Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1904-03-09

message has been precept upon precept.
precept upon precept; line upon line.
line upon line: here a little. there a lit
tie | have warned you in the calami-
ties which have overwhelmed Israel
nave given YOU respite from your enc
mics. that You might consider these
Things. yet they would not hear There
lore shall the word of Jehovah be unto
them precept upon precept. precept up
on precept: line upon line. line upon
lne; her little. there q little" IL was
TO De an unchanged message. II was the
same precept upon precept and line upon
line which He had been speaking TO
them throughout the years and gener-
atoms. His message was the same. il
was unchanging. And Gods message
Tor to-day is an unchanging and I'M
! changed message. The world. as in
Pauls time. is ever seeking some new
thing. The simple. old Gospel message
is considered out OF date for this age and
generation. And men who claim to be
the servants of God. who profess to hav-
ing been called to deliver Gods message,
dare TO take of the Gospel truth and warp
and twist and reshapc il into something
new and modern. The simple old Cos
pei which declares man n lost and help
less sinner. and the crucified Jesus an
only Saviour. is deemed inadequate for
these times. and the so-called popular
preacher is trying TO accommodate
Gods message to the taste and vanity
and self-esteem of the world. Oh. what
travesty' Oh, what a hideous viola
ton of Gods mercy and love, God pity
the world when IL gets too wise and too
! cultured and too self-centered and ego
tistical for Gods simple and unchang-
ing Gospel message, There are indica-
/ uons that point 10 the fact that the
! world is rapidly approaching that at
! utuue before God; that condition OF
heart which remains unmoved and I'M
/ !leIulnS before the oft-repeated Gospe!
! message. God did not change His mes
sage to Pharoah. 1t was over and over
/ again: Let my people so" And when
! Pharaoh hardened his heart and grew
so weary Of the message that he threat
ened Moses with death IL he came with
! 'hat same message again. did God
change His message. or COMPROMISE IN
on the issue? Nay, verify. it was an
unchanged message And Gods mes
sage to-day. despite the meddlers and
me ilDerailsts and the higher critics
ana the advanced thinkers. is an tn
changed and unchanging message. and
IL VIII continue to be such until Jesus
shail come in His glory and claim as
his own those who have heard the mes
sage and been washed clean in His
blood
HE message, then. of God IN
world estranged from Him because
oi SIN and which He seeks and long,
10 nave brought back TO Himself ia
SIMPLE Is pertinent. is persistent. "a
"hchahslnS. 1t is so simple that none
III all the world may be excluded or
iost, Tor II is to all the world and for
all the world. II is pertinent. plainly
ana clearly defining mans condition
and need, and fully and freely provid.
ing for that need. 1t is persistent for
God will never cease His efforts to turn
me world to Himself until time shall
cease to be. II is unchanging. for there
Is but one remedy for sin. and that is
the shed blood of Jesus Christ: and
Goa cannot come to the world with any
so-called ethical message, highly flavor.
Ell and up to date, for that will not
! cIeanse from sin; that will not make
| souls dead in trespasses and sins IN
1--we again; that will not make n man
| over new. giving him a new heart and
new purpose and a hope that will
grow brighter until the full glory OF
Heaven bursts upon his vision. No.
COD comes with His simple pertinent.
persistent, unchanging message. He
goes over the lesson again and vet
again. 1t is "precept upon precept.
precept upon precept: line upon line.
line upon line; here little there a III.
tie. 1t is In spite OF God that the
soul perishes. Surely God never falls
to improve an opportunity to drive
home His message. Through His true
and faithful servants in the world TO.
day. through the circumstances and
conditions OF life. in a thousand and
one different ways. God goes over and
over the Gospel story of man sinner
and Christ a Saviour Dear soul.
whoever you are who reads these
words. have you heard Gods message
and hearing Lave you obeyed IL? Have
you repented of sin and believed upon
Jesus Christ as your personal Saviour.
the one who cleanses from all sin and
saves with an everlasting salvation?
Have you?
+ NOT, Gods message TO you is still
"precept upon precept. precept upon
precept; line upon line line upon line;
here little. there a little; that you
may go and fall backward. and be
broken and shared and taken" The
effect of Gods message is finally one OF
two things Either IT melts the heart
and mOlds the life anew i'm Christ
Jesus or IL hardens as the clay ia
hardened under the burning rays OF
the sun. God keeps repeating His
simple Gospel message over and over
again that you may be won to Him.