Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-11-30

Maybe you don't pray. Maybe you are
q coward about witnessing for Jesus
Christ and standing up for the Lord
and for his truth. Would you be
ashamed to stand up for your husband,
or would you be ashamed to stand up
for your children? Are you ashamed
to stand up for your country? Every
man or woman must be either patriot
or a traitor in these days. Why should
you be ashamed to stand UP for Jesus
Christ?
Now here are seven scriptural defini-
tons of sin, There are lots of descrtp-
tions Of sin. but mean scriptural def
nitions of sin. What is sin?
"Sin is the transgression of the law.
That is the common, ordinary defini-
ton. Ninety-nine times out of a hun
dred people will give, if you ask them
what is sin, 1.-The transgression of the
law, Sin is doing what God tells you
not to do
"Ths Thought Of
Foolishness IL Sin"
Second, Whatsoever is not of faith
is sim" Anybody that doesn't believe
in Jesus Cbrist as the Son of God; in,
God as the only God; the Bible as the
word of God; heaven for the repentent
sinner; hell for the unrepentent sim
ner; the Holy Ghost. Whatsoever is
not of faith is sim" See?
It doesn't make any difference who
breaches II or who practices it, it is sin.
If they stand up and preach that Jesus
Christ is not the Son of God, it is sin.
When they say, saved by character"
they lie, because you are not. You are
saved by faith in Jesus Christ, the
Son Of God.
Third, ITO him that lnoweth to do
good and doeth it not. to him it is
sin"
What is sin? Oh, you just thought
it was doing something God told you mol
to do. 1t is that, but it is something
else too.
Here is another: "If you have respect
of person. We commit sim
God offers salvation to everybody.
If the rich man doesn't repent he will
go to hell. If the poor man doesn't re-
pent he will go to hell and If the
banker doesn't repent, that won't save
him. God doesn't condemn a man sim
ply because he happens to be success
full and prosperous in the world; it is
a question of his attitude toward Jesus
Christ
1.-THE thought of foolishnes is sin"
God knows there is plenty of that about
religion and about the divinity of Christ
and the doctrine of salvation and all
L
in the Bible, get up and tell me! If 1t Is,
keep your darned mouths shut, for l
am preaching Gods truth. I am not
standing up here. airing my opinions,
and if you sit out there and listen to
me and don't agree with me, that SHOWS
YOU are a fool, for what l am preach
ing is the Bible. You are the ass, not
me.
"A high look. a proud heart is sim"
"All. unrighteousnes is sin.
There are seven scriptural definitions
of sin. All right! You just please trot
me out somebody that does not stand
convicted before one of those seven
counts. You say, 81 have been sancd-
fed"
All right, line up with the rest of
them.
You say. 81 have been confirmed" AL
right come on, stand up. You say you
know there are thirty-nine articles of
confession. All right, come on. Been
in the mass, all right; get in with the
rest of them. Show me somebody that
does not stand convicted before one OF
those seven definitions.
srhe First Thing Is
Confess Your Sins"
Here is the point of it: What are
we going to do? First, confess your
sins, he will forgive us our sins. If
we confess our sins. he will forgive
us our sins. Lay hold of the thing
that the spirit reveals to you that is
wrong in your life. Never mind me
now!
The trouble is. you butt in with 9TH
err people Tend to your own affairs;
lay a hold on the thing that the spirit
reveals to you and name that. Say,
Lord 1 have been impure, Lord L have
h,xr
worldly q am assuming that these may
he the sins of somebody, Lord, I have
been proud, Lord 1 have been niggard-
ly in my gift. Lord. [ have got a hot
temper. Lord, I don't read my Bible.
Lord. I don't pray. Lord. l talk about
NV neighbors Lord, I am a coward
about witnessing for Jesus Christ. HUI
initiating, l will agree. but 1t will bring
you blessing.
I am assuming that you want to be
blessed. I will tell you how to get 1t.
The first thing is, confess your SINS.
Second, renounce sin, abandon 1t. w nat
soever Is convicted of his sin shall
NOT prosper. but who confesses and
forsalles his sin shall hnd mer-
CIV" Separate your life from that sin,
tear that sin out of your lie, get ria
Of it, get away from it.
eff thy right hand offend thee, cut
II off" If there is anything In the
world that is useful to you and II IS
keeping you away from God, COD
saws get rid of it. God doesn't mean
TO dig your eye out. If there is any
thing in the world that's as valuable
TO YOU as your right hand and arm
and that thing is keeping you away
from God, get rid of IT.
Confession without remuneration
doesn't amount to anything. IL a man
confesses sin and keeps on living In
sin. he did not mean anything oy ms
confession. But if he confesses ana
forsakes. the forsaking shows the
confession was genuine. So 1t Is no
good to confess it if you don't Tor
sake il. vice versa, because the con-
Tossing shows that you were sorry
that YOU did it so God will forgive IL
THAT doesn't mean that you have 10
stand up and tell the people what you
have done. It is none of their busl-
ness.
I think you can go back too far on
the trail of anybody. 1t is none OF
1,o,,r business. Whatsoever We would
that men should do to you do We even
so to them ,,.
If YOU know anything about ANYBODY
keen YOUR mouth shut. You would De
mighty glad If anybody had anything
on you and they'd keep their mouth