is better than happiness People Of
the world may have happiness, but only
Gods children possess JOY. Happiness i;
that which happens to come to us, and
: those who lay hold upon it are dependent
upon their circumstances and surroundings
JOY has nothing to do with circumstance
or surroundings, but comes to us because
of our faith in Him who ever lives to pour
out upon His people His own presence and
blessing.
v. Our having eternal life depends uDor
what we do with Jesus. "He that believ
eth on the Son hath everlasting life; anc
he that beleveth not the Son shall not sec
lie; but the wrath of God abideth OF
him" John iii: SO.
By nature we have the flesh with us anC
we shall always have it with us until oul
redemption bodies are bestowed upon us
|; IS natural therefore that there should
be a constant warning between the life o.
: Cod which comes IN regeneration and the
old nature which is at enmity with Goo
and always must be, but it is a great JOY t.
know that we may every one of us so sur
render ourselves to Him who is our life
that the old nature shall be put down anC
held in subjention, and we ourselves "bC
more than conquerors."
Finally, let me say that there are three
, sentences which ought to be written plain
ly before every one who is to make this de
cision, or who fails to make it.
First. We must either accept Him CT re
ject Him.
Second. We must either let Him come
into our hearts, or we must shut the dool
and keep Him out
Third We must either confess Him o.
deny Him. "Whosoever shall confess M,
J before men, him will l confess before N.Y.
: Father which is in heaven; but whosoevei
shall DENY Me before men, him will den,
? before MY Father which is in heaven.
> Matt. x: 80, 49,
There is no middle ground. God pity III
: il to-day we turn away from Him, for
1T MAY BE THE LAST TIME!
SPORTING sREVITIES.