Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-24

! Your iniauitles have turned away these
things, and your sins have withholden
good things from you.
God said / want you 70 do this, but
! you wanted 20 sin and not do right. In
this verse Jeremiah IL giving an explana-
ton Of the things Of his day. He came
a. a prophet OF God to the people Of God.
God had promised them many things, but
they did not obey them and did not get
I the benefits OF the promise. When God
enters into a covenant He promises sus-
tenance. peace, Joy, prosperity, victory
honor. Such are a few OF the number
! less promises given to the jews But they
were rejected by the people and they
] did not gain the benefits. The same is
! true today.
Gods Promises NumberIess.
Gods promises 70 the man VINO accepts
are numberless. Any man. unless no is
a fool. would rather have Gods love than
Gods curse. Any man, unless he Is a
cool. would rather be saved than lost.
: ANY man. unless he IL a fool. would
! rather go 20 heaven than go TO hell. But
they wers not possessed Of these things.
and therefore the blessings were a fall
ure; peace turned 10 war, Joy turned 20
: gloom. prosperity TO need. victory 10 loss
and honor to dishonor. All were fall
ures. why7 Did God makes promises.
knowing He could not fulfill them7 MOI
jeremiah laid tho blame where II be-
longed. on the people. Your iniquities
: have turned away these things and your
sins have withholden good things from
you.
God said. MY promises were condi-
/ tlonal. II you do My commandments you
will be possessed of the fulfillments OF
these promises, but they didn't do It. and
! a curse came. 1t was not unfaithfulness
on Gods part. This II true Of the people
/ here today. We are under dispensation
OF salvation. free, full. perfect and eter-
nal TO all who believe. II is offered to
you. who you may or where you may be.
In other words. there is nothing for you
outside OF Jesus Christ. Ali comes through
/ Jesus. Such are a few OF the number
less promises which will fiji the life OF
the believer full Of hope. To US as be-
levers they should DO desired and should
be things greatly longed for. But are they
possessed? There are thousands of church
| members that are utter strangers TO the
highest religious experiences. They don't
know the A B Cs Of religion. They have
no assurance OF salvation. no assurance
Of peace. no experience OF Gods power
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why are they without peace and rest7
I'll tell you. It's on account Of the con-
ditions of the people In the church. II
church members will quit playing cards
we'll have no more gamblers When the
church members quit patronizing thea
tiers they'll either clean up or go out Of
business. When the church members
quit voting for the saloon the saloon will
go to hell / don't believe there IL an evil
In the world today the church OF God
can't drive out. II you can't believe
yourself I'll shoot the truth into your old
carcass; I'll never compromise. II the
day ever comes when have to COM
promise I'll leave the pulpit and never
return. Never win / lower Gods stand
ard.
Novels q Curse.
All that was the matter in Jeremiah's
day IL true today. Why don't you ac-
cept7 What Is Il IN your life that him
dera you from being blessed? Is It some
| thing In your life. an impure thought,
bad books, lying, cheating. stealing, bad
companions? One reason why people
have such low moral standards Is this
damnable novel reading. One OF the
curses Of the, country today Is novels.
All of the authors have different ideas
Of religion and not one of them has the
right idea. No matter what the book, a
woman will gulp II down and the Bible
will lay on the comfortable, unopened.
IL these something IN your life-selfish-
ness. pride. criticising God. knocking the
preacher7 / Will treat with respect any
Jew or Gentle. negro or white man, any
one, but will not associate with a non
Christian; In other words. ] will have
nothing to do with a man who sneers at
my God and sneers at my Christ. The
Bible tells me TO do this.
World and Church.
The trouble Is, you conform the world
Come out from among them. That doesn't
mean como out from the church and
leave the church. Some church members
thing It does, 30 they come out and say
that the church is not good enough for
them. They've got to show me. I'm
from Missouri. II means come out from
the world and not from the church The
Universaiists base all their faith IN these
two verses. And you shall call His name
Jesus, for He shall save the people from
their sins" Notice that says from their
sins" not In their sins. and "As In Adam,
all men shall die. 30 in Christ all men
shall DO made alive" That doesn't say
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be made alive. And they wrest the
scripture to their own destruction.
| wish every one could DO saved, but
every one will not, II you repent you
will DO saved. II you don't repent you'll
80 20 hell. Sin In the church cancels the
blessing. Sin pursued made promises for
Jews of old and the same IL true OF US
today. The blessings win become curses
II may not be that you do what God tells
you not TO do. but you may not do what
God tells YOU TO do. Your sins may not
be the sin of commission, but the sin of
omission. Thou shalt not commit adul-
terry" These are easy TO understand
These are the ones you shall not do. But
the law OF God tells you TO do this also
Love the Lord. thy God, with all thy
soul. with all thy mind. and thy neigh
Dor as myself" All that's the trouble.
You're not doing what God tells you to
do. There IL no difference In doing what
God tells you not 70 do ana In not doing
what God tells you to do. That knocks
the undeFpinning out from under bunch
LOT you.
Omission and Commfaston.
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