The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1914-06-29
REv.E.E.R|CE IS
HEARD IN GOOD
SERMON ONLOvE
SERVICE AT WEST HILL BAPTIST
CHURCH WAS INTERESTING,
BECAUSE OF DISCOURSE BY
THE WELL-KAoWN PREACHER.

THE WELL-KNoWN PREACHER.
Rev. z. z. Rice preached at the
West Hill Baptist church at the even
ing service from the subject, THE
Change of Heart" using for a text
2 Cor. 5:14-"For the Love Of God
Constraineth Us" He said in part:
Since that day on the Damascus
road when Paul heard the Saviour
say to him 7 am Jesus he was
changed man. He knew OF his suffer
ings, but until then he did not know
that he suffered for him
TO know Jesus is to have a change
Of heart. To know that he so loved
you and died for you, and to trust
him as your Saviour. and to believe
in him as did Paul is TO have a new
nature. When Jesus told Nicodemus
that he must be born again, and he did
not understand. then the Saviour said.
For God so loved the world that He
gave His only begotten Son. that who
soever believeth in Him should not
perish but have everlasting life
Why did Paul from that time on
him to do? Why did he say What
wilt Thou have me to dor Because
from that time on he knew Jesus. 1t
is sweet to know him, Why did Paul
ever after this. work, work, work?
The text suggests an answer. Paul
did not serve God to keep from hell,
or just to get to heaven. He did not
scratch just to get scratched, bue we
hear him say, The love OF Christ con-
straineth u.s. VI"
20 love the one Saviour,
0 love the one sea;
No live begun
That begins not in Thee"
TT was love that sent Morrison to
China and Livington to Africa. 1t
was love that sent Booth to Hae slums
in London. If know my heart It was
love that prompted me- to be baptized,
and try to render some service for my
Master. GIadstone's goodness is seen
in a line found in his diary which
reads, In practice the great end is
that the love of God may become the
habit OF my soul
To know Jesus is to have a changed
heart and to be able to say with the
poet,
For the love OF God is broader than
the measure Of mans mind;
And the heart of the Eternal Is most
wonderfully kind"
Napoleon said Alexander, Caesar
and have founded great empires, but
by force. Jesus alone founded, His
empire on love and today millions
would die for him
To know Jesus is to be able to call
His name Wonderful To them who
know Him, He is g reality, He is En-
manuel, which means God with US.
To know Him is to love Him, and to
love Him is to know Him and this
rnanifests itself in service. If l be |
lifted up ! will draw all men unto |
Me- A service without love is not |
fruit, for Jesus said, 'Ye cannot bear !
fruit except We abide in the vine If !
you give your body to be burned and |
all your goods to feed the poor and |
have not Iowa 1t is nothing says Paul. |
And Jesus said in Matt. IS, But he |
that receiveth seed into good ground |
is he that heareth the word and un-
derstandeth it, who also beareth |
fruit So to know Jesus as your Sa-
vtour is to be in the vine, and you will |
bear fruit as result
Judges 12-"Then said they unto |
him, say now Shibboleth, and he said
Sibboleth, for he could not frame to
pronounce it right So Paul says in
is the Lord but by the Holy Ghost A
lip service where the heart has not
first been made right, is nothing. Ro-
man So says, The love of God is
shed abroad in the heart by the Holy
Ghost And no man can call Him
Lord but by the Holy Ghost The
greatest question of all questions is |
Not what church do you belong to? |
While that is important, It Is not the
most important thing. But is your
hear right in the sight Of God?'
Were 7 as tall to reach the pole
And grasp the nations with q span
I must be measured by my soul
The heart is the standard Of the |
man"
There is only one place in the
Bible where the question was asked
What must do TO be saved?' And
the answer was, believe on the Lord
Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved
and thy house. To believe on Him
is to love and trust Him. And If you
love Him you will love them that are
begotten OF Him. And then you can
bring forth fruit IF you love Me keep
My commandments. And now abideth
faith, hope. love, these three but the
greatest of these is love"
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