The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-01-23
Personal Work
sermon Preached by Mr. sunday Wednesday Afternoon


2, 1919 A. - AZ 49, ~ sS
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i said 20 hsra. Hos ala yea know
bow to tsnE Es here -
Tie said. Boss gswes right ur
around there. sHgf we GETS cur water
cut Of the srrfnr ard I nunt ere
squirrels up there
He'd beer tSere himself Sc ~ was
able. To take ssver, great big warm.
thirsty fellows there So II you've
fosf.e Jesus Csartst as your Saviour,
you ara able TO tell somebody else
been sick and some doctor has given
YOU medicine that Sured you. you
know from experience thst he's all
light. 90 you recommend him to your
friends Then they are sick. You say
he's a good man. Ill right.
So, 4 ,reeus C1riqt h sny good, Just
recommend him 20 the other fellow.
He'd Ike something good rs we'll az
you do
Then you need another thing. We've
eot To turr from every known sin n
we are going to De any power for
God. fou can't have your own way
a bout overyt hing. A lot OF people re-
peat the Lords rrayer-'Our Father
" SiS <AsA lfs Gt6Nf+b. iaStO~ed bN tRy
name, ana never tell IL to their dy-
day Now that shows You that you
ought 10 10 something out OF the or
binary.
] have always noticed that every
body considers himself licensed to
impede the progress of an Ice Wagon
bit 4 fire engine aiwayy has clear
street Learn something Get a.
move on you and all the devils OF he'll
will begin TO howl. That's Why you
never stir up the devtl--hecause
bee1 asleep all the time you've been
on The Job,
So yon need Gods word Pack your
heart and pack your head full of the
Word IT God. That's the sword of
The spirit. The sword of the Spirit
You can quote Shakespeare. Carlyle.
Emerson and Herodotua to a sinner
and be won't bat an eye because that
isn't what the spirit ran use, but
When you TO with the Word of God,
that will nut all the devils on earth to
hight. Don't you see So pack your
heart full Of IT. You want to use Il
81 convict 81 man that he's a sinner
How does man know he's a crimi
nal? He's broken tie laws of the
state.~'that makes him a criminal
How does "A man know he Is n sinner?
When he lives contrary to the Bible
i ia "A sinner. no mas ts- whether he
thinks he IS sinner OF not---he Is a
sinner. a man may not think he is d
criminal hut If he trcaks the laws he
is criminal So use the Bible to
convict "a man he is sinner and to
reveal Jesus Christ
You ought to know the Bible he
cause--Issten God Almighty has
tssn r~vealed through Jesua Christ.
and Jesus Christ Ia revealed through
the bible. / must know the Bible to
know j ests. must know Jesus to
know God. and there IL no way you
will ever know God or Christ except
YOU know them through the Bible.
Therefore, II you turn your back on
Jesus you will never know tho Bible.
so Jesus came into the world not
! only TO reveal God to man. bat TO re-
veal man TO man, and in Jesus WE
have the highest revelation of God
possible for the human mind TO con-
ceive, and in Jesus I have q revela-
ton OF myself 10 myself, fer Jesus
reveals what God wants me to be. He
has given his Word and his direction.
Then again you must know the
BihIc To show "a man that he
needs G Saviour, How do you know
.that you nesaa q dsactar when you arc
Sta? * How 10 yea Know. fny rrfends.
that you need a fireman when your
house is afire@ Therefore, to show
him that hn needs a Saviour. 70 show
him that Jesus ie the Saviour that he
needs. not philanthropy. not culture
Jesus IL the only Saviour. al others
are false. There IS only one way to
he saved that's through Jesus
Christ. That's all.
Tie TooA Your Place.
aNn t~,< 4a fc
make Jesus his Saviour---thAt ne
must repent, forsase his Sins ac-
knowledge that Jesus Christ was his
SD s'i tute. Jesus became his securt-
ty; Je.u us took his place on the cross,
and God let's you escape the curse of
the law by your acceptance of Jesus
aS your substitute. He took your
place and if you turn your back on
Jesus Christ you will be eterually
ence who you are God can't save
you II you turn your back on Jesus.
So you need the He'y Spirit: without
him you can do nothing. Tut please
rem eu Der that the spirit Of God
works through clean people and the
work OF the spirit OF God 70 to make
yo~ eel that yor need this salvation
that jesus has provided. The Holy
Ghost doesn't save you; IT'S your faith
| IN 5cTuS FtFt saves y&G. tfut the ltCiy
Ghost says TO you, .ou're Il sinner"
and ther leads you 10 Jes is to be
saved. Tho Holy Spirit makes YOU
feel thai you need the salvation that
Jesus Christ provided when he died
on the cross. IA the work of the
Holy Spirit to make you reeslize that
you need Saviour. But 1t doesn't
save you. faith IN Jesus Christ saves
YOU. That's why ats The Father.
Son ANA Holy CT sptst. -
49, PRAYER, Twothtrds of the
church members believe. do not have
family prayer. I fhsnk II was -he
raaster stroke ~ the devil when he got
tire church e rive up prayer. All OF
you have had your breakfast, your
dinner, you have all dressed az you
DIDN'T and came oat on the street
they'd pinch you). but ! wonder how
many OF You have read your Bible and
rYray ed today. / just wonder. I'm nor
lccing TO ask you for show Of hands
Won't DO that. l. never do. But here,
Wouldn't need TO ASK you bow many
have had a meal: vouv We all had meal.
That's the wev you care for your ply
steal body; all right ! wouldn't have
you do less. You feed THE old body
lutee meals day. you wash It, comb
its hair. you give II something To eat,
something to drink and II you took no
better are or your physical manhood
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