Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-07-18

will be with thee" If God Is with a
man, his own personal worthiness, or
unworthiness, as the case may be, Is a
matter of very little consequence,
What am II" This Is q question OF
very little Importance. The important
question Is. "Who Is with you?"
Just and holy Is thy name;
am all unrighteousness:
Vile and full Of sin am;
Thou are full Of truth and grace"
"If God be for us, who can be against
us?" II am with thee" God in all
Of His infinite love and wisdom and
power. In all the inexhaustible re-
sources Of His Being and government.
AS the burning bush has been subser-
Went to the driven will and pleasure
might know that he could execute his
commission. God being with him,
| without personal harm or danger.
Again. God uses the promises He had
| made as a means to remove this diff
Guilty. He says: This shall be tok-
en-: When thou hast brought forth the
people out Of Egypt, ye shall serve
God upon this Mountain" Remember
where Moses was: He was on the way
to the promised land. God makes two
kinds of promises: One conditional, the
other unconditional. He who bears to
others the former kind may be in con-
slant dread, because he may fear that
| the people will fail to fulfil some con-
dition. 1t may have been so with Mo-
ses. He may have been afraid Of the
unbelief Of the people, afraid they
would fall In consequence OF their un-
belief to comply with some condition.
But nothing ought to discourage the
man who brings an unconditional
promise, because the certainty Of the
event ought to strengthen him against
every obstacle. Here God makes an
unconditional promise to Moses: "Ye
shall worship God upon this mountain"
God not only promises, but He actually
foretells; not only tells that they shall
be delivered, but the very spot where
they shall worship God after their de-
liverence. 1t matters no. how much
unbelief there may be In the hearts Of
the people: 1t matters not what difficult
tics nav arise: "Ye shall worship God
upon this mountain"
What comfort and encouragement.
How completely 1t must have removed
.his NJ staclr. God not OILY. tells Moses
that He will he with him. but that He
will make him victorious.
SO God cornrs to every worker in His
cause. 81 will be with ther." He comes
with all of Fla precious and compre
her sire promises Oh. how these prom
ises take hold Of US when we take hold
NJ th"n; with faith! How they lift us
10 AID FIJI our hearts with joy and
~ rcei
II. Second difficulty: To convince
tn" reop'a OF the true 7ature, power
a-d authori of God who had sent
A,,I ontI tntn nI
hold when 7 come unto the children Of
Ts'ael. ard shall say unto them, the
God OF vour fathers hath sent me unto
vou' and thew shall say u to me. what
Is PiS rarn? What shall saw unto
N m?" His name. Wha' shall say?
What answer shall I give? Moses
Z CIV that the peoDle were acquainted
with thr many gods of the Egyptians.
He knew they would want good evil
dence Of the fact that he had personal
k-owl ,dge Of the only living and true
God. He did not know how to meet
this difficulty. So when he gave seri-
Gus o-sideration to II, he shrank from
the work that would bring him face to
face with 1t.
How did God remove this difficulty?
And God said unto Moses, am that
am. and he said, Thus shalt thou say
unto the children of Israel, I am hath
sent me unto you. And God said more
over unto Moses. Thus shalt thou say
unto the children Of Israel. the Lord
God Of your fathers hath sent me unto
you: this Is my name forever, and this
Is my memorial unto all generations"
This Is Gods name, name that
deGotes:
1. What He Is I'm Himself II am"
There was a time when you could not
saw "I am" But there never was q
time when God could not say, Il am"
In the truest and highest sense God
alone can say, II am" He Is from
everlasting to everlasting. the same
Yesterday. today and forever. II am"
Here we have Gods self existence,
Gods eternity, and Gods unchange-
ableness.
2. What He Is to His people. "The
Lord God Of your fathers" This
would stir up blessed and hallowed
memories I'm their minds and would re-
vive true religion In their hearts. This
would excite glorious hopes and expec-
tatiols for the future.
Thus God removed this difficulty by
giving Moses a religious and theologi-
cal equipment that would demolish all
the forms of false religions and con-
vince the people Of his personal knowl-
edge Of the true religion.
So God comes 10 the worker today
with HIS word, with Its truths and its
doctrines and its promises. He equips
us for the mission to which He calls
us. "All Scripture Is given by inspira-
ton of God, and Is profitable for doc
trine, for reproof, for correction, for
instruction In righteousness: that the
man Of God may be perfect, thoroughly
furnished unto all good works"
ILL., Third difficulty: To convince
the people thai their covenant-keeping
God had sent him on this mission.
Ard Moses answered and said, but,
hs hold, they will not believe me, nor
'earkcn unto my voice: for they Will
say. the Lord hath no; appeared unto
thee
This work to which Moses had been
called would bring about a great rev.
olution I'm the history Of the Hebrew
ma iol. Treme dous issues were at
stake. Moses knew that he must be
atl- to prove to the people that God
had commissioned him to be their
''ader before they would follow him.
Ta was afraid they would look upon
lin as an impostor.
How does God remove this diff
ulty? BY giving Moses power 20
work miracles. Elk. iv, l-9.
So God comes to the discouraged
work today ard confers upon MIN
ever to work spiritual miracles.
Christ says: HE that believeth on
ne the work that / do shall he do
also: and greater works than these
shall he do: because l go unto my
Father"
w. Fourth difficulty: His lack
rf eOQuence. Ex. iv, 10. He was
slow of speech and Of a slow tongue.
While he might have the arguments,
vet he did not think he could present
them with sufficient force to carry
conviction.
How did God remove this difficulty?
See Ex iv, Hip. God promised to
be with his mouth and to teach him
what to say and how to say 1t. God
can make the dumb to speak and the
stammering tongue eloquent In His
cause.
God also promised to send Aaron
with Moses to assist him In this great
work.
So God comes to us. to us preachers
ard to us laymen, and He makes us
eloquent i'm His cause. True eloquence
consists In deep earnestness. II
ma has a worthy cause and his heart
Is In his cause. then God makes that
man eloquent.
Thus God removed every obstacle
that stood I'm the way Of Moses; and
so He will remove the obstacles that
stand in our way.
The great trouble with Moses SEEM
ed to bt this: He was looking at