The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-03-04

U psflsetzy sssurd: aad that is ths ysiAt = IL Our tcse Jseus ws.ss .ss krs an fths sxeusess thst nah make fer not eeming to christ" He told the three sxcuses. In dstail showing how redieuiouSr they wore. You laugh 1t thosasS excuses. but want to .esk you if thers is apy one here tonight with better excusef am eoinE to, falke up the excuses men bring ,fogyard today for not coming to ChYist and show you the utter ab- surdity and unreasonsblensss of every 'srhe first excuse Is, this: there is too 2 much to give up That is ab- solutety unreasonable. You say. Do you mean to say there 10 nothing to gtve up fl. one comes to Christi No, say nothing of the Kind. I nsver knew any one to come to Christ yet that did not hsve to give up something I am not -seying there: is nothing to s,, kuse up' but sfili that excuse is ab- pr. Tcrrey gave three ,rsasons why This excuse is absurd: .is Because God only asks us to give up the thlnra that are doing us harm: 2 Because what " give up is nothing to what we re- cefye In return. It Is very easy to rive up tin when you get. gold. and -it is very easy to rive up sin -when you, get God: and 2. Recause what we give up for Christ is nothing to what Christ rave up for us. pr. Torrey said:
 Another may says: I have an ex- cute and . good one. There are SO many hpyocrites in the church That 'is the most absurd excuse . man, can 'o6er. There are hypocrites in the church. just as Jesus said there would 6e right up to the Judgment Day. crtte is no reason why you should trampN under foot the Son of God. Perhaps you are a hypocrite outside the church. looking for a, hypocrite .fn- side the churchi to hide behind. You cxn't hide behind thing that is small- CT than yourself. You must be . mighty small man or woman to be able to hide behind such . small hypocrite as that All the hypocrites are gothg to hell. which is ,bettsr. to spend [ few years with the hypocrftss in the church here on earth. and with all the good people at. the same time. or to spend eternity with ali the shypocrites in, hell. with ali the had peopief
 :, Y third says: I am . pretty good sort of man: I do not profess to be Chris tan, but think that. the good in my
 
 Init. and I think God will accept mo on the ground of the good have done and the character rnhavs maintained To that man and thkt woman, ! say: You are . sinner Jesus said: Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart. and with all thy soul and with all thy mind. This fs the first and greatest commandment Aperson who makes this excuse. then violates the first ,and great commandment be- fore which the minor moralities of our treatment of men sink Into utter instg- nificance. There is no hope for such q one outside the atoning blood of Jesus Christ. shed on the Cross of Calvary. ! e"Another man. says: I am too grea, . sinner to come to Christi Now be- iieve people make that excuse honest- iy. I believe there are great many people who would like to come -buf think they, are too bad. What shall say~to themf What God says in Tim othy. 1, 1b: This is faithful saying. and worthy of all acceptation. that Je- sus Christ came into the world to save sinners: of whom I am chief
 "Another man says: My excuse is different I cannot hold out Well, that excuse is. perfectly absurd. Why ia my. excuse absurdT Because God does not ask you to hold out. Holding out is not your business. That Is the business of the. Lord Jesus Christ. We read In Jude, verse 24: He Is able to keep you from falling and to present you fauitiess before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy! There is not q man who Is able to hold out in his own strength. but there is nos man CT woman ssoa weak that Jesus Christ cannot keep him of her. A''< sei
 The sixth and last excuse. A man may say 4'god won't receive me if come. Propie make this excuse in dif- ferent ways, They have ssinned away the day Of grace. they havk conrnitteo the sinpardonable -stn. and they think God won't receive them If they come That excuse is just as, absurd as the others 1t is contradicting Gods plain state1nsnti, in John vi; /37: Him that cometh unto Me I will in no wise cast out
 "God Is pure. in spite. of the devil in spite of your fear. in spite of every thing. And. standing on Gods Word I proclaim to every man and woman that if you come to Jesus Christ. He viii take you now.