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be In adversely" He sees adversely ell
around and he sees his friends come to
distress. but he says in his heart, II
shall never come 10 me. He forgets or
denies what the Word Of God 80 fire.
Quently reminds Us Of, that "sll flesh IL
as grass" He sees his friends 30 to
the grave, but for him that shall never
be. In the midst Of scene wherein
change and decay hold sway he says.
IN the seif-suficiency Of his heart, Il
shall not be moved" Blind to all the
instruction OF history, 10 all the teach
ing Of what he sees around him, and
TO all that the Word Of God would tell
him, he says, II shall not be moved
nor come into adversely" Shutting
his eyes to what is seen, closing his
ears to what 10 heard. persuaded In his
fatuous eOncelt and presumption thar
he shall never come INTO adversely, he
goes into the future with no prepara-
ton for what may he in his path. Akin
to the arrogance Of Satan Is the vanity
which leads man TO make sHch fatal
mistake.
Can Sin With IMMUNITY.
In verse IL we read: HE hath said
IN his heart, God hath forgotten.
He will never see Il" He will not be-
heve. even though God tells him that
there can be no hiding Of sin. How.
ever deep the grave where the sin lies
buried, however secret may be the re-
treat where the sin Is concealed. how
ever thick the veil hung before the Sc
Guided place where the sin has been
hid. the sinner Is to know what God
declares, BE sure your sin will find
you cut" (Num. a. :23). The sinner
may say In his heart, God hath for
gotten" but God replies, Il know your
manifold transgressions and your sins"
(Amos 5:12). @Talk no more so ex-
ceeding proudly: let not arrsgancy
come out of your mouth: for the Lord
70 God OF knowledge" II Sam 2:s).
But the sinner persists in the fatal
mistake Of saying In his heart. God
hath forgotten: he win never see II"
Because the sin hes hidden In the deep
recesses Of his heart the sinner feels
secure and imagines. with the iEnpu-
dence that belongs 10 Satan, that no
can sin with impmity; forgetting or
denying that the heart Of man is more
plainly read by God than the cieanest
writing Is distinguishabls TO the eyes
Of man.
| There 10 Ne Judgment
To verse IS we read, He hath said
| IN his heart, Thou witt not require It."
He will not allow himself TO believe
that 1T Is appointed unto man once to
die, and after this the Judgment"
(Heb. 9:27l. He goes through life
thinking he will never come into adver.
sity. imagining that he can sin with
impunity, and crowning his disrespecs
of God by declaring, Thou wilt not re-
spire IT, He sees man taking and Civ
Ing Judgment every day. he sees
daily desperate attempts TO avoid the
Nemesis Of the law Of man proving
sbortive Example after example Of
the certainty Of retribution for break
Ting the Law Of man 10 before him. in
pite Of all, the persistent delusion Of
his heart Il that retrfbetion for break
fng the lay Of God may be avoided.
God declares he -will IN no wise clear
the guilty." and testines 10 oil that
men are to be judged, first, for their
vords-sEvefy idie word that men
shall speak. they shah give account
thereof In the day Of Judgment" (hstt.
n :So) ecosd. for their thoughts and
hidden motfves--God shan tudge the
secrets Of men" from 2;l6): third.
for their deeds---And the dead we're
yudsed according 70 their werks~
(Rev. o:i7). bat me sinner rises to
the climax Of wickedness when, IN the
light Of these plain declarations Of
God, he says. There b no coming
Judgment"
OIL mat sinners might turn from
these fatal mistakes; than they might
turn 20 the Lord with confession, be-
l,eying Il true that IF we confess our
sins he n faithful and just TO forgiven
and. accepting the Lord Jesus Christ
ss q personal Savior. come TO the bless
edness Of the assurance that "there Is
therefore nov no condemnation -
THEM that are in Christ Jesus"