Omaha daily bee., 1915-10-20
Final Rejection of Christ is an
objectionable Sin, Says Sunday


follows. His text:
ner OF SIN and blasphemy shall be for.
given unto men, but the blasphemJ
against the Holy Ghost. Il shall not b
forgiyon unto men.
against the Son OF Man. il shall be for.
given him; but whomsoever speaketh
AGAINST the Holy Ghost, II sail not b,
forgiven him neither I'm this world
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ia like TO know where your Univer.
salist gets any ground to stand on there
I'D believe God before I would any old
blatherekite OF n Universalist, you car
bank on that.
Il say unto you. all manner Of sin and
blasphemy shall be forgiven unto men
hut the blasphemy against the Holy
Ghost shall not be forgiven, neither in
this world, neither in the world 20 come. y
/ believe there were people In the dayI
OF Jesus that believed future probation
Neither In this world, neither In the
world to come" "whomsoever speaketh
word against the Son Of Man, II shall
be forgiven him. but whatsoever speaketh
against the Holy Ghost. Il shall not be
forgiven him"
have stretched out My hand; no man
But ye have set at naught my coun-
sell and would have none OF My re-
proof.
/ will also laugh at your calamity;
will mock when your fear cometh.
When your fear cometh as desolation
and your destruction cometh az a whirl-
wind
Then shall they call upon Me. but ]
viii not answer; they shall seek Me
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For they that hated knowledge, and
did not choose the fear OF the Lord.
Therefore shall they eat OF the fruit
Of their own way, and be filled with
The Pharisees charged Jesus with be-
ing IN league with the devil. They said
TO him; You have a devil" They grew
holder IN their donunciation and said;
why, you are a devil. You are not the
Son OF God You are a devil; you do
what you do through Beelzebub, the
prince OF devils"
Jesus said: How II that so7 II what
I do ] do through the devil. explain why
II Is I am overthrowing the works OF
the devil. n am q devil. and n what
do / do through the devil. then
wouldn't be working to hurt the works
Of the devil
A house divided against itself can
never stand. II am a devil, and II whai
devil IN me. then ] would not be work
ing 10 DESTROY the works OF the devil. but
would be working 10 destroy the works
Of God.
From that day forth they dared moi
ask him any questions. for they could
not answer His common sense logic.
Sin Against the Holy Ghost.
know there are various opinions held
by men as TO what they believe or think
constitutes the sin against the Holy
Ghost There are those who think II
could have been committed only by thos,
who heard Jesus Christ speak and saw
Him IN the flesh.
II that be true. then neither you MOI
I am In danger. for neither has ever seer
Jesus In the flesh.
Another class thinks II has been com
mitted since the days OF Jesus. but a
extremely rare intervaiH. and stiil third
class think they have committed II and
they spend their life In gloom and 'dreat
and are perfectly useless TO themselves
or the community.
And yet haven't the slightest doub
but that there are hundreds here nov
head OF my message, who are neveI
gloomy. never depressed. never down
cast: their conscience IL at ease; thei
spirits are light and gay; they eat thre'
meals day and sleep as sound as I
babe at night. Nothing seems 20 disturb
them; life IL all pleasure and song.
II you viii do me this favor. for TN
good I might be TO you by your ~
doing. II you will lay aside any pre-
conceived ideas or opinions which yo'
may have had or stiil have AZ to wha
you imagine. think or believe constitute
tho sin against the Holy Ghost or tn
objectionable sin. and IL you will lister
70 me (for have read every sermon
could ever set my hands upon on tb
subject, and have listened 70 every maj
have ever had an opportunity to hea
preach. and have read everything tn
Bible has taught on the subject).
DO not say that my views on IN
subject are infallible; but I will give yol
the result OF what ! have wept an
prayed over ana what I have read an
studied. and II time viii permit and m,
strength allow and my patience endure
viii try 20 ask and answer few cues
lions;
What IL itP Who can commit II? Ho,
can II show itseifi How may know v
have committed it, Why viii not Go
forgiven He says He never wiiL
what A L. Not aud What it a..
II 10 not swearing
IL swearing were the objectionable 81
lots Of men In heaven would have 20 3
to hell tonight. and there are multitude
on earth. on their way TO heaven. tina
would have 10 90 TO hell and would hav
10 so with them. because I am standln
here to tell you that you never looked Int
the face Of man that could swear NOR
than could. and think a man Is a dirty
low-down dos that will cuss.
God never had anything but good. kin
Thoughts towards you. and for man I
lcuss God because He wants 60 keep hin
out OF hell is tho limit.
It's not drunkenness
There are multitudes In heaven tins
have crept and crawled out Of the sewer
LOT infamy and drunkenness. Some OF IN
brightest lights that ever biazed for Go
have been men that God saved from bel
It's not adultery.
Jesus said 10 the woman commfttin
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