Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-02
CHRLsTs LIFE WITHOUT FAULT
WORTHY EXAMPLE TO CHRISTIANS

OpCdhluS Ou tue uHu
no fault with Him." Rev. William
Sunday last evening took the life
of Christ as a worthy example for
Christians to follow, pointing out
wherein could never be found
blame or. blemish. He said:
( Character man may be known
by five things. First, his character,
what he is. Second, his converse
ton. what he says. Third, his con-
/ duct, by what he does. Fourth, his
contributions, what he gives. Fifth,
his creed, what he believes.
Love is the greatest thing in the
world. Character is the grandest
1t will remain when all things else
! are taken away. You can't lose
character. 1t will stay when your
money is gone. 1t will stay when
your friends are forsaking you.
You can't burn up character. You
can burn up money, you can burn
your house, you can burn your
clothes, but you can't burn up
your character.
1t won't blow away. 1t can't be
lost. You can't buy character. A
reputation may be lost in one act
of your life You can lose a repu-
tation that it's taken you a life
time to build up.
Character needs no epitaph on
/ its tombstone. You may bury man
and his character will beat the
hearse back from the cemetery.
He will walk the streets long after
| his name has been obliterated by
time from the tombstone. There
are men who lived in this city
/ years and years ago-you have for
! gotten their names, but they are
still living, either reproduced in a
/ benediction or curse.
| Character has to be f1owless;
and l bring before you Jesus
Christ. Can you find any fault in
Him? He claimed to be the Son
of God. and can you prove that
that claim was false? All right, all
right, I challenge you. Can you
! find any flaw in that claim? Didn't
| He talk like the Son of God should
tave talked? And didn't He talk
/ like you would if you had been the
/ Son of God? Did He say anything
that you wouldn't have said if you
had been the Son of God instead
of Him?
Did any words that are recorded
that he spake show that He had no
| right to say what He said or do
what He did? Can you find any
utterances that are out of place in
the Son of God? Don't your own
heart say that every word Jesus
Christ said was true?
He declared God to be what ev-
fFro ri
He declared that God loves men
and that He was willing to forgive
men if they had gone astray and
if they would repent Can you find
any fault with that? Isn't that
b., hat you feel that God must be in
order to be God?
Why Refuse God!
Do you object to the physician
who wants to make you well?
Well, do you object to anybody
who wants to do something that
will mako you tell the truth in
stead of a lie? Do you object to
anybody who wants you to be So
Der instead of drunk?
Why does a man refuse to be a
Christian and receive God? God
has no pleasure in the death of the
wicked. God knows that if a man
dies a sinner. he will be in hell
before midnight. He has no pleas
ure in the death OF the wicked, be-
cause He knows he isn't ready to
die Not at ALL God sent Jesus
into the world, not to condemn the
world; the world was condemned
before Jesus Christ came. He came
into the world to open up a plan
of redemption to save the world.
I didn't come here to preach
anything to condemn you. You
were already condemned before
you ever heard of me. If you came
in here tonight to be saved, I am
not coming here to condemn you.
l am coming here to preach to you,
to tell you what to do to be saved
You came in here condemned
you may go out without condemna-
ton. Jesus didn't come to con-
denim the world; He came to save
Give man a chance to be redeem
ed, and if God loves the world, and
if this world has gone into sin, God
must do something to win it back
to prove that He does love it.
Can you find anything in any
thing that Jesus did that was dis
honoring to God, anything that He
said or anything that He did? Can
you put your finger on anything
that was out of place? I challenge
you to do it. What did Jesus Christ
ever do that wasn't for the benefit
OF human beings?
What has Jesus Christ ever ask
ed you to do that wasn't for your
good? What did you ever refuse to
do that God wanted you to do that
you weren't a fool for refusing?
God don't want you to do anything
that isn't for your betterment. So. !
il you want the best there is, God |
has it waiting for you.
And did Jesus Christ ever inture |
anybody in thought or deed? No! |
Did eJsus ever lie? Did He ever
deceive anybody? No, Did He
ever misrepresent? Mo- Did He |
ever say That's all WOOL" when it |!
was half cotton? No, Did He ever |
say it was imported when it was |
Did Jesus ever lie? Did He ever
raise a finger against anything |
that was good? No,
God Heals Hearts.
He cured the sick. He opened |
the eyes of the blind. He unstop- |
ped the ears of the deaf He raised /
the dead. He cleansed the Ieper. |
He helped everybody who asked |
Him, and He helped a good many
who didn't ask Him, and He never |
sent ANYBODY away with a heavy /