The Alaska citizen., 1916-02-14


 C other Romans 1910. z [, q q o . . 0 . :, . . Q Q ALL OF GRACE: OELIVERANCE
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 "A new heart also will give you, and a new spirit will put within you; and I will take away the stony heart out of your flesh, and I will give you a heart of flesh" Ezekiel 36:26
 When the ungodly have been jus titied ty the grace of God they are to begin the new life Of sanctifica- tion by the grace of God No must De rid of sin. The soul that con tinues in sin cannot be restful, hap py CT spiritually healthful. IL was the plan of God that man should be free from sin. and He gives man the means whereby he may dance be wrought? The old na- ture Is very strong and it will not be tanned, or even curbed. Some have found that instead of growing better in their self attempts for relief have rather steadily grown worse: though anxious to be better they have found not only no relief but rgther tendency to indulge with greater pollution in the very thing from which they seek relief. The heart of man is so hard that it will not respond to the tender gTaces of the love of God; his pas siCns are so furious that they will continue to his destruction; his thoughts are so volatile that he cannot be serious for long; his imaginations so ungOvernablc that as wild beasts they seek to destroy heart is den of vile creatures that are abiding their time for con trol when they will eat him up. We realize the condition of our soul as God spoke to Job concerning Leviathan: Wilt thou play with him as with a bird? or wilt thou bind him for thy maidens?" A man might as well hope to hold in his hand the furious tornado as 10 expect to control by his own strength the boisterous powers which l.. ;f. F,1
 One would say "I believe in the forgiveness of sins, but I cannot be rid of the uncomfortable ten dencies within me to continue in sin. and to practice the things that l full well know are wrong As surely as a stone, if hurled into the air, will return to the earth so surely will the man who does not seek God return unto sin after he has reformed and reformed, and reformed again.
 Salvation would be sadly in competent thing If it dealt only with the former state of the indi- vidual sinner. If God justfies the ungodly, and His word says He does, while thousands testify in a new life that He does He will like wise deliver from sin. The sinner must be purified as well as par doned Otherwise He sets the leper free still with the disease within The rebellion would be for given and the rebel liberated to inaugurate another rebellion far worse. To remove the consequence and overlook the cause is but to in vite new attack. The fountain must be cleansed at the source 1T it is not clean. The Lord Jesus came to take away sin in three ways: He came to remove the penalty of sin the power of sin and the presence of sin. To the Justified man God has removed the penalty, yes, all the penalty of sin and now he is ready to step out on the promise of removal of the power and the presence of sin Would you like to step out upon such glorious promise as that? It Is your privilege, and will be your practice just to that extent that you surrender to Him and rest upon His abiding power and presence. We know that He was manifested to take away sins
 One of the grand things pro claimed to the earth at the annun- ciation of the coming of Jesus our Lord was that He should be called Jesus for He shall save the people from their sins, not In their sins, but from their sins. Jesus came to destroy the works of the devil, and making people sin Is his busi- ness; he has been busy with you.
 The text, then, has the promise for you It is a series of Il wills of the Lord T will give" and II will take away" To take away without placing in return is only offering the enemy additional prep aration for new attack and stronger occupation. When the King of kings makes a decree it's success is assured. No word of i{is shall ever fall to the ground
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