Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1915-01-07
TODAY'S SERMON
FAITH

sundays sermon this afternoon fol
lows;
.The text is in the gospel of Mark
~ y; Therefore 1 say unto you, wha
things soever ye desire. when ye pray
neneve that ye receive them, and "
shall have them
THAT is, the things you desire wher
you pray, II YOU believe, shall be given
10 you. What things soever ye desire
That's personal When we pray, not
when you tire gossiplng about your neigh
bore. When We pray. believe, and they
shall be given unto you These words
were not said by the President OF the
United States, the King of England or
the Emperor of China, but by God Him
self
II believe that no grace is more highly
commended In all Scriptures than faith
Faith In some respects rather seems to
change and assimilate us more to the
character of God. Faith is the parent of
love. IL there Is no faith, there is no
love; IL there Is no faith, there is no
service. From faith all other graces
spring. Remember that without faith
there Is no love. Faith win grow IL you
ex1Dycise' v.
There are lot OF people In the church
today who have not as much faith as
when they Joined the church 25 years
ago, and that is because they didn't ex-
ercise their faith. end they let 1t wither
away through disuse. If you don't use
what you have you will lose It. God will
manifest His power more when He sees
evidences of faith. The more God sees
evidence OF faith the stronger is His
grace.
rFaith Is like the muscular system Of
the body; II you exercise it. 1t will grow;
IL you don't, 1t will not II you exercise
70, II Will make more muscles more
blood. more nerves; 1t Is like reading a
physical culture book: If you Just sit
still and read It, it will not do you any
good don't see why so many people
are begging for the crumbs from Gods
table when He would rather give them
whole bakeshop. I never could under
stand why you wouldn't rather be a
millionaire in grace than hobo. God |
wants you TO be a millionaire In grace. |
Faith is above all other things. Faith |
houors God and benefits the soul.
f'What things soever ye desire when |
We pray, believe and it shall be given |
you. Why you can't turn around with |
oue faith; you can't eat a meal of VIC |
tuals without faith. The marriage sys-
tenn Is built on faith; you had faith that |
that man would be true TO you or you
woudn't have said yes. He had faith that
you would be true to him or you bet he
wohldn't have said yes. Without faith
In the family the family goes to pieces.
1cu take letter to the postoffce and
mail 1t and you believe that Uncle Sam
VIII carry 1t to its destination. If you
HEX stamp and stick 1t on. Why are
you here this afternoon? Because of
faith. told you would come out and
preach. SO 1t is faith-faith.
DON'T BE A FOOL"
When you sit down and eat meal
OF victuals you don't understand how the
food is going to asslmilate through your
body; your understanding has nothing to
do with It, so don't go to hell because
you cant understand all there is in the
Bible. Don't be fool. You do multi
tudes Of things every day and you don't
known why you do them. II you were
asked why you do some things you
couldn't tell to save your life There are
lots of things In the Bible that if YOU
ask me to explain / couldn't do 1t to save
my life. but believe them. Don't ever
swell up with pride and think that your
Intellectual development is such that you |
san understand everything there is in
he Bible.
Gods blessing follows obedience. Stop
1cur praying. IL you pray for blessing
Rhen you are not willing to obey you
lever will be blessed; you never will be
blessed until you obey. You got the
hing wrong.
The promises OF the Bible are of two )
sinds- Now, you listen TO me, and don't
re conditional. The office of your faith
3 to apprehend the promises OF the
Bible as they are given II they are I
absolute promises, regard them as such;
they are conditional promises, regard !
hem such, and remember that your {
aith ~ equally shown with the one as !
With the other. with the absolute as with J
he conditional. but you must not expect 7
he fulnilnent of conditional promise !
nless you fulhll the condition OF the
Fomise. If you do. you deny that God
las HIS sovereign rights, and don't forget c
nat God has His sovereign rights, &
But II you expect God to keep a 8
lFonaiBe that Is conditional, IL you do c
lot fulhi the condition, then with each '
ecurring disappointment you will be led I
Q diabelieys I'm the veracity and promise 1
Z God. ?
New. many of you do not know what r
mean by an absolute promise or a I
onditlonal promise. Now, let me IL Il
astrate an absolute promise: I will put p
Hmity between Me and thee between y
hey seed and Ny seed I win bless
hem that bleHs thee and curse them that
urBs thee. That was the promise OF
- establishment of the church, the c
eelnning OF the Jewish nation; II was a
1e1lule. not conditional Now suppose
e sinner dossn't fulnll the promise.
We'll. he VIII 80 to hell. II the prom = =
'e a conditional.
let ms Illustrate; Whoever ahall 2
aH "a Ne IA the name OF the Lord, he =
han b saved supposlpE he doesn't I
aA Wen, hs Won't be saved; he win 90 \
8 hen 4
PROMISES INFALLIBLE. ),
e Gene unto he. All 70 that labor ana I
hsaey laden. ana / win give you 8
al Il you want rest, you must come; y
<pa dent eoms, don't expect rest You n
asti s4peet the accomplishment OF the d
isloaal promise only on the ground Z
zpa fuIalI the condition. then you 4
z 3 9lshf . expect It's accomplish
|zHE B.
A zeYIEel II a fulhllInent Of the con
|Itn that GOD has laid down for His d
est 50 salvation IS eondlEianals condl- el
aaai Qu your comingi n you don't come Il
Hl - logt Ihaaa promises are IN Il
Ole 1HteisIoIs certain - tia lndlTld- &.
aI f1iHI|a them - Ood has laid H
4e#u ana cHi4 s. Goa has iaAd &
4Ha sa4 ap|s s ihsS afa xuiHllod 8.
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