Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1914-07-04

know them because they are spiritual
ly discerned-" q Cor. 2-14).
Furthermore, the truth as 1t is in
Jesus carries with it condemnation
for the sinner, and no one enjoys re-
proof or rebuke- As the lawyer, will
Ing to justify himself, said: who Is
my neighbour" SO the natural heart
questions the authority of the Bible,
and even the existence of God, rather
than confess It's sin. Add to this the
fact that the devil who first injected
doubt into the mind of man, and who
is rightly called by our Savior the
father of lies, is ever seeking to preju-
dice the creature against the Creator,
and it is not strange that all thinking
people pass through a period of doubt
as to the fundamentals of religion,
and some are so completely blinded
that they never come out of their
spiritual darkness.
In dealing with doubters 1t is i'm
portant to ascertain their real posi-
ton Some skeptics are mere triflers
who are too indolent to grapple with
the truth in a resolute way, and so
lind it easier to doubt and drift with
the current of their natural inclina-
TONS Others use their skepticism as
say to such when they question the
inspiration of the Bible that one proof
of it's divine origin is the fact that it
describes their condition SO complete
ly, and tells how they came into that
condition.
Remind them that to doubt the
Bible does not alter the facts which it
reveals. but it does subject them to
the charge of making God a liar q
John 500, and it puts them under
condemnation He that believeth not
is condemned already. because he hath
not believed in the name of the only
begotten son of God. And this is the
the world. and men loved darkness
rather than light, because their deeds
were evil" John 3:18, 49,.
1t is said that a vessel once sighted
an enemy just at shutdown, and kept
up cannonade until the darkness
put a stop to it. When the sun arose
the next morning, they were cha
grined to find that the supposed enemy
was an immense rock, which still re-
NAMED intact after many hours of
bombarding. So in all ages men have
been demolishing the Bible as the
enemy of the human race, but the old
Book still stands, silent. but solid as
the Rock Of Ages For trif1ing skep-
ties John S:21, "a is very good as
showing the consequences of unbelief,
while John $40 discloses the origin
of their skepticfsm. -Ye will not
come to me that We might have Iife"
There is another class of doubters
who are really DESTROYS of knowing
the truth AS some one has ex-
pressed it, He wishes there was a
God to whom he could come as a
child to his father, but he does not
know whether there is or not, and he
wants to know He wishes he were
an immortal spirit; but he is not posi-
tive that he Is anything more than
an animated machine, and he seeks
for evidence He would be glad to
believe that this unknown God has
provided for this unknown soul some
way by which 1T could know both its
father and itself. He does not dis
believe in God or Christ, but he does
not know, and he wants to know
For such people there are two paths
to the light, the intellectual and the
moral The first begins with the
known and argues its way to the nm
known The creation proves a crea-
tor. Intelligent and moral beings
imply a creator capable of PRODUCING
such. The scientific method results
only in high degree of probability
it is true, but then we act every day
on just such probabilities, and we
ought to act upon them In religion.
The other method starts with the
distinction between right and wrong
which we all know. and which no
moral man can doubt Into this world
has come Jesus of Nazareth. He
meets our ideals. he commends him
self to our consciousness, he COM
mands our will If we take his life
and follow 1t. his teachings and obey
them. we will soon find our way into
the light II am the light of the
world: he that followeth me shall not
walk in darkness. but shall have the
light of life tJohn S-12). If any man
viii do his will. he shall know of
the doctrine, whether it be of God,
or whether / speak OF myself John
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