Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-12-04
Says Heaven Is Impossible
Achievement For Anyone
Who Does Not Accept Christ
the Fountain of Mercy

the Fountain OF Mercy
That salvation for mankind is posi-
BILE only through atonement and redemp-
tion by the acceptance of Jesus Christ,
was reiterated by Billy Sunday in his
sermon at the tabernacle Sunday night,
when he preached on "Atonement."
Redemption, he declared, is more
than salvation. because, ne said, sal
walton will not be effected until men
have accepted redemption, which he
pointed out, had been purchased by
Jesus Christ with His blood and for
which he said all men owe themselves
to God.
"Atonement." said the evangelist. is
the state or quality or the plan per-
fected whereby a sinner might be made
one again with God. A sinner has no
standing with God. A sinner is an
alien, he is in his attitude toward God
what an alien is in his attitude. An
alien can claim none of the protection
of this government, he is not a citizen.
A sinner is not a citizen of heaven, he
is an alien and God will not deal in
mercy with that sinner until he returns
through faith in the shed blood of
Jesus Christ, then he can claim all the
protection and friendship of heaven. An
alien can not claim the protection OF
this government until that man be-
comes naturalized, then he can stand
between the Stars and Stripes for the
same protection that is accorded you
and me.
So a sinner is an alien and he must
come And so the atonement is the
state or quality or the plan perfected
whereby a sinner might be made one
again with God, as we have laws where
by an alien can become an American
citizen, entitled to our laws and pro-
lection.
Many Men Go to
Hell for Opinions
oh, man said to me out in Illinois,
an old infidel, he said to me, Bill,
don't believe in atonement, in the doc
trines of substitution, in the innocent
suffering for the guilty"
/ said, "Why don't your"
He said, at doesn't come up to my
ideas of what is right"
Well, if you have an idea contrary
to the word of God, I suppose God is
wrong and you are right. well, you
are a big fool" 1 said to him.
So, men go to hell because of their
opinions. There are men in prison be-
cause of their opinions. The laws said
one thing, and they acted another, they
followed their opinions and that was
contrary to the law, so they are doing
time. If they'd have followed the law
they could have been sitting here lis
tening to me.
so, you see the difference between
them Now let me tell you. I've read
about everything that any man or wom-
an would read who values his time. /
haven't read it all, won't have time
I've read about everything that was
ever written from the infidel's stand
point against the doctrine of atonemeut
and l am frank to tell you that l have
yet to find the first argument that would
ever stand the test of common sense
and reason .s't ....'
Salvation to anyone who rejects Je-
sus Christ is impossible. Out of Christ
there is no mercy and there could be
none and If there were mercy out of
Christ then Jesus Christ died in vain
on the cross. If salvation could have
been attained otherwise than by the
death of Jesus then all He went through
was useless. If L could save myself
by my culture and morality and my
philanthropy. Jesus Christ needn't to
have come into the world to die. 1t
was perfectly needless, if 1 can save
myself and if salvation is to be gotten
by some other way other than through
the faith In Jesus CHRIST; IT was useless
for him to come and suffer. There is
no salvation in any other way.
Redemption More
Than Salvation
Now, listen Redemption is more
than salvation. When Jesus died on the
cross He redeemed mankind, the price
was paid for everybody, but everybody
won't be saved. And the doctrine of
universal salvation is an Internal lie, it
crawled out of the pit Of hell. While
everybody has been redeemed. everybody