The Raymer enterprise., 1915-10-07

E%Ms#zM3 turned every one
TO his own way.
md all have sinned and come short
of the glory Of God" Our history and
our conscience bear witness to the
ruth of il. The present writer and
-eader must make the same humiliat-
ing confession: Il have trespassed
against my God"
The evil thing is already done and
The record is already made. The
temptation TO think that we can do
enough good to blot out the evil is
4 subtle one We cannot go back over
The road and live It over in such a
manner as to hide the record we have
left. We sometimes say, Il wish
could go back and do il differently"
but time refuses to turn back for US.
| The record Is there and all we can
say OF II is. in the words OF Pontius
PLATE. What | have written | have
written The words spoken that
should have remained unuttered may
be forgotten but they are all record.
ed. The deeds OF evil we cannot undo.
The sins are already committed and
the sinner should not be so much ex.
ercised about what will happen in the
future as about what has happened in
the past.
There may be difference in the
number and character OF sins commit.
ted, but trespass there is against each
one. To trespass means to get "over
the fence" or out OF bounds" God
has set bounds for man to walk in
and as far as the fatal results are
concerned one might as well be a
mile out OF those bounds as merely
foot. God says that he that keep.
eth the whole law and vet ofYendeth
In one point Is guilty OF all" II q
mans life depended on the strength OF
a chain, nine strong links would not
avert the catastrophe resulting from
a weak link that breaks. One sin IL
enough to put one "out OF bounds. =
Therefore this is a proper confession
for everyone to make. j have tres
passed against my God"
II. The gracious comfort for the sin
ner-"yet now there is hope concern
ing this thing"
In spite OF the trespass whether
large or small. every sinner has this
hope. God says to all Come now
and let us reason together: Though
your sins be as scarlet, they shall be
as white as snow" The natural thing
for sinner to do isto hide from the
One who has been offended. This
Adam did when God came into Eden
after the fall. But not in judgment
but in grace does God come. Not to
condemn but to save In the future
he will come to Judge and to condemn
but today there is hope for all. The
message from Gods Word is, Now
is the accepted time, behold today IL
the day OF salvation" Many say, Il
Will think about the matter" but the
Lord says today" at once. now, not
tomorrow. Many have gone to a hope.
less eternity just because they per.
sisted in thinking about instead ot
accepting Gods gracious offer of q
present salvation. And this text pro-
claims a universal hope. including all
who have trespassed II Is extended
to everyone. Over and over Gods 8
Word declares that ''Whosoever shall
call upon the name OF the Lord shall
be saved "Whosoever will may come
and take OF the water of life freely
"Whosoever believeth on him shall
not perish but have everlasting life"
Ill. The wise conduct for the sin.
ner. Therefore let US make a cove.
nant with our God"
This is not merely covenant to
turn over new leaf or to mend our
ways or any of the many expedients
resorted to to give peace and rest to
the troubled conscience. but it is turn.
ing to God, coming out from behind
the tree to him who alone can blot
out the record Of the trespasses and
give us clean record The words
OF the prophet are as true today as
they were when uttered. Let the
wicked forsake his way and the un.
righteous man his thoughts and let
him return unto the Lord and he will
have mercy upon him and to our God
for he will abundantly pardon" There
is abundant pardon with the Lord for
every trespass and for every sin and
the blood Of Jesus Christ Gods Son
can blot out every mark and stain
from the sinners record.