Mountain advocate. (Barbourville, Ky.) 1904-1935, 1920-03-05

| self are all the
essential elements of Deity.
.. Because It saves from great sins
| This salvation wGs not designed only
Tor the mighty, the noble, and the
| good, but for the vilest sinner as well
The prophet says, Though your sins
be as scarlet they shall he as white
as snow; though they be red like Grim
son they shall be as wool" Yes.
| though you may have committed
murder and the sentence Of death he
awaiting you; though you nave
stolen; though you have gone to the
limit of sensuality until you are moth
Il less than moral leper, this sal
walton Is so great that 1t can save you
if you will but lay hold on it.
3. Because il saves from great dam
ger. The Bible represents all men
who have not come under the saliva
ton Of the blood of Christ as sinners
and says that the wages of sin Is
death. Mans sin is so great that God
says that for the impenitent there
awaits an eternal hell, an everlasting
burning, an intending ruin. This aw-
ful doom is hanging over every man
who has not surrendered to the Lord
Jesus Christ.
/. Because it takes men OF the mean
est type and manner of life and ele-
Yates them to prncely honOrs.
}. Because it was accomplished
through great suffering. We had
turned every one to his own way, and
the Lord caused to strike on him the
lniquity of us all. Christ's suffering
was so great that his sweat became as
great drops of blood.
II. How This Salvation May Be
Lost.
1t may be lost by neglect. There
arc some things which may be neg
lected without entailing great incOn
venience or loss, but the great saliva"
ton provided in Christ is one thing
which 1t will not do TO neglect; to do
so is the height of folly and madness.
Observe:
l. ~ lOSt NlllS SailN ullOI llltit lStu
not necessarily be any grave OffenSe
against morality. You may be living
a clean life, possessing good inten-
tons, fully decided that sometime
you will lay hold of eternal life; yet
if you neglect, you will be overtaken |
with eternal disaster and ruin.
.. There may not be any conscious !
or spoken rebellion against God, yet |
you may be lost, for "he that is not !
for ME is against me-" Your neglect |
TO come out on the Lords side and |
make a confession in the atonlng |
blood may ergulf your soul forever in
the abyss of woe.
3. There may not be any fault find
ng or speaking against this saliva
-IOn-Only the delay in embracing it.
T. There may not be any decided
refusal of the offer of salvation in
Christ. simply neglect.
8. All one needs to do i'm order 10
re lost is TO do nothing. There are
,ut three steps TO hell, namely, neg
oct, Indifference. and refusal. Per-
istent neglect occasions indlfrer-
nee; continued Indifference termIn.
ties in hardness of heart and stubborn
efusal.
III. The IrnpossibIIity Of Escape IL
his Great Salvation Is Neglected.
/. Because there Is but one way of
scape. that is, through belief on the
ord Jesus Christ. There is mo 9TH
r name under heaven given among
len whereby We must be saved"
.. Because there is but one life TO
We and that life Is made up of on.
ortunitles of salvation hence If these
be neglected In this life |
here is no possible way Of escape.
3. Because there is. no repentance
eyond the grave; as death leaves w
D will the Judgment find us.
A. Beccuse there are no more offer
lgs for sin. There are no more
9viors 20 die; therefore, to miss the :
aviation offered by Jesus Christ Is
} he forever lost. Z,
s. Because there are no mere Shirts .
quicken those dead In trespGsses .
ID sin. 1t is the Spirit that quick. \
leth; II we resist Jesus too long he 4
IN take his departure forever q
Col says. "Aiy Spirit viii not nj. a
ays strive" Since. therefore, there f
a great salvation offered, "whoso. :,
'er will, may come" "Now Is the s
,ce7ted time" The door Of mercy Is (,
NV open. VIII you not receive hin q,
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