The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1906-12-21
Ny Spirit Shall Not Always Strive
With Man.
sermon preached by George B. Kulp. at George 81.
Mission sunday Evening. Nov. II, 1906

Text. Gen. vi, 3. MY Spirit shall
not always strive with man"
Holy men Of old spake as they
were moved by the Holy Ghost. The
text is a record by the Spirit of
God of a conclusion in the Divine
mind, If you will read the first
chapter of Genesis very carefully,
you will find that number of times
it uses language like this; God
said," once 1t says, And God said,
Let there be light; again, God
said, Let there be a armament;
and, God said, Let the dry land
appear" Not that these things
were said to anybody, but they
were fiat of God, a conclusion in
the Divine mind When God spoke
to a person it says so. God said
unto Adam" Adams name is men
toned. God spake unto Noah
then follows what He said to him.
God said unto Abraham, then
follows His message to him. But
Our Text is Gods Conclusion TO
Withdraw the Holy Spirit From
Man my Spirit shall not al
ways strive with man" God look
ed upon men and saw that they
were corrupt; that is, fleshly. sensu-
al, carnal, wicked. This Book de-
clares that every imagination of
the thoughts of the heart were evil,
and only evil, and that continually
1t represents that God made man,
and that God repented that He had
made him, and 1t grieved Him at
His heart Man was dead, spirit
ually. Sin separates man from God,
and the very moment the Holy Ghost
was withdrawn from this people.
they were just as surely doomed as
II the fires of Hell were already
wrapping themselves around their
naked souls
/ want to call your attention, be-
loved. to what God says in His Word.
II l say anything tonight that is
not In harmony with the Word of
God, / say to any Of these breth-
rem on the platform. or any Of these
students Of the School, or anyone
under the sound of my voice, will
be a thousand times obliged to you
il you will come to me and tell me.
! am determined to go with God, to
preach the truth, the whole truth
and nothing but the truth. At the
time OF our text they were all wick
cd. and God said, "he end OF all
flesh Is come before me will
destroy them from the earth" And
yet for one hundred and twenty
years they lived, but Gods Spirit
was withdrawn from them. What
did Noah do all this time? He
built the ark Someone says, How
do you know? Well, it says In the
last verse of this chapter from which
my text is taken: According 70
all that God commanded him, so did
he; and It says over in Hebrews
Noah built an ark for the saw
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the saving Of other folks. for God
had withdrawn His Spirit from man
and there was no need OF preaching
TO a race Of people from whom God
had withdrawn His Spirit, for they
were doomed from that very hour
He built an ark for the salvation
OF his house. Somebody says, Loci
here, preacher do you know / have
heard men say that Noah was preach
ing one hundred and twenty year.
and did not have convert?" Tha
is q lie of the devil, and will tel
you why Noah was a just man
and perfect God says so In Hi,
Word, and l hold that 1t is utterly
impossible for who is walking will
God, to preach the Gospel withou
having converts. Those preacher
who are running around the countr.
making that for an excuse had be-
Ter get right with God. | heard o
little fellow one time who dit
not have any success in his preach
g,did not win any souls for Christ
and he said 81 ought not be dis
couraged; there was poor old Noa
who preached one hundred and TWEEN
ty years without a convert" Go
have mercy upon him. A man ca
go within five minutes Of the gate
Of He'll, II God wants him to &
there, and preach and have con
verts. Some men have to have
brass band and a advertising con
mittee, a welcoming committee an
printing combination in order I
have success, but IL a man has III
Holy Ghost he can go on a stree
corner and mount dry goods DO
and go to preaching, and the fir
thing you know he will have
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