Custer County Republican. (Broken Bow, Neb.) 1882-1921, 1903-06-25

there Ia none else.--Is. XIV, %.
Salvation Ia not luxury but a ne
cessity. 1t is the greatest blessing be
cause 1t lasts the longest Temporal
things are transient, but this is eternal
Sometimes you say, when man has
done a foolish thing, "He Will only
rue 1t once" You mean he will rue
1t always. so God only saves us once
but his one salvation lasts forever.
But you say, Perhaps it is not FOL
me. | may not be one Of those whom
| God intends to bless" Look again
To meet your difficulty there Is an
other thought. This blessing is for the
largest possible number.
This verse has good, round sweep
Its scope surely embraces you. See
the earth Is eIhorted to look, and you
surely, are included in that. God SC
as creation, 1t is not an island, nor
country, nor nation, that Is to look
Not only Jews but Genties. For II
Is written, '1n thee shall all families
OF the earth be blessed"
None have wandered too far, or have
sinned too foully for the glorious in
vltation Of the text.
This blessing comes to us with the
best possible security. For am God,
and there Is none else" God! "Why,
if he be Cod" you say, II dare not
draw nigh to him, for it is God against
whom have sinned Let me fly else
where for refuge. Elswhere for ref
ugew
And whittier will you flee? There
Is none other who can save you. Let
us rather be like Augustine, who said,
II fly to God, and hide in God from
Cod" We must hide in Gods mercy
from his judgment.
Look only to Jesus, not to Satan and
his temptation. You need not know
all about the adversary and his wick
ed ways in order to be saved from
them, and indeed, the less you know
the better.
Look only to Jesus. not to sin and
It's consequences. But you say, II
must repent OF my sim" True: but
repenting Of sin is not looking at It.
but turning away from it, and looking
only to Jesus.
Look only to Jesus, not to the OBJ
stacles and hindrances in your path
If you look at them they will be
stumbling stones. but If you look from
them to Jesus they will become step
ping tones. a stone will do for either
Look only to Jesus, not to yourself,
not to your intentions, your prayers,
your repentances, your faith. Your
faith is your looking. Do not look at
your looking, but look only to Jesus.
You know how 1t Is walking with
friend in the early night, when he
sees the first star Of the evening and
points it out TO you. You do not see
It, He points again. why" he says,
'it is just there, right opposite you.
You are looking at it," Still you do
not see it. Presently you catch
glimpse Of it, and now you are sur
prised you did not see it before and
are so taken up with 1t that you can
scarcely see anything else. So it is
when we point men to Jesus. We are
surprised that they do not see him, and
when they do see him they will be
surprised, too, and they will scarcely
see any one else besides.
Jesus Do you think we could make
that name better? You think not. |
think we could. How? By adding
four more letters to it--Jesus only.
Only look to Jesus. That Is all.
A simple thing. 1t is not to strive,
to philosophize, to argue-only to look.
But you say, II am charitable; will
my charity avail me nothingT Moth
ing. But l belong to a good family;
will that avail me nothing? Moth
ing The man who is not charitable,
who does not belong to a good family,
who has not been pIously trained, can
look just as well as you. You and
he stand on the same level. The en-
trance is low down. Only look to
Jesus.
Only look to Jesus. That Is an in
Simultaneous thing, and therefore the
salvation is immediate. Find how long
t takes to look, and you discover how
long it takes to be saved You may per-
haps not know the moment but one
thing you will know, that whereas you
were blind, now you see. Even If you
feel pOwerless, yet look to him for pow
e. to look Behold the Lamb of God
that takest away the sin of the world"
He takes the sin-you only look to
Jesus.
You are not to look for Jesus. He
is not lost friend of mine at a
children's meeting told the little ones
a thing right and proper-that If they
found Jesus they would be saved. A
little cir! went and began to upset all
the curtains in the house-bed cur
tains. window curtSins. Her mother,
IN establishment, inquired the cause,
when the little innocent heart said,
Mother teacher told US that If we
found Jesus we should be saved, and,
Mother, l was looking for him." "Fool-
sh child" you say. But more foolish
ouls who try to discover a Christ in
ONE pet notion, or dream, or feeling,
INN OF N no not Iooly FOR Christ