Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-24
God Tells Both Sides of the Story
in the Holy Bible, Says Sunday

trary TO the law. When you think against
the laws Of God you are a sinner. You
can think against the law and not be a
criminal, but you cannot think against
the laws Of God and not be a sinner.
Thought and Actions.
Moses said: Thou shall not commit
adultery" Jesus Christ said ''whosoeveT
looketh upon q woman 70 lust after her.
hath committed adultery with her already
IN his heart" Chastity requires purity Of
heart as well az outward act. A lot OF
you don't act, but you think and you are
Just a. low-down o. n you acted.
How did God treat David1 Did He I'm
cork the Walls of His wrath upon him1
mol There isn't n man IN he'll that God
didn't give a chance. He vsnt Nathan 10
him and Nathan TOLD him the story OF the
eve. There was a rich man and he had
large fooks and one day follow. whom
we would call q hobo, came along and
asked him for something to eat. and
there was a neighbor who was poor and
had just one little eve which was q pet
OF the children, and the rich man ordered
his servants to 20 take the eve by force
ana he killed Il and made savory meat
Of the flesh and gave II 10 the wayfarsr
And David was angry, and / can imagine
him stamping HIS foot and crying. II vow
the man that did that shall surely die"
And Nathan pointed hts finger at him
and said; Thou art the man."
I'd like to have lived in the days Of the
old prophets. Those old fellows never
trimmed their smile for anybody. That's
why God honored them in tho old days.
They told the kings or anybody ~ they
were old sinners. Then David called in the
words OF my text: Il have Hinned against
the Lord" And Nathan said unto David
''The Lord hath put away thy sins.
Note first he sinned against his light.
Ho knew he had sinned when he sinned
and 20 does every one Of you today.
Ignorance Of the law Is no excuse.
Neither IL ignorance OF the law OF God
any excuse. You have chance 20
learn and It is your business TO learn.
Every one knows when he sins.
Second: He will forgive you II you will
repent.
Third. can you forsake your viiest sins
II you yield 70 Christ?
Second; He sinnsd against his position
as kins. He influenced others TO sin. He
hurt his wife and his children No man
lives 20 himself alone. What you sur
fer your wife and children suffer. Yet
II you were tho only one that was in.
jured I'd preach just as hard to save
YOU But you're not. No man can live
70 himself alone. ] got up and asked
about a giri. ''oh, she is so-and-so, her
mother IL so-and-so." So many a child
Il ostracixed and stigmstised BY society
and compelled to live an isolated life
because he has the blood OF certain
old disreputablo scoundrel IN his veins.
A giri Il handicapped because you ara
her father. And your sister hangs her
head IN shame because you are her
brother and because Of the life you
lead. 30 do you. You Elm against your
positions in the home. IN society. In COM
merce and In the lodge. You can do as
you like.
II was a great SIN ana a great re-
pentance. ia like to ask you for your
definition OF repentance. Yo'd say u
was sorrow. No. You can't find man
In . penitentiary who IL not sorry. Not
sorry because he has broken tho laws.
but because he was caught So It's not
repentance.
II isn't conviction. II conviction were
ropentance every one here would have
been saved long ago. Lots OF you are
convicted that you're living the wrong
kind OF a life. hut you're converted.
You're not willing to take a new stand.
II there's anybody on earth desplss IT'S
a religious coward. So It's not oonvic-
ton.
Change of MIND Needed.
It 'sn't rcnaorss. Down in a nesting
IN Troy. N. T.. . man got up one day and
yelled. 'Remorse. remorse." and three
days later behind a stale beer Joint they
found his body. But remorse was not
repentance.
Repentance is q change OF mind which
leads 10 change Of conduct with refer
ence TO sin toward God and man. and
that you ask God for forgiveness through
Jesus. Many Of you have not changed
your conduct. A man steals, but he
stops. He II reformed, but no Is not
saved In other words. a man Will
como down and say he 10 wrong, but
will not accept Christ a. his personal
Saviour. Bepentanoe means TO turn your
back on sir and live for the LORD
You cannot be saved unless you are
born again. Nothing will take the place
of being born again. Baptism and con-
firnafion will not take its place. eve
must be born again.
Over "a tbs eighth chapter Of Acts
you find certain rich man named simon
who. when he saw the soy Peter was
bringing. asked him how much Il cost.
And Peter told him. '"rhy money perish
with thee" He showed him It couldn't
be bought. That fellow had been baptized
You can bet he had been baptized accord
ina 90 whatever the right way of baptis-
ing In the bible is. either sprlnkied or
immersed. There was a baptized lost
sinner. Peter told him he had no part In
/ this matter. that he couldn't buy Il with
money
No performances Of religious oeFomonioa
win save you You may so 20 church and
read tho Bible and know the Ions and
short catechism. but you must be born
again. Everybody that is born again does
these things. but everybody that does
these things isn't born again.
Orthodoxy OF faith will not save you.
No one has the devil beaten for orthodoxy
The devil has a lot Of preachers backed
OFF the boards. lie believes that Jesus
Christ IL the Son OF God and he trembles
and thas'a more than some of you old lob
sfers out there do. He believes in the
Bible and heaven and hell. Tho devii be
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