The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-09-06
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IS HEARD IN A
STRONG SERMON
PASTOR OF EAST HILL BAPTIST
CHURCH PREACHED TO IN
TEREsTED CONGREGATION ON
MOST APPROPRIATE SUBJECT.

s. E. Rice preached at the East
Hill Baptist church Sunday from a
text in Roman 81, 8, 9, Because the
carnal mind is ennity against God,
for it is not subject to the law of
God, neither indeed can be. So then
they that are in the flesh can not
please God. But ye are not in the
flesh but in the Spirit if so be that
the Spirit Of God dwell in you. Now
If any man have not the Spirit of
Christ he is none of his" He said in
part:
ssThe natural man receiveth not the
things of the Spirit. The natural
man can not know them, for he is
blinded in mind, and dead in tres
passes and sin. One just as well try
to understand how honey tastes, hav-
ing never tasted it, as for one not
spiritual to understand the spiritual
For if 1.-THE carnal 11ind) is not sub
feet to the law of God neither indeed
can be- Ye must be born again: old
things must pass away and behold
all things become new. But if the
Spirit Of Him that raised up Jesus
from the dead dwell in you, he that
raised up Christ from the dead snail
also quicken your mortal bodies by
Spirit that dwelleth in you Roman
Sill. Have you the Spirit of Christ
II not you are none of his. If you
have then are ye the children of God
and every one that hath this hope
in him purifieth himself even as he is
pure. John 3:;3.
In a certain magazine was a ques-
ton. "What is a Christian after all p
My answer to this is, a Christian is
one who has been born again, born
fro1a above. Mr.. Summerfeld asked
a person where he was born. The
man answered tIn Dublin and Liver
pool Summerfeld asked how tha'
could be-" The answer wasA Art thol
teacher in Israel and understands
not these things ~ A twelve-year
old boy was seen with a New Tesla
ment in his hand The party wht
met him asked him if he could read
He replied BY turning to John SIS
Verify, verify, say unto you, ex
cept man be born again, he cal
not see the kingdom of Goo"
He was asked what the vers
ment. He said, a great change.
Then to catch him, he was aske
what Kingdom meant. His repl,
was Something here (and he put hi
right hand on his heart) and some
thing yonder as he pointed upwar
with his left hand. The text teache
us for one to just be an inhabitant o
so-called Christian country or
member of church does not consti
tute him a christian. No child
born without the personal present O
that which it is born. So to be Dor
of the Spirit takes the personal pres
ence of the Spirit. To become
Christian implies a new birth. $50
our gospel came not unto you in wor
only but also in power and in tn
Holy Ghost. Thess 1:5." One wa
told baptism changed the nature; h
decided to try it. He was baptize
and was asked by the preacher if b
did not love Jesus more than any
thing else. His reply was, mop,
love yellow chicken soup de best" I
whitewaSh the pump does not sweete
the water nor to dress up a pig doe
not change his desires.
I'm view Of our protracted meetin
which is to begin Tuesday night /.
as remember that Spiritual victorie
are won by means and upon principle
more or less foolish and unadequai
to the view Of the non-spiritual. TIL
was true as to the fall of Jericho, an
with Gideon and the three hundre
The text suggests to us a reason fl
prayer. Prayer is honoring the Hol