The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1911-12-15

ed Drains ptcCuIeS nuSu as ~
Thomas a Kempis and others nave
contured for our minds. and which De
came impressed upon us In infancy.
rhe Wrath Now Revealed.
The Bible tells what the wrath 70
come is. We will hook at that In oue
time. but now let us look at our text
and at the wrath which u says Is al
ready revealed II It "
where Is It and what IS IT.
We answer that the expression OF
Gods wrath against stn fs e IN the
sentence Of death against the sinner
-Dying. thou shalt die" This the
Scriptures call the curse" II q
rested upon our race for SIX thousand
years. Il Is visible to an. attested by
the reign Of sin and death Do we
not see depravity all about US and 90
we not realize some OF u In our own
selves1 Do We realize that our race u
o.-sng. mentally. morally and physical
ly7
Do we realize that an this b the
penalty Of sin1 Every piece OF crepe
every funeral procession every casket
every cemetery. every undertakers
sign, every physicians sign. all 4 our
weaknesses testify that Gods wrath
is upon our race Moreover, the earth
quakes and pesdlenceA the droutns
and foods, tell Us that our earth is not
in a perfect condition. suitable fof
perfect man. 1t tesdAes that there Il a
reason why our raoe Is treated BY our
Creator as q race Of convicta
No Dea4h curss IN heavsA
Does anyone think that the wrath
Of God Is thus revealed tn heaven
that amongst the holy angels Is I'M
perfection. sin and deaths Does any
n suppose that doctors o. undertak-
ers or cemeteries are there! Why
not? The answer b simple. The
wrath Of God Is not upon them. be-
cause they are not s~tnnees-they have
continued to abide In obedience to
Him.
WHO hath warned vow TO Gee from
the wrath to come" were John the
Baptist's words to some Of the Hoh-
ness people Pharisees, Of his day. To
what wrath did John refer1 We an
swer that he was a Prophet and was
thus foretelhng the time Of trouble
with which the Jewish Age ended. In
A D. TO There is nothing whateves
to indicate that he bad made any ref.
erence to a wrath Of God IN the fu
ture, that would come upon his hear
ers after they were dead. On the con
trary. the Scriptures everywhere teacf
that the dead are unconscious. tha
they can neither enjoy nor suffer any
thing. that they must wait for resusci
tation in the resurrection
Tho Wrath 10 Come.
Our Lord also corrobornted Ii
words of John the Baptist and decial
ed that the wrath Of God upon tina
nation was nigh; His words wer,
: .0rhese be the days Of vengeance upo
this people that all things written l
the Law and the Prophets concernin
!, them should be fulfilled duke XXI q
%; also the Apostle Paul q Thess'
= lonians II. 18. Some OF the things d
clared by the Lord in the Law and Il
e Prophets were fulfilled In the destru
y ton Of Jerusalem. and In the troub
!. which came upon the Jews at th'
. time. But other things written ha'
S had a grander fulhlment for 10 eigt
I cen hundred years; and not n tot
:. title can fail until all be fulfilled
- However. St Paul (Ephesians ',
= Colossians Iii. O mentions a CONT
time Of Divine wrath: and Jesus urg
His followers. saying. Watch ye, tn
ye may be accounted worthy to esca
all those things coming upon the wor
and to stand before the Son Of Maj
! This inttmates that tho wrath be
I. mentioned is to b worldwide. and
il the end Of ths Ago. eve a. the VIA
upon the Jewish nation was natt
widN In the end Of thotr Aga
= Gods People Should Keep Hsnds o
This special wrath will b manif
In "a time Of trouble such a. ne'
was since there was a nation" Dar
VI XII. ~ It will be specially upon tn
who fail to live up to the light q
privilege which they enjoy. 1t will
~ upon all the selfish or covetots. 9
VI upon the unclean and upon those v
unduly prize earthly things veal
honor, etc. Gods people are warn
"A "Be ye not ~partakers with Them" Z
n erw1se you viii have no part or lot
II the glorious Kingdom to which
have been called Of God, as joint b,
" with Jesus Christ, conditional u
y your suffering with Him that You =
H. Also reign with Him.