Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-10-15

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/ Is practical
There. are two ways to learn about
Jesus Christ. about God, or ABOUT sal
walton. To understand all about God
/ you would have to explore with the In
/ finite mind all time and all space. You
would have to have the greatest mind
and the greatest development Of mind tho
world has ever known. You would have
to be God yourself and have just as
much sense and brains as God has to
know all about time and history and
space and mystery and prophecy.
: Don't you see that YOU would have to
be God. and there can't be two Coda?
That IL true in the beginning OF the
Christian life, but all you need to know
about God Is 20 just kiye up to God
and DO His will. That is trae in the
beginning OF the Christian lie and 1t is
| true in every step OF the development OF
the Christian life.
III any man do His will he shall know
OF the teaching. whether It be Of God or
| whether speak OF Myself"
| was In an Iowa town preaching and
the people said II certain man, a Mr..
Batchelder was brought to Christ, many
others would follow. Batchelder had
! paper egg crate factory, he made the
paper for the crates. When / went to see
him no began talking about the machine.
This machine made this crate" he
sald.
II don't believe g."
But II did"
II never saw it, l said.
THE machine IL out OF order today,
but you come again and I'll show you"
/ went again and saw II deliver the
| goods.
When you are shown that God AL
mighty IL delivering the goods. you are
fool II you don't believe H.
You're fool 4, you intend to walt
until you know all about God before
,a're Christian; you'll go to hell.
All you neCd uO -. W 4...Iu..IIr your
will 70 God. II you want 10 know about
Him. We've got q lot of NUTS here
who think they can get 80 far, and there
il nothing else to do.
! might as well try to think with my
fingers; this pulpit might as we'll try to
understand the words am talking over
Il now this chair might just as we'll at
tempt TO walk down the aisle. as for you
TO know anything about God or religion
by any other method other than the sur
render OF your win 10 God.
Life Founded on Faith.
In your day or mine we hear them
ray. take nothing on trust l find out
everything myself" and they consider
people Of faith weak-braincd. over-credu-
lous souls. that never use the reason God
gives them.
But to the reasonable. faith. belief. the
acceptance % truth on the authority OF
others, Is the basis OF our Judgment. our
conclusions. our reasoning. / hold man
who yields to Gods will uses his reason,
ana that a man who does not yield does
not use his reason.
You can't convict a man OF crime and
| you can't liberate him on charge. ex-
eept on the testimony OF others. Our
business system, everything, Is built on
faith. You can't plant seed without
faith. You can't run a farm without
faith. You can't do II.
! have never been in Rome, but 1 can
tell you Of its streets. Of the Coliseum,
| OF 81. Peters. on tho testimony OF others.
| l have never been in Egypt. but l can
tell you Of It's pyramids OF the river Nile,
| and the sphinx on the testimony OF
others.
I would be a fool to stand up here and
/ say that l didn't believe It because
have never seen 1t. You can't turn
around that you are not bound to be-
lieve tho testimony OF others, You can't
do II.
| Of the apostles, but believe and nc
cept the gospel as authentic history on
the testimony Of others.
read In the newspapers Of trouble in
Mexico. How do / know haven't
heard a shot. believe on the testimony
| of others. Don't you seer
The doctor tells me. you have pneu-
monia, Bill" and I believe him.
The chemist tells me that two gases
combine In water and I believe him.
The Bible tells me Jesus Christ died
on the cross. ! believe It,
II tells me He resurrected from tho
dead, ! believe It.
II tells me there IL a heaven and hell
I believe II.
II tells me II ] repent will be saved
believe Il. would be a fool not 10,
and so are you. So must believe on the
authority OF others or cease to exist.
Now. every man and every woman has
perverted will. That Is every sinner
You act your win 20 please yourself
You do things because II pleases you TO
do them.
II may not please you to get drunk, or
to lie. or 20 steal or 20 swear, or 30 De
vicious, but you are set only to pisase
yourself
IL you want 10 know II Jesus Christ is
the Son OF God and the Bible the word
OF God. try Il and see II you aren't made
the Kind of man God says He will. Do
what Il says. Commence to obey God
Your win Is sovereign.
How some People Live.
Tho natural man Is in rebellion against
God. The difference between sinner
and Christian Is that the sinner does
the devils viii and Christian does
Gods will
Tho development OF this one faculty
doesn't make you a genius. but 1t will
make YOU a Christian.
once visited a summer resort where
there was a merry-go-round with the
usual wooden figures representing anil
mails.
Eirl who was sort OF fliffy-fluffy
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