The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-03-22

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his opening |wasoH lat Kings 1895
to Is e The story 81 terobua ~ y
trying to change the place for the
gatherings of Isfaei which God had
appointed. the message of prophet
10 the disobedicnt. the prophets be-
| lieyng man rather than God. aud
bis destruction ON account pf this
! lie said thar an extremist Ii always
! a dangerous person whether III
business. In politics. Ia society. In
a congregation Of disciples or In the
church AT large He then recired the
story OF Jeroboam's first great sin
why he wished TO keep the people OF
( his kingdom from going to J.rusa-
| lem To worship and to the great
| feasts. and of his establishing an al
| tar at Dan. He spoke of those who
will today try TO keep people from
| hearing, and said that only a lie Is
afraid of investigation--~the truth
never trembles at the light, The
young prophet was sent to denounce
! King Jeroboam for his sin The king
ordered his arrest and great evil
came upon himself from which he
besought the prophet to pray for his
deliverance. After the request was
granted his hospitality knew no
| bounds but the Lord had told the
| young man neither to eat bread nor
| to drink water while there. An old
and false prophet heard of what had
! taken place and sought To lead the
young man into disobedience. For a
considerable while he resisted
| Bribery and flattery had both been
! resorted to in order to influence him
F.; but he stood firm. At last the lying
prophet told him that he himself had
received revelation from the Lord
telling him that the command TO the
! young man was now revoked and he
was free to share the hospitality ten
| dered to him. God had spoken to the
young man This he knew full we'll:
ibut this man assured him that God
lhad cancelled his former word. God
sspoke to our first parents and safO
hin the day thou eatest OF the fru1
Tor the tree. thou shalt surely de-
iAnother voice said st is good To
food, and will make you as God, AM
you shall not surely die" They be
I1feved the lie, although God haC
himself given them warning. and
:they reaped the harvest of wilful
|disobedience With this man, the
Eonly evidence he had that God had
revoked his command was the word
of man-only a man, although he
posed as religious teacher. Mans
word was accepted and death was
the penalty.
1t is not every lie which you may
believe that will bring death to your
soul, One may believe many things !
which are not true and still be saved. |
But to believe the word of any one, !
be he demon or parent or friend, or !
preacher, or angel, when that word |
asks YOU to reject what God has
said for you to do, if you act upon |
that belief and disobey God. although
you may think that the one whom
you believe is bringing you a later
message from the Lord-this is dan
Serous. dangerous, dangerous TO the
soul. Man has no right to accept |!
mans word. at any time or any
where when that word contradicts
what God has spoken. Still YOU may
believe what man tells YOU is the
word of God. when it is not and act
upon that belief. and still not bring
the Lords condemnation upon YOU.
As an illustration: Jesus Christ said
"Go ye into all the world and preach
the gospel 10 every creature; he
that believeth and is baptized shall |
be- saved +" These are Jesus own
words. II man tells YOU that the
Lord wants YOU 10 plead long with
him aud agonizc publicly aud wait |
for some strange sensation which Is !
better felt than told" la order To
receive forgiveness of sins. and II
YOU believe this. aud follow it out. |
II will not cause ynu To- lose saliva
tion. although 10 is unly The teaching |
of man. provided sou also do what |
God requires at your hands The /
faet that YOU reach the obedience |
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trom God is that whl,h leads him /
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