Jackson County journal. (Sylva, N.C.) 19??-19??, 1918-02-22

sons of men can l
look the world in s$$zssszsssaaI d
the face and say, c
(Which of you convinceth me OF sin" c
Among others there are four things '
concerning man to which he bears tes-
timOny.
I. The Worth Of Man.-The CONNER
cialism of the day would almost make !
us think that man is to be little thought .
of when money is involved, but he says.
"What is a man profted if he shall gain
the whole world a1rl lose his life?" A
man is worth more than the world and
therefore man is worth more than
ANYTHING in the world. In answer to
the question of John the Baptist he
says: "The poor have the gospel
preached to them' In answer to the
mistake of his disciples he says: "Suf-
fer the little children to come unto
me- He had time not only for the rich
and the powerful, but the poor and the
weak were of infinite value to him. No
other religious teacher ever taught
like this. To him man was of such
value that he was willing to lay down
his life for one of them. Even the lost |
were to him of infinite worth for 1.-THE
Son of Man is come to seek that
which was lost" Lu. 10: 10.
2. The Trouble With Man.-That
there is something wrong is seen in
the universal talk of Improvement.
What is wrong is the question. Against
oil the ideas advanced by man in an
swer to this question he says that the
trouble is sim In this all troubles are
included.
ta) He says it is universal. eff We
then being evil know how to give good
gifts to your Children Lu. II :13. Even
the ones who sometimes may be said
to give good are evil. These were his
own disciples and yet even they were
evil.
(b) He says it is deep-seated. 1t is
not on the outside where the trouble
lies. but tout Of the heart of man pro-
ceed'' the evil things. It is not what IS
seen that is the trouble with men, but
that which he has deep within his own
heart. AS jeremiah puts it, 'The heart
of man is deceitful above all things and
desperately wicked" Jer. II %.
(c) He says it is beyond repair.
There are many who would relieve man
by doing away with all that aff1icts
man on the outside, but he says: Eye
must be born again." if you would be
free from the trouble. While man is
of infinite worth he has an affection
\ called sin which is so universal and OF
such deep root that relief can only be
found by becoming new creation-b!
= being ''born again.
8. The Hope for Mantle came tt
bring relief and he came to make i
possible for man to be born again.
(a) For those in bondage he give
himself a ransom in such way tina
man may find victory over his own de
ceitful and desperately wicked heart
He cancelled the sin when on the eros
I and now stands to break the power Q
j the sin he cancelled.
(b) For those who are lost he
y himself the way. II am the way. tn
- truth and the life" Jno. 1876. Me
u are continually seeking for that whic
will satisfy their aspirations and neve
= finding it until they find it in Chri:
Jesus
(c) For those dying he is the remed
Sin is a sickness fastening upon a
men and fatal in it's operation. A
have sinned and come short Of tt
glory of God. Jesus bears witness tn
~ the only relief is to be found in hi1
~ self. Many eXpedients are being T
q sorted to by which to be freed fro
~ sin, but they all fail until be is foun
u AS it was in the days Of the wilde
e ness journey Of the people of old, -
"a Moses lifted up the serpent in the W
derness even SO must the Son Of III
IL be lifted up that whatsoever believe
- on him might not perish but have eve
lasting life"
(d) For those dead he is the Ii
The wages of sin is death and dea
has come upon all men for that
have sinned. But his testimony is,
am the resurrection and the life;
that believeth on me though he we
dead yet shall he live"
(e) For all he is the great hope ST
from God to meet all of mans need
4. The Danger Of Man.-The Ii
f. himself, this true witness, bears tie:
Ia mony to the truth that ''He that
lieveth shall be saved and he that
81 lieveth not shall be damned" TIL
are the words of the true witness.
At the court of our reason his G.
n is won at the court of our consciel
his case is won, but what says our w
Can we afford to turn from his te
mOny concerning our common trout