The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1915-03-24
REVIVAL MEETINGS BY EVANGELIST
DODD CONE TO CLOSE TONIGHT

whose sole prerogative it is to con-
vince of sin, and bring this convic
tion to the heart o. the unconverted,
will be gone from the earth, and last
ly, the advocate Jesus Christ, will
have left the side Of the Father.
where he is now interceding, and
will be in the air. with the righteous.
There Is but one other answer then,
to the question who are they, and
that is, they are Christians. who pos
sess the gift of Eternal Life but who
are worldly. Indifferent. disobedient.
unfaithful. unwise servants, foolish
virgins, ungrateful heirs, who BY vir-
tue Of all this are not counted worthy
to escape the great tribulation, or to
have part in the better resurrection.
my subject 70 tonight was an
nounced as The objectionable Sin,' l"
began DR.. Dodd. last night. THAT is
only one Of the three sins which the
unbeliever commits against the Holy
Spirit. Therefore we shall consider
the whoae anstect Of the 'Unbelievers
Sins There are three great sins
which the believer commits against
the Holy Spirit, and three sins Of
the unbeliever. just as the Spirit has
threefold work for the believer and
three fold work, though entirely
different, for the unbeliever. The
sins against the Holy Spirit are in
rejecting these good ofices.
1.-The three fold work of the Spirit
for the unbeliever is told us in these
words, And when He Is come, He
will convict the world of Sin, of
! Righteousness and Of Judgment
"The first sin Of the unbeliever,
then, is to resist the convictions of
the Holy Spirit regarding sin. Con-
viction is necessary beforesalvation.
A man must realize that he ID sin
ner lost before God. before he can
see the need Of Saviour. This con-
viction Of sin. is dfstinetivly the
work Of the Holy Spirit, and the first
great sin Of the unbeliever 10 in re.
sisting these convictions. This word
resist comes from the Greek. and
literally means to push back
against. Dear friend. II you are
here tonight and feel within you1
heart tn wooings Of tn Holy Spirit
IN . growing conviction that you are
lost before God, do not push bach
against that conviction. You car
never be saved - long - you resist
the convictions Of the Holy Spirit.
"The second great task Of thu
Holy Spirit for the unbeliever is t.
convict him Of Righteousness. Il
show him the Righteousness Of Jesul
Christ ready to be applied to hi
needs. The unbeliever sins agains
the Holy Spirit when he turns hi
back upon this revelation and insult
the Spirit by refusing to consider II
, Harry Monroe. the great mission
worker Of Chicago. met Dr.. R. A
Torrey one morning and in reply L
Torrey's question, How about tn
meeting last nightf' replied, oh. Dr
. Torrey, it was glorious and then II
, his own unique way continued: 'Th
Holy Ghost just revealed the face o
I Jesus Christ so that we all coul
, see it, That's what He. il tryini
to do for you now, friend, why vii
= you insult Him by refusing to eve
3 consider the great offer He is maxim
= you. A package comes to you throug
e the mail, and In the upper left han
D corner you recognize the address Q
J. your mother, and Immediately, an
e intuitively you know that here
y some remembrance from that deares
r woman in all the world to you. In
: stead of anxously opening the littl
g package, you throw 1t out the win
e dow. That is insulting your mothe
e and that is what many a man is dt
g ing to the Holy Spirit this night.
ri Last, and most terrible. moi
t awful Of all. however. comes Ii
h great objectionable SIM that O
t, blasphemy against the Holy spiri