Semi-weekly herald., 1909-09-30

"''t w 10 uoiuS lie lS CONSTANTLY |
drawn out 10 think OF these things |
And we may know that that drawing |
toward God and holy things is not
natural, for as Paul says in Rom.
s;h' The carnal mind is enmity with
God Left to yourself you would
never seek to know God. The wicked
are estranged from the womb the,
go astray as soon as they be born"
we do not naturally turn to God, as
the new born babe to its mothers
breast.
Convinced of Sin,
Then again, when one fnds himself
convicted of sin he may know that
the Spirit is striving with him. John
1873, And when ne (the Holy Spirit
Is come He Will convict the world of sin,
and of unrighteousness of judgment"
Sometimes the conviction is general
making the individual feel that he Is
utterly undone. Sometimes IL seizes
upon some certain sin in the life that
you are not willing to surrender. IT
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BILE. the dance hall. and then there be-
gins conflict between the Spirit of
God and the mind of the sinner. The
| Spirit often strives with men, making
them see the danger of dying witheut
Christ Many times are the wicked
| AFRAID to go to sleep for they may
wake up in hell. All men out of Christ
would like to make themselves be-
lieve that there is no danger of dying
| without Christ. but there is present
| the warning cry of the small still
voice. Then again the Spirit often
strives with individuals showing them
that they are receiving their last call.
Many men have had an impression
| that they were receiving their last
call aud II afterwards proved to be
so. A number of people have come to
me after their conversion and said
that they had a conviction come upon
them that 1t was either settle the Quas-
ton then and there or else they never
would.
Next Mr.. Lowry called attention to
a number OF ways in which the Holy
ypirit may be resisted
Jesus said in John 6 SO, "1ne words
that l have spoken unto you are Spir.
IL and they are life" So then in re.
sistng the word OF God you are in
reality resisting the Spirit of God. be
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find that the word of God and the
Spirit of God are always closely asso
ciated in the conviction and conver
sion OF souls, A man can resist a
certain truth until 1t ceases to have
any power over him. AT first 1t awak
ems and arouses him, 1t may be tc
anger, but he resists it-soon the strug
gle is over and it ceases TO affect
his mind or TO move his soul, and
afterWpFa he can hear the same truth
and be absolutely unmoved by 1t
Haven't many of you heard certain
truths which at first stirred your souls
but you resisted 1t. aud aiterward you
have been able to listen to the same
appeals and be absolutely unmoved
thereby II SO you can saioly con
clude that thus far you have resisted
the Spirit OF God and you are Just
that much nearer the verge of an
eternal doom.
In Supporting Error.
One may resist the Spirit by endeav.
oring 10 support error. You may take
AN erroneous position in respect to
your souls salvation and begin by
excuses and arguments to support
yourself in it, and you win soon come
TO the place where you will believe
the very thing that you knew in the
beginning To be lie. Let q man take
the morality dodge. at flrst he knows
that he isn't right with God, and that
he is lost, but let him by argument
and excuses begin to support himself
in that position, he viii soon come to
believe himself to be perfectly secure
In spite Of the fact that he Is ON his
way TO hell. Then many resist the
Holy Spirit by lndulging In spirit
OF levlty when they should be most
serious minded indeed. Many times
nave seen people In the audience
which had been deeply moved by the
Spirit turn and laugh and indulge H.
light remarks. aud thus drive ava,
conviction. Above all things on earth
my friend. the time for you to be
serious minded is when an invitation
Is being given you to become a Chris
| tian. What You do In that one min
ute's time may settle your eternal de-
tiny either for heaven or hell.
What Are the Consequences.
First-We see hardness of heart get
ling in. Every time Pharoah resisted
his heart became Just that much more
hardened to Gods pleadings. The
same sun that melts the ice also hard
ems the clay-the same gospel that
brings to repentance those who accept
1t, hardens those who reject IL. Here
followed an illustration of the case of |
young lady that came under the OBJ |