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first. II shows
itself in "the eyes
full of adultery" that lesr on every
street.
Its sad effects are manifest In the
curse that has overspread creation be-
cause Of 1t, so that "the whole creation
groaneth and travaleth IN pain tcgeth-
er until now" as though ii were a liv-
Ing thing of feeling crying out in
pain. Behold the sorrow of the heart
The sea of life is briny with human
tears. Every setting sun behods
thousand broken hearts. Every sigh
of saddened souls, every tear on faded
cheeks, every bit of Grape at the door,
every funeral in .he silent streets, ev-
cry policeman on the corner is token
Of the curse that sin has brought into
the world.
u. Sin is the most universal fact OF
human history. This is enforced by
~ the history of he Old Testament,
and (2) by the positive declaration Of
all Scripture.
Every age has ended in Astounding
sin and failure on the part of man
and Of Judgment IN the part Of God.
When men clamor today for better
environment for the race. they forget
about Adam. His environment was
as perfect as God could make 1t. but
he sinned In that age of bolshevism
that followed, there we're finally only
eight people that were At to live on
earth, and God destroyed all the rest.
Human government was established in
Noah, and he demonstrated by getting
drunk that he was unable to even
govern himself The age ended In the
judgment of God at the .)lair of Shin
ar. Then God chose nation and gave
them his Word, but they rebelled
against him, and became idolators.
Their glory faded in the B,.fylonian
captivity AT last he sent his Son,
and men nailed him to cross. Sin.
sin, sin
Every page of Gods revelation tes-
titles to the universally of human sin.
Romans 3 sums up he testimony,
showing that man, in every department
Of his being, has been corrupted b.,
sin.
III. Sin is the most awful fact In the
world. Behold the cross where divine
wrath was poured out to the utmost
upon that Blessed One, who thera was
"made sin" for us; hear the cry OF that
angulshed heart; see the darkness
gathering round-to fOreshadow the
eternal, outer darkness as the doom of
every sinner. There has God revealed
his holy hatred of lin and shown to
men what an awful thing II Is. But
''fools make a mock Of" II and do not
believe what he SAYS.
And herein. again. is Its awfulness
seen: that men are blind to n: their
reasoning powers 80 corrupted they per-
vert Gods ways. believe he life Of the
Devil rather than his truth. and even
imagine sin TO he an asset. They can
speak of a "fall upward" And so
blind are they. with all their profess
sion OF wisdom. that the Holy Spirit
must come down from heaven TO con
vince the world OF SIM" "If our Cos
pei be hid. II Is hid to them that are
lost. in whom the god Of this world
hath blinded the minds of them that
believe not"
w. Sin is here persnnified as mas
Ter. Every life Is. therefore. n service.
"Ye we're the servants OF sin" says
the apostle speaking Of the former con-
dition Of Christians. "His servants We
are to whom We obey Of sin unto
DEATH" THE blowing OF the wicked
Is sin" and "the sacrifices Of the wick
ed are an ab0mlnation unto the Lord"
This master Is an exacting tyrant
and an infallIble paymaster He prom
Ises pleasures. and he gives them. but
the end Of all Is death. "Sln has
reIgned unto DEATH NoAwonder that
God tells MS Of "the deccitfulness Of
SIM II Offers pleasure. but finally
pays It's servants nth death. Deathl
With relentless hand AZ gathers the
servants Of Sin to the gave. and then
to the 'fake Of fref vkIch rs the
second Geath.- -
But thanks ne unto Col 4 sin IL
DISCLOSED n bis Word. Il & always In
the lightsof- bis grace. n DE fphi dis
ease Is laid fully bare the Ilerfect
remedy IS discovered By rs slAel The
wages Of sin = death. bot the gift Of
God is eternal life tbruugh Jesus
ChFist orr EprdrF -
O. sosL Soc need not ,iIsl Accept
Gods EraclOus 81 today. and llsei