Fulton County tribune. (Wauseon, Ohio) 1883-1925, 1916-05-19
INBRED SIN AND IT'S EFFECTS

to preach on that subject without the |
No one can testify to |
the new birth until he has been born
again; neither can any one know |
what sanctifcation means until God |
gives him the experience by baptis-
ing him with the Holy Ghost. 1 can
not teach something l don't know
l cannot lead where I do not CO.
Don't think for a moment that when
a minister uses the terms sanctifca-
ton or holiness he is preaching a
holiness sermon. He may be far
from it. But some say why don't
you just live it, say nothing about it.
1t certainly would be downright mean
ness for me to carry the Lords goods
around and not advertise them. 1t
will be just as difficult for one who
has the experience of holiness, to
keep still about it as it was for that
man to keep still after Jesus healed
him from leprosy. Mark l, "A, "A,
and the lame man that lay at the
gate of the temple, Acts 8, 2. 8, will
you please read these references t?
If we have the experience it will
work out some way. When a per-
son tells me he believes in holiness
or sanctifcation and don't have the
experience he is surely on dangerous
ground. We must walk up to all the
light we have and that means we
must live up to all the knowledge
and understanding with which God
has blessed US. If we refuse to
comply with conditions required to
obtain the blessing it will -onlv add
to our guilt and condemnation. Many
believe that Christ suffered an ig-
nominious death on the cross to
deem US from our sins; but that be
lief will only augment their eternal
damnation if they refuse to comply
with the conditions as they are re-
vealed to US in the bible, that will
cleans them from all sin. 1t is true,
mans freedom can thwart Gods
plans.
But you say how is this experience
obtained? By conservation through
faith. We are justified by faith,
sanctifed by faith and live by faith.
"Whatsoever is not of faith is SIM"
Rom. IA, %. I will give you Rev.
Brooks idea of conservation. l am
willing to receive what God gives,
lack what He withholds, relinquish
what He takes, suffer what He in
flicts, be what He requires me to be,
go where He wants me to go and say
what He wants me to say. Such a
conservation as this will inevitably
result in entire sanctifcation.
Some claim this experience can be
obtained by works; no more than JUS
tifcation can be obtained by works.
Please read Eph. 2, 8, 9. Others
claim we can grow into it. Growth
does not change the nature of any,
thing. A lion will not grow into
lamb. A stalk of corn will not
grow into a cabbage or cucumber.
Holiness changes the heart from ma
tural enmity to the love of God.
We cannot merit salvation by works.
1t is unscriptural. We may be
earnestly engaged in church work,
doing all we can to promote its in
terests and yet it may be entirely
destitute of power. A machine with
out the power is of no account. We
can have action without life. Charge
dead frog with electricity and he
| will jump around in lively manner
Ebut he is a dead frog all the same
So the church may be actively en-
gage in church work ndat the same
time as destitute Of spirituality as
toad is of feathers. We must get
salvation in first before we can work
it out. God gives US the life but
we must live it.
Inbred sin is the great hindering
cause in the christians life. The
only way to be cleansed from it is
by a baptism with the Holy Ghost
our sanctifer This baptism is al
ways subsequent to regeneration.
There is no outward manifestation
or demonstration to prove second
blessing. It is real experience. A
hunger or thirst for it, is a true
index of a real conversion. We
will detect this sin in some way If
we are living up to all the light we
have Notice, it was not Paul that
did the wrong, it was the sin that
was in him. Rom. 7, II, 20. 1t
reminds me of the man who was con-
victed of murder. He said at was
not I that struck the blow that Kill
| led the man, it was the whiskey in
me.
"No church will conquer the world
for Christ as long as it is in an un-
sanctifed channel" A church will
be powerless as long as it lacks the
baptism with the Holy Ghost. Pc
ter must have had this baptism
when he won about five thousand to
Christ. I don't believe any of them
knew anything about the sawdust
trail or signed a card or simply join
ed the church or knew anything about
decision day. but 1 do believe they
were soundly converted as far as
Johns baptism went; but they had
not yet been baptised with the Holy
Ghost for we read when "Peter and
John were let go they returned to
their own company and when they
prayed the place was shaken where
they were assembled together; and
they were all filled with the Holy
Ghost; and spoke the word of God
with boldness." Acts, 4, %, 81. Don't
you think brother it would be good
thing if we would get such shak-
ing up?
This inbred sin that is such hin
derance to the cause of christianity
the bible calls, "The carnal mind" "
''the body of SIM "the old man, y
| (there is an old woman too.) It will
manifest itself in different ways.
l will name a few of them, leave you
guess at the rest. Have you a bad
temper, are you troubled with envy
and jealousy, are ready to argue
against holiness. are you afraid you
will profess too much, are you afraid
you will be called an old croaker or
a pessimist or a fanatic, are you de-
sirlng the honor Of men or do you
seek the honor that comes from
God only; Are you searching pass
ages of scripture to disprove it, do
YOU feel little uneasy when the
doctrine is taught? It makes some
people act sweet and clever, and some
act ugly.
1 am not to blame because I have
it. It was inborn. But I am to
blame because do not get rid of it.
LetJme illustrate; Suppose you in
herit consumption from your parents
you see at once you are not to blame
because you have that dreaded dis
ease. But your physician tells you
l understand your case exactly; can
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