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VOL mo,,J +. made one in Him, one for time and
eternity, hut failing here, all hope n gons
and there is before US only the oiacxness
Of darkness Of despair. For there 10 no
The second question is of the greatest
ISp YOU COME UP TO GODS STAND
ARD:
T. Is not enough to be simply q ns,aoer
of the church. MANY will say to Me IN
tina. day. Lord, Lord, have. We not pro.
phesied in Thy name, and in Ihy name
have cast out devils? and ! will profess
unto them, I never knew you
We have such a way OF measuring our;
| selves by ourselves that we may feel wen
satisfied with the result. But how about
Gods standard? Upon my. return nome
| at one time my wife placed in my, and :
| niece Of paper, written all over, but only
two words were ineligible. At the top
| Of the page was the word carriage
! mainly written, the next word was the
| came, only not 20 we'll written.
Il was nv little daughters first copy,
! hook. The teacher had written the word
Mt the TOP Of the line. and she had done
fairly well SO long as she had looked at the
COPY. But she had fallen into the serious
error Of copying the line Just above nes
| WOTR. anu TIC WOEo ~ ~ ~
mage as nearly spelled man" as car
| rage" Thus people measure themselyes
by those around them. forgetting that He
said-"Iook unto Me and be ye saved
You NAV he better than the members OF
| the church. but what doth it profit? fou
may be the best man in your community,
but that does not save.
How about Gods standard?
Her Majesty. the Queen, issues frequent
~, I am told, an order for soldiers to conn.
pose her guard. Every man must be at
least six feet tall. I can IMAGINE some
Young Enelishmen measuring Themselves
by themselves. until at last one man in
great delight exclaims. ~ will surely get
in. for I am the tallest man in town"
And 20 he ia, but when he stands before
Her Maiesty's officer he is rejected: for he
Is th~ree-quarters Of an inch under the
mark. ~,
His being taller than his friends profted
nothing; they had all fallen short: SONS
ference"
And il you turn nv question in upon my
self. I confess that I do fully come up to
the high standard Of God: not in myself in
any way, far from it-but in Christ; tot
"Christ is the end Of tie law for righteous.
ness to every one that belicveth," and
wherein I fail. He makes up.
It Is no point as to whether Adam OF
Eve were the more sinful: they were both
The chiefest Of all sins is not drunken.
ness. although that is horrible; it 10
not RIGHTEOUSNESS, although that is vile:
i Is the rejection Of Gods mercy-or the
Gin of unbelief. HE that believeth not 10
condemned already, because he hath not
believed in the name of the only begotteo
Son of God" John iii: IS. And whose.
ever he be among you-sinner. either great
or small. il he fail here, he stands with the
condemned. and there is no difference"
The third and last important question 10
WHAT IS THE REMEDY?
There is another mo difference" which
answers the question. For there is no
all is rich unto all that call upon Him. for
whosoever shall call upon the name OF the
Lord shall! be saved" Romans <: Il, IL.
]. It is useless to try by any amount OF
exertion, or feeling. or even prayer, 70
bring about faith. / have had nv W e9.
p~erience in this. God says in His word,
Faith cometh bv hearing and hearing by
the word of God" .
This is a sure way. A college student
in conference with one Of the professors
until midnight. just as he was leaving the
house, going ont into the darkness, the
professor placed in his hands a lantern
saving. Take it. George, it will light you
home a step at a time" And this is what
the Bible does.
That lantern did not light up the for.
ests. nor make luminous the landscape; it
was not meant that it should, but it made
every step bright.
Man was lost by hearing Satan. he
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your feet firmly by faith on one single
promise, and God will begin at once to
make clear the way if you win only believe
Him.
2. To the Philippian jailor's question,
"What must 7 do to be saved?" Paups an.
swer was, believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and thou shalt be saved" And
there is no respecting Of persons. for who
soever shall call upon the name OF the
Lord shall be saved"
A friend Of mine told me that when he
by men, waiting ut the base OF the mount.
ain, ready to guide him up the difficult
way, but the most Of them would have
never brought him down in safety, for
they were simply men out OF employment.
He very easily, however, secured a safe
guide when he said, "Show me your. pa.
pers." Then the men who were without
them etepped back, while. the real guides
stepped forward and holding. out their
paGers he read something like this:
I'VE. the undersigned, have climbed the
Matterhorn under the care Of such a guide
giving his name). and We commend him to
our friends"-and then followed the names
of people Of great renown at home and
abroad, a member of Parliament, q MEM
Der of Congress, and your personal friend,
and my friend at once felt secure because
others had made the trip in safety.
It is like that when under condemnation
you ask. What must / do"
1nidelity attempts an answer; phlloso-
ply make a vain effort to reply, and Jesus
Christ. the Son Of God, m with the
Ask them each, What have you DONE"
shown. Then will He come whose gar.
ments arc dyed red. whose hands were
| pierced. and whose heart was broken. who
died and rose again that He might be.
come the justifer Of all that believe, and
on the very palms of His hands you read
| the names. John Bunyan. John Newton,
| Jerry McCauley. and brighter than them
all-Charlcs Haddon Spurgeon.
And this is cnouCh-I for one will say,
BLESSED Lord. If Thou canst save others,
and / know that Thou canst, Thou canst
save me; and l will let Thee do it now"
Will you join me in this now?
3. To sum it all up. If you would escape
condemnation you need simply to
HAVE A WILLING MIND ABOUT
SALVATION.
Then by faith accept what He in grace
offers you. / have heard Christian work
heart 10 God and you may be saved. But
The il unsrriptural-at least the order is