The Detroit times., 1916-11-03
"wednesday Nights Sermon.


Billy Sunday spoke Wednesday
night In the tabernacle as follows
Wherefore | say unto you, all
manner Of sin and blssphemy shall
be forgiven unto men. bur The bias
phsmy against the Holy Gnost shall
rot be forgiven unto mon
And whosoever speaketh a word
sxsfnst the Son OF Man II shall be
forgiven BIN. but Whosoever speak
eth against the Holy Ghost II shall
not be forgiven bin, neither in this
wcrld nor IN the world 10 come .--
Matt l23I. 81
I'D Ike 70 know where ANYBODY
over found any authority for belief
in future probation Jesus Christ
was either human or ne vas divine
Ard IL he was only human then ! am
not obligated to obey his word. an.
more than I am any other philoso-
phsr.
The Pharisees charged Jesus with
being In league With the devil They
said to him. You are . Devil They
grew holder In he denuncistion and
said, You DO what YOU do thru
Beelzebub, the prince Of devils.
Jesus baid: How ls that So n what
do do thru the devil. explain WHY
Il Is am overthrowing the works o.
the devil II ] am q oevil and II
What DO is thru the devil, then
wouldn't be working 10 hurt the
works OF the devil. 4 house divided
ssains; Itself canno, stand II am
devil and II what am doing am
doing because OF the devil. ] would
be working TO destroy the works OF
God.
From that DAY forth they dared
not ask him any questions
II know there ar, various opin-
ions held by men a. 70 What hey
believe or think constitutes The sih
against the Holy Ghost There are
those Who think II could have been
committed only b, those who heard
Jesus Christ speak and ssV hlm in
the nesh. There are those who think
n could only have Teen committed
BY those who heard Jesus Christ. IL
that be true then neither you nor
are in danger, for neither has ever
seen Jesus In the flesh nor heard
bin. Another class thinks that II
has been committed since the days
Of Jesus, but at extremely rare inter
vsls: and stu q third class think
they have committed IL and they
spend their life In gloom and dread
and ars perfectly useless 10 them
selves or the community. And vet
haven't the slightest doubt but that
there are people here tonight in this
10 bernaele that come under the head
Of my message. who are never
gloomy, never depressed. their con
science il NJ ease. their spirits are
light and ray. they eat three meals
q day and sleep as sound as babe
at night: nothing seems TO disturb
them, life 40 MI pleasure and song.
IF Won will lay aside any precon-
ceived ideas or opinions which YOU
may have hal or etill have ss 20
what you imagine. think or believe
constitutes the sin against me Holy
Ghost, or the objectionable sin and
IL you will listen 10 me tfor / have
read every sern'o on could ever get
nv hands upon about the subject.
end have listened 10 every man /
have ever had an Opportunity TO
hear preach, and have read every
thing in the Bible as taught on the
subeetI. I win try TO show you what
Is the unpardonable sin.
Il do not say that ny views on
the subject are irfallible. but ! have
wept ard prayed and studied over ",
end IL time will Lermit and ny
strength will allow and your pa
thence endure, | viii Try 10 ask IN /
answer . few questions What is
II: How does IL show Eself? Who
can commit it? Why VIII not God
forgive uy
1T is not swearing II swearing
we're he nnpardonstle sin, lots ~
men in heaven woulc have 10 go 20
hell tonight. and there are multi
tudes on earth on their WaT 70 heay
en- that would have 10 90 TO hell
II is NOT drunkenness: there are
muljiiudes 10 heaven thar have crept
and crawled on, OF he cusgmires Of
filth and the cesspools OF ihiquity
and drunkenness Some o. the
brightest lights that ever oiszed for
God have been men that God saved
FROM Drunkenness.
hts not sdulterV Jesus said 70
the woman committing aduitery and
caught IN the very act Neither 90
| condemn thee &C and sin ne
more
III isn't theft he ssid 10 ZacheUs
This day il salvation come upon
thy house Zacheus had been a
thief
IT'S not mdrCer Mer's hands
hsvebecn red With blood and cod
has forgiven them Tho Apostle
Tauls hsnis we're red win blood
The objectionable Sin.
What Is II. To me IL f. plain anu
simple. II is constant and continual
and hnss rejection OF Jesus Christ as
your savior. Gods Ofer OF mercy
and salvation comes TO YOU and YOU
haN; No and you push II aside