Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-25
Look to Yourselves that You
Receive Full ReDord from Jesus

- @NN"eAh - AVAANNHs
A great many people suppose that
after they have accepted Jesus Chris,
as their Savior. made public acknowl-
edgment OF Him as such and Joined a
church, that that is all there is TO A
Christian life. Well, there Is something
more, that comes by way of experience
am one OF the kind that believes tina,
there are consistent and increasing bless.
ings to be had II you pay the price but
1t costs something to know the fullness
OF Gods power and to be able to have
God answer your prayer.
There Is something more, and Il comes
when at last we stand In the presence
OF Him who, having not seen. we love.
In II John, part of the eighth verse. ]
read Look to yourselves that we re-
celVe full reward" The emphasis
should be placed on the word FULL"
John seems DESTROYS OF impressing the
followers Of Jesus with the fact that
there are rewards. There are those who
will be satisfied with just getting into
heaven, and as Job says. by the skin
OF your teeth" John seems DESTROYS OF
impressing the followers OF Jesus with
that fact, and he says Look to your
selves that We receive full reward" DO
your utmost and your best. You are
not going to be rewarded on the basis Of
comparison. God isn't going to COM
pare what / do with what you do. God
won't Judge you by what Solomon. or
David, or John did. but God is going to
Judge every man and woman according
to his or her own ability. Look to YOUR
selves" Never mind what do. Never
mind whether you can do as much as the
preacher. Look to yourselves that we
receive a full measure"
Reward is Promised.
I am not surprised at all to hear John
say in the nineteenth chapter Of Mat
thew, I'VE have forsaken all and fol-
lowed Thee. What shall we have then?'
Possibly you have found yourself pom
dering over that same question. know
l have. 1 have said many, a time We'll.
Lord, l have made great sacrifices for
You. have sacrificed the delight which
1t would give me to be at home with wife
and children. l have sacrificed hours
and nights OF sleep and nave had days OF
worry and long nights or labor. 1 have
done great deal. l have been in the
thick of the fight. / have been on the
firing line for you when have thought
was the only one standing for Gods
truth. 1 have been in fields white under
the harvest and have labored in the bar
rem spots" 1t is not a good thing simply
to think of the remuneration. You be-
lieve when you work in the mill or on
the railroad or in the public school that
you will be paid your wages, therefore
you have faith to believe, and God says,
Now, l will reward YOU" SO remem-
Der that God has promised and He that
promises is faithful
Look TO Yourselves.
Look to yourself that we receive a
full reward"
friend of mine told me that he ac-
cepted the passionate of church, and
when he preached his first sermon down
the aisle came an cid man, hobbling on a
crutch, and he said, 81 am afraid you
are going to make a failure out of this.
You're the first young man that has ever
been pastor here" (They thought that
success was synonymous with gray hairs
and decrepitude and that youth and fail
ure were inseparably connected) But"
he said. II listened to you and I'm going
TO help you" The pastor thought, Poor
old soul, what can you do to help me?"
He said, -Four men came to my home
and on our knees we promised God and
signed pledge that every day you are
pastor of our church we are going to pray
for you" And my friend said II was the
first word of encouragement he had re-
ceived. But he saw the four grow to ten
then jump to twenty-five. then to fifty,
then to 100. then to 2OO 300 and 400 and
many Sunday morning before he would
30 into the pulpit he would be In the
church parlors with 400 men and on their
knees they would pray, BLESS our minis
ter, will you? Make him a soul-winner.
Help him to swing for truth and right
eousness," and he said that as he would
preach he knew there were 400 men that
would die for him and for Jesus Christ,
and while he was pastor OF the church
over 100 pressed their way to the king
dom and over half of them were men.
Strikes at the GrumbIers.
l don't know what the power Of the
ministers who have served in Omaha has
been. l don't know what the power of
the men you have here now is, but there
never was a man, there isn't any now
and there never will be a man who will
serve you as pastor but that that mans
power for Jesus Christ will be multiplied
II he only has a prayer behind him. But
a lot OF you will go to church and sit
there and grumble and growl and go
home and pick the preacher and his SER
mon as dry as you do the chicken on the
platter for your Sunday dinner and then
wonder why your church doesn't grow. |
wonder why 1t doesn't sink into hell, with
a prayerless. beer-drinking, dancing, card
playing crowd like many OF them have.
Not Preaching for Money.
Oh, can tell you OF church members
that haven't come to this tabernacle in
seven weeks, who haven't lifted a little
finger or sweat one drop to bring old
Omaha to its knees. Then what right
have they to claim anything from God?
What right have you TO walk up and in
suit God by telling Him you are His child
when you have done all you can TO pre-
vent the success OF these meetings? God
pity such miserable people! II any of
them are here and have given me any
money, come up and I'll give It back II
you want 1t. You can't charge me with
preaching for your money. II was
working for some fellows pocketbook /
wouldn't throw as many rocks or thir-
teen-inch shells as l do.
Why the Tabernacle.
Paul says: This one thing I do"
tell you, ! think that would be our state