The Washington herald., 1918-01-27
Come, Let Us Reason
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Text of His Sermon
EVENING SERMON

Come now, and let US reason To-
gether, saith the Lord"
There Is nothing which the average
man or woman receives with so much
reluctance as advice. We oftentimes
look upon the person giving 1t as Of
fsring an afront to our understanding
or treating US as children. And we
consider the zeal which anybody shows
for our welfare as a piece OF pre-
sumption, thinking us defeetive either
in our understanding or them superior
in theirs. There is nothing so difficult
as the art of giving advice.
A great many who assume this atti-
tude toward God, they wouldn't think
Of doing 1t II 1t was the advice of a
physician with a medicine you must
take, neither would they do II II it
was a lawyer advising them regarding
a law, but they presume to trespass
upon the knowledge Of God and what
God asks them to do.
Book of Wonders.
Moody said q man one time wanted
to sell him q book called the Book
OF Wonders. What mistake! A book
Of wonders and the most wonderful
thing in the universe left out of it.
The wonderful wonder is to me that
God Almighty will condescend TO give
humanity advice. but the amazing
wonder is that mankind would resent
that advice as a piece OF intrusion on
the part OF God.
believe that people most in danger
Of being lost are those who think they
are good enough. People of the
Pharisee class who boast Of their
morals and boast Of their good works,
,Irr
knew what d large class these are in
every community. never hold a
meeting anywhere that I don't find
that class much in evidence and they
are here. Not a day passes when the
workers go out through the audience
speaking to people but they are con-
fTonted by man after man who will
say:
II am all right. I never did any
harm. 1 am doing the best I can. l
live about right and that is good
enough"
Let's see what the Bible says about
II. Here comes a man who says,
Well. 1 lead a moral life, that is
enough"
Well now. will give him credit for
saying it frankly and believing that
he does and thinking that he does
I've such a moral life, but where a
man spends his eternity depends not
upon what he thinks himself but upon
what God says, and whether he meas
ures up to Gods standard, not the
opinion of his own.
Making . Touch.
If you go to a bank to borrow money
the bank states the conditions upon
-,
you are not willing to meet the bank
er's requirements. then you can't take
a cent out of the bank. You can't go
in and make a proposition to the bank
and expect them to loan money upon
your say so. No sir, IL isn't your
money, 1t belongs to the bank
Salvation belongs to God, it doesn't
hglnns to you and if you don't want it
on sod's terms you let 1t alone. 1t
ll.f yours and you can't have it. God
! Aifalshty's got the right to say what
ecee got to do. So II belongs to
tfe Lord. and keep your mouth shut
alc let it alone. but don't kick about
1here vas no flaw in the rich, young
ruiar. ne kept all the commandments
that pertained to conduct from his
youth up and yet he refused to become
follower Of Jesus Christ and IL he
never repented because he refused,
and the Bible doesn't say that he did,
then IL Is fair to conclude that he is
lost
There is a generation that are pure
In their own eyes. and yet is not
washed from their filthiness."
Like the boy who goes through the
motions of washing his face and yet
h.
behind his ears. Yes, there are people
who are pure in their own eyes but
have never seen themselves in the
light Of God.
In Light of God.
When the arc lights were first in
vented women kept away from them
because they SAID it made them look
hideoUs. You've seen a woman going
down the street with a black spot
Of SCOT upon her face, with her head
up. There is many a man or woman
puhed up with pride over their NOR
altty, thinking they are good enough
and thety hang their heads in con-
fusion when they see themselves in
the light Of God.
peacock is a perfect creature of
self-cor12!aCency when he spreads his
tail into three feet of splendor, but
the instant ne looks down at his black
feet the parade is all over. So II you
can Just get one glimpse at your
heart, old man, want TO tell you It
will puncturs you like a bubble.
There was Nicodemus. He stood
high Why, he was one of the church
dignitaries Of his day, he stood as
high as any man in Jerusalem except
the high priest and he belonged to
the seventy rulers of the Jews. He
was a d. d. and he was taught In
the law and there was not a word of
suspicion in the Bible against him.
He stood out before the nation with a
spotless character, and yet what does
Jesus Christ say to this magnificent
man? He said:
'Nichodemus. except You be born
again you cannot sec the King"
II Nicodemus couldn't get in with
out being born again, I don't know
where the average man and woman
is going to come in.
The Bible declares that Job was
perfect. When God says perfect,
there is nothing more to do. And yet
when he saw himself in the light Of
heaven he says: II abhor myself and
repent IN dust and in ashes"
Oh! You will need to be clothed IN
something more than your own right
eousness II you ever walk the streets
OF heaven and sing the song Of Moses
and the Lamb, not your own morality
or you viii never stand in Gods spot
hght-that is sure.
Like Filthy Rags.
Your self-rishtsousness of which you
filthy rags the minute you see your
self In Gods nxht