Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-27
What Shall the End Be of
Those Who Do Not Obey Gospel?

Foilowing is the sermon preached last
night az the Tabernacle by the Rev
"Rllly'' Sunday.
First Epistle Of Peter. Fourth chapter
aud the Seventeenth verse: what shall
the end OF them that obey not tho gospel
Of God9'
No book ever came by luck or chance.
Every book owes It's existence to some
being or beings. and within the range and
scope OF humah intelligence there are
but three things-good had and God.
All that originates In intellect; all which
the intellect can comprehend. must come
from one of the three. This book. the
Bible, could not possibly be the product
OF evil, wicked, Goddess, corrupt. vile
men, for Il pronounces the heaviest PEN
alties against sin. Like produces like,
and II bad men were writing the Bible
they never would have pronounced con-
demnatlon and punishment against wrong
doing. So that is pushed aside.
The holy men OF old We are told. spAke
as they were moved by the Holy Ghost.
Men do not attribute these beautiful and
mRtchiess and weli-arranged sentences
TO human intelligence alone. but we are
told that men spake ne they were In
splred by the Holy Ghost.
The only being left. 90 whom you, or !,
or any sensible person could asoribe
the origin OF the Bible 10 God. for here
IL book, the excellence of which rises
above other books. like mountains above
mole-hllls--a book whose brillianoy and
life giving power exceed tho accumulated
knowledge and combined efforts OF men,
like the sun exceeds the lamp, which Is
but base Imitation OF the SUMS glory.
Here r. book that tells me where
came from and where I arm going a book
without which ! would not know OF my
origin and destiny. except as might
CLEAN u from the dim outlines OF reason.
or nature, either OF both OF which would
be unsatisfactory 20 me. Here is a book
that tells me what 20 do and what not
TO do.
Nest Believe IN God.
Most men believe In GOD. Now and
then you find a man who Doesn't. and
he's fool for The fool hath said in
his heart. there IL no God" Most men
have sense. Occasionally you will find
n fool. or an inf1del, who doesn't believe
In God. Most men believe IN n God that
win reward the right and punish the
NAbhht tuStNAbNN ~ - GANNA WheN Ahh-
tude you ought to assume toward my
message tonight. for the message bring
60 you 10 not from human reason or in
telligence, but from Gods book.
What shall the end be of them that
obey not the gospel OF ood1' Now listen,
and 1 will try ana help you.
A man said. II cannot be n Christian.
cannot obey God" That 10 not true.
That would make God out a demon and
wretch. God says n you are not
Christian you will be damned. II would
make God out n demon II. when God
commanded you to repent. he knew you
could not, but he would condemn you II
you didn't II God asked mankind to do
somsthing. and he knew when he asked
them that they could not do II, ana no
told them he would damn them II they
didn't do II. II would make God out a
demon and a wretch. and will not allow
you or any other man TO stand up and
insult my God. You can be a Christian
II you want to. and II Ia your cussedness
that you are unwilling TO give up that
keeps you away from God.
Surprising 1 should 20 on top Of q
building and say 10 my little baby boy,
Fly up TO me-" IL he could talk. no
NOhiu NtANg NuH anu UhppCAhH
would say. But you can: II you don't.
I'll whip you to death" When ] asked
him 60 do It. knew he couldn't yet
told him would whip him TO death
II he didn't and In saying that would
as an earthly father. be just as reason
able a. God would be. II no should ask
you TO do something you couldn't do,
and though He knew when He asked you
la A.
damn you II you didn't do II.
DOn't say You Can't.
Don't tell God you can't Just say
you don't want 70 be a Christian, that's
the way TO be q man. Just say. II don't
want to be decent; don't want TO quit
GUESSING; don't want TO quit booze-
fighting; I don't want 20 quit lying;
don't want 10 quit committing aduItry.
II / should be a Christian, would have
TO quit those things. and don't want to-"
Tell God you are not man enough TO be
a Christian. Don't try 10 saddle II off
on tho Lord. You don't wSnt 10 do II,
that's all; thats the trouble with you.
A man I'm town In Ohio came and
handed one OF the ministers a letter. and
he said. IT want you 10 read that when
you get home" When the minister got
homo he opened Il and Il read like this;
II was at tho meeting last night. and
somehow or other. the words What shall
the end be7 got hold of me. and troubled
me. went 10 bed. but couldn't sleep.
got up and went to my library. I took
\ down my books on infidelity and searched
them through and through. But none OF
them could answer the cry and longing
OF my heart. and turn 20 you. Is there
help2 Where will I find III" And that
man found It where every man ever has.
or ever will find II. down at the Cross
OF Jesus Christ, and have been praying
God that might be the experience OF many
In this tabernacle.
PraYs that Two Words May Help,
Ever since God saved my soul and sent
me out TO preach, have prayed Him "a
enable me 10 pronounce two words, and
put into those words all they will mean
TO you; II they ever become q reality, God
pity you. One word Is Lost and the
other n Eternity"
Ten thousand years from now we will
all be somewhere. Ten thousand times
ten thousand times ten thousand years
the eternity has just begun. Increase the
multiple and you viii only increase the
truth.
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