The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1915-10-19

| change the whole atmosphere into
water, and thus the resources of the
flood are at once provided. But,
friends, | commend you to the care
tul account given by Moses in the
seventh chapter of Genesis.
ITS universally extended to the
whole world. All mankind all ami
mails, except such as live in the wat
ers, were destroyed. We have heard
and known of destructive foods and
! inundations desolating districts or
countries; but this swept over tho
| face of the wide world; involved ali
in one common ruin. Men may SUI.
fer great calamities by land or sea
| through the appointments of the proyi-
| dence of God. Good men have often
thus suffered but this was The effect
of divine Indignation; the wrath Of
God. Here was God justifying his
right and authority. The ruler O.
the universe summoning the elements
Of nature to punish his rebeliioIs
creatures. Scripture records on its
pages the fearful calamites God has
permitted on disobedent persons, and
natiOns-the stoning of Aclaa---the
opening of the earth to swallow up
Korah, the shifting the presumptuous
sinner with disease and sudden death,
the destruction of Pharaoh, and his
host, the overthrow of SodOm and
Gomorrah, the destruction of Jero-
raigned, condemned and destroyed |
A whole race is swept away, except |
Noah and his family. There Yer
was anything like it.
what was the cause of this great |
calamity? Universal wickedles5. The |
minds of the people We're totally alien
ated. Hearts were filled with envy,
and only evil, and that continually
The cup OF evil was full, the fruit
ripe for destruction. There was nv
pious rejection of Divine authority
1t is obvious that God tried to save !
the people. After he had taken the
survey seen the guilt, and determined
to punish, yet he gave one hundred
twenty years space for repentance; |
and, if there had been a turning from
sin, as in the case of Nineveh, doubt
less judgment would have been avert
ed But these years of grace were
all abused and most likely despised.
My friends, final impentence must
bring destruction. So it is in the
case of every human today Sin and
evil will bring destruction. This is
the edict of Almighty God. There
is no escape The flood is only a
threat OF what will happen to every
sinner under heaven unless he re-
pents of his sins. Gods law is in
evitable and immutable. The soul
that sinneth shall die and there is
no escape, except by faith in Jesus
Christ and repentance toward God.
He gives you chance for your lives.
He withholds the destruction and per- {
mits YOU to hear the gospel and pre-
pare for a way of escape. Noah
preached God unto the people of his (
lay, but they would not heed. They t
lid not believe him. did not take time ;
o investigate, but scorned his ex-
lortation and plea. What are you
loing my friends, tonight, with the q
aw of God and the gospel of His
son? Rejection and disobedence will
surely bring destruction to your
ouls. =,
Noah was delivered from the de- =
uge. He was not permitted to be I
Why? He heard the O
oice of God He knew the law OF the y
ing. He had faith in God and His i
iyine edicts. He listened, he obeyed i
ie built the ark as God directed Il
nd gathered into it his family. They -
'ere saved. Noah was a godly man. =
ie was just man. He believed in 70
od, and feared and obeyed Him, R
nd hence, in the day of wrath, God "A
rovided for his security, and saved a
i'm and his house from destruction. q
cd has prepared a way of escape A
)r us from the wrath to come. Faith y
! His son, repentance towards God, q
)nfession Of Jesus Christ before men 81
nd baptism insures our pardon. Then q
life of Christian living will make a
cod the escape" q