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be your Father But if YOU do not re-
pcnt. if YOU do not civ" UP your sins.
then as just Father and Just Judge
| will say, We must all likewise per-
ish" Is the great cardinal condition
OF salvation through Christ by giving
up of ali sin an abSurdity: All. my
brother. 10 longer cling to the false
belief that God has sent Saviour to
deliver lis only from Iunishmcnt!
Christ came TO save Us rom sin. He
will save the worst sinner who will
renOllncc his sin hut he will not save
any who cling f. their sins. He saves
every prodigal who comes into the old
homestead Of heaven as ono Of Gods
own repentant ones.
Another Misleading Argument.
But Satan does not stop here. He
comes to ,ls and says: salvation by
Christ's blood is al right for sinner,
but You are not sinner. What is the
good of a man Squeezing through the
bankruptcy court to escape his lust
debts if he has no debts TO pay: What
Is the use Of Il man talking about par
don through Chri-t'S blood when he has
never sinncd; OF course YOU have done
minor wrongs You have committed
insignificant moral misdcmeanors, but
YOU have negcr murdered a man. You
have no blood money upon youl fingers.
In the sight of Cod YOU are not sin
, ner any more than your saintcd mother
was sinner" Thus says Satan to u.s.
And many Of rs have begun TO argue
ourselves into tho belief that we are
almost moral and spiritual perfection
lists. oven as the Pharisce of old thought
himself to be whcn he arose in the tenn
pie and thanked God he was not as
other men. But though we may have
/ tric6 in the past TO dclude ourselves
into the belief that we are all right
| morally and spiritually somehow the
s,pposiiion does not look so bright to
us now when we begin to think Of
standing before the judgment seat Of
Christ We know away down in our
hearts that we would not like to tel!
the world all the evil thoughts that
have passed through our minds and
all the evil deeds we have done or all
of our sins Of omission The world
may not suspect us of these sins. But
some day we shall have 20 be Judged
for all the actions and The thoughts of
our lives. Then what are we going 10
do II we have not received pardon
through Christ For God shall bring
every work into judgment with every
secret thing. whether it be good or
whether it be evil"
But as q last resort Satan comes to
us and says ".Ah, yes, of course. we
grant that you have bad past. Ru.
don't worry. You are like child who
has had bad attacl, of diphtheria
which has left the heart little weak
Tho child If he takes care of himself
will outgrow his physical infirmity
You will outgrow your spiritual weak
ncsses. You are spiritually getting bet,
ter every day. Besides, If death does
come crawling around. why, then yo,
can repent in toto, and all will be well
Don't worry. Everything will turn out
all right" Have not You heard Satan
speaking TO you in this way? have
what are the facts? You know tina,
while you are living away from Christ
instead of growing better YOU are grad
ualy becoming spiritually worse Youl
heart Is Ossifylng toward Gods touch
You know that YOU are becoming more
and more selfish. You know that in
stead of looking at sin with horror, n:
you once did, you are beginning more
and more 10 fondle sins hand as that
of friend. You furthermore know
that, like the prodigal of my text feed
ing upon the husks, you are gradually
sinking lower and lower in the Quag
mire of rebellion against Christ. VIVA
ought you to do? You ought to do as
did the prodigal. You ought to gel
right upon your feet and start for Goo
and for heaven. You ought, to here ant