Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1905-10-02

nePentdHCe necessary 10 odIvdtioH.
Rev. Ross Moore preached at the
First Baptist church Sunday night on
Repentance Necessary to Salvation"
and his text was Acts 1890
"And the times of this ignorance
God winked at: but now comnandeth
all men everywhere to repent"
The speaker said that he found c1cpl
reading the Bible that God places
great deal Of importance upon "erent
anee, and that all through tn, scrip.
lures it was taught that if man would
inhabit eternity with God, he must
turn to God and be sorry for his sins.
He said that repentance was not
preached from the pulpit as it should
be; that the preachers talk about
Gods goodness and mercy toward NOR
tai man, but they must also preach re-
pentance. God commands all men to
repent. The Savior himself under
stood his mission on earth, and he said
to repent and believe the gospel. John
the Baptist came preaching repent
ance, and not only Christ and John the
Baptist, but the twelve disciples were
sent out by twos also to preach re-
pentance toward Cod To assert that
repentance is absolutely necessary to
salvation some will ask, "Where is
your faith and belief? Is it not said
that man is saved by grace through
faith?' But the speaker said that a
man can not belive on the Lcrd till
he realizes that he is a sinner and
repents of his sins, hence repentance
is necessary to salvation.
It is said in the scripture, Except
We repent ye shall all likewise perish" "
therefore God commands all to perish.
Repentance is not merely to say am
s. rry for MY sins. True repentance is
"a godly sorrow, truly turning from sin
and truly sorry for all your sins, and
no longer clinging to the old idols of
the past. True repentance is the
casting away of all idols. The man
who gives his life to God gives all to
God, and that is true repentance. He
said that he had very little faith in
the conversion Of person who clings
to his old idols.
Repentance is not merely morality
by quitting your meanness and joining
the church. A man may be a moral
being and never know the first prin-
ciples of repentance. He said thai
he thought that the man who ignored
Christ and merely joined the church
was lost; that being baptized and new
er having repented would not save a
man; that a man could be baptized
100 times by a minister of the gospel,
but if he had not repented he was
lost just the same as any murderer
who walks the streets is lest.
Gods word teaches that repentance
may be too late. He dramatically re.
lated the story of the repentance of
Judas after his betrayal Of the Savior,
but he was too hte because Christ had
been crucified. After you have cruel
fed Christ repentance is too late The
thief on the cross was saved but it
is dangerous for a person to postpone
repentance till the grave is right be-
fore them. He told the story of Esau,
who sold his birthright, and then ask
ed his father for a blessing. Esau
was too late; the blessing had been
bestowed upon another. He said that
those who are postponing repentance
should read the story of Saul, who did
not comply with the commands given
him and lost his kingdom. Repent
ance means godly sorrow for sin, more
than mere human sorrow, and God,
in a laundering voice from heaven,
commands all men to repent. Genu-
inc repentance is to despise self and
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