The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1907-02-01

not repent enough: they Imagine
hat were they 10 repent up to a GER
tain degree, they would be saved
"oL, sirl" some OF you will ay, y
have not ,.a'tence eaough" Below
e., let me tell you hat there is not
any eminent degree Of repentance
which Is necessary 70 talyatlon. You
know there are degrees Of faith and
yet the least faith saves; 30 there
are degrees OF repentance, and the
least OF repentance will save the
soul II It is sincere. The Bible says,
"He that bslleveth shall be saved"
and when It says that It includes the
very smallest degree Of faith So
when II sNA Repent and be saved"
Il iptludes the man VINO has the low
eat degree Of real repentance, Re
'pentance moreover. y never perfect
10 airy man 10 this mortal state. We
heytr get perfect faith 80 as TO
b. entirely free from doubting; and
we never get repentance which iF
free from tome hardness Of heart.
The most sincere penltent that you
know win feel himself to be partial
ly impenltent Repentance Is also n
Continual lifelong act. Il will grow
continually, ! believe . Christian
on his deadh-bed will more bitterly
repent than ever he did before. 1t
Is thing To be done all your life
long. Shining and repenung
- SHINING and repenting. makes
up Christian on his death-bed will
more bitterly repent than ever he did
osior. II Is thing 10 DO done all
b.re II Is n thing 20 be done all
your life. Rpenting and believing in
Jesus. make up the consummation Of
his happiness You must not ex-
pet that You will be perfect in re
PEE ,tnoe' before you are saved
No Christian can be perfect Re
p@, lance before you are saved
Nc Christian can be perfect, E" Re.
peDiance is grace Some people
y sch II as condition OF saliva.
tluL Condition Of nonseasel Their.
are no c1nd' u5n Of salvation Coo
gives the salvaton himself; and b
only gives q 10 those 20 whom he viii
lie says.1 will have mercy on whom
viii have mercy" II. then, Cos
has given you the least repentance
II II be sincere repentance, prais
INN for T.. and expect that repentanc
will grow deeper AMI deeper as yo
go further on. Then this remark
dirk. ought TO b. applied to al
Christians Christian men and wom'
you feel that you have not deel
enough repentance. You feel that yc
have not faith large enough. wha
are you 10 do? Ask for an inceas
: OF faith, and Il willgrow. SO wit
; repentance Have you ever uie
b set deep repentance at first. ST.
core penitenoe you must have. the
{ under divine grace you will 90 o
! from strength to strength until
: last you shall hate and Abhor 81
I az serpent or a viper. m
then shall you Be near.verynear!th
perfection Of Repentance. These fe
thoughts. then in opening the sui
Z iect And how you say. what a
o the signs OF true ''rcpentance"
: the sight Of God?
+ Fist. tell you. there is alwa!
. sorrow with Il No man ever 7,
penis OF ain without having some kir
OF sorrow with IL More or less ii
teu4e, II may be. according 10 Il
: way Ia which God callshim.and h
8 pNv'ous manner OF life. but the
!. must be some sorrow. We do N
care wnen Il comes, but at some tin
VI other II must come. or II Is NJ
the repentance OF tho Christian
knew man once who protested III
he had repented. and he certain
was changed chararter. so far /
the external was concerned. but
never could see that he had al
real sorrow for ain, neither VIII,
he confessed to believe in Jesus d
II ger see any marks OF penltenoe
him. | considered In that man
was a kind OF ecstatic jump into grai
and found Afterwards he had iu
as ecstatic a Jump into guilt agai
lie Was not a sheep OF God.for
had not been washed inpenitence; {
all Gods people have 20 be wash,
there when converted from their sir
No man can come &c Christ al
know his pardon without feeling IN
sin Is a hateful thing. for II y
Jesus to death Ye who have tea
less eyes, unbended knees. unbrok
hearts, how can ye think ye are "a
ed7 The gospel promised salvati'
only to those who really repent
Ito BE Conunued)
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