Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-12-14
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Of Babel and prove themselves inue'
nendent of Gods care. So our greatest
sins are often committed after Coo
has given to us our greatest spiritual
blessings.
They Had Forgotten.
Oh. how often our spiritual lives are
like that Of King David! One moment
we seem to be standing as target for
the iavelln Of King Saul and God res
cues US; the next we are playing the
fool down 10 King Achish's court
How much our spiritual lives seem 10
be like that Of Peter We seem to be
in holy ecstasy. We are bowling at
Christs feet and crying, MY Lord
and nv God. will do everything for
thee" The next minute we are de-
nying that we ever knew him, whle
his enemies are leading him away TO
execution, and we are denying him
with an oath When the pendulum
swings very far in one direction II Is
apt to swing back just as far n tne
other direction. The prayers ana the
conservation Of Puritan England were
followed by the debauchery and the
dissoluteness of the reign OF Charles
II. The days of fasting and prayer
which directly succeeded the food were
followed by the building of the tower
of Babel by the people of the lana OF
Shinar. Beware, o man. what thou
doest after thou hast knelt at the ia
BILE Of the holy communion! Beware
O woman. how Satan is allowed 10
touch you Just after you have seen
Christ's face revealed upon the Mount
of Transformation 1t is when we
feel the safest that we are IN the
greatest danger of slipping. Great
sins often tread upon the heels OF
great manifestations Of Gods glory.
Lastly | remark that the punishment
Of a mans sins may be the indirect
means of driving him to do coos
work in a greater way than he ever
conceived he could do. These men OF
Shinar had no idea Of obeying God by
snreading over the earth. They pro-
posed to stay together where they
were. And they said, Go to, let US
build a city aud a tower whose top
NAV reach unto heaven and let US
make q name lest we be scattered
abroad upon the face Of the earth.
These men Of Shinar were afraid
their people would become so scattered
that they could not protect them
selves from the assaults Of an enemy.
Thus they wanted to build a great city
and a tower which would be a central
magnet to hold them together. But
- God intended them not to stay To-
gether. Therefore in furnishing them
: for the defiance they displayed In
building the tower he provided foE
their dispersion. 1t is always futile tc
;, resist Gods plans. The disciples were
j hidden at the ascension to preach the
. eosnel through the world and to tarry
in Jerusalem only till they had re
ceived power. but they tarried unit
means were taken to disperse them.
great persecution arose. and they 100
were scattered abroad. So with us-i
we delay to go forth to preach wheI
we are bidden we are liable 10 De inau'
u so uncomfortable that we shall be gla'
- to go.
= Lastly. what lesson this teaches t
iS those of us who are trusting In our
= selves and rejecting the gospel! Whel
u we are striving to establish our owl
righteousness we are upbuildlng tow
u er for our safety. That is not God
ie way for US 1t is humiliating to ente
e. the door with the disreputable and th
+ criminal VIII not the tower we ar
ID building protect rs from the wrath O
'e God? No; let us give up our ow
u work and yield to Christ. In him alon
~ there is safety Then when the wind
u blow and the foods descend we sha
It be safe. for we are founded on a rock
-. rCopyrlght 1907. by Louis Klopsch.l