The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1921-01-28

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claim Is because
men believe not on Jesus Christ. THIS
fact is not only truth. or an arous-
ing truth, or an undenIable truth; u
is convcting truth. Bold claims
these may seem to he, but there they
are. And their right TO be accepted
Is guaranteed by the authority OF dcu
Almighty.
The Ten Commandments are not
mentioned here. Neither are the gvod
deeds men do given here. thOu-
sand dead apple trees are not worm
as much for fruit raising as one i've
tree. SO a thousand commandments
would not count for so much as the
living Jesus; and thousand good
deeds dead at best) could not equal
the living Jesus. Place oil command
ments and all good deeds In one side
of your scales and weigh them against
Jesus. they will kick the beam. lie
was born under the law, He fuihlleo
the law, He was put TO death under
the law: His deeds are not only many
they are without one exception goou
even TO perfection. We must deal
with Him. Refusal TO accept what he
has done, that Is the sin. That an
holds In Its grasp all others, II Is
His Cross thnt stands at the FORKS
In the road where we must make the
eternal choice. Shining against that
includes all the rest.
With one, II Is Jesus or work. Have
not ! done oil these good things, or
am ! not willing 10 do these right
actsi What | did and what ! am
about TO do, that is the consideration.
But over against II all is Jesus. There
is what He did and what He offers TO
do. What could dead violin do to-
wards making musicf Absolutely
nothing. But is there skilled violin
Isl into whose hands II has been
given? He will produce the music.
What can a man dead In trespasses
and SINS do TO make himself right
All, he cannot practice the real right
until he has the righteousness 70
practice with; and that Is In Jesus.
with another II Is Jesus or harm
lessness. "why, what harm have !
doner' Well, II there had been no
other harm done than that done BY
neglect, then that Is startling. Like
fields neglected, like bridges neglect.
ed. like debts neglected 30 Is the souls
neglect II always carries witt II die
aster. But here Is something to which
you may have been blindef. You have
neglected Him. All other neglects
even II they extended into ages upon
ages instead Of only for few years
cannot weigh as much as this. What
He represents to us Is duty so great
that II we neglect Him we are lost
By II.
with another II IL Jesus or how
much can I payf But we cannot pay
for the rejection of Him. He Is not
| TO he marketed. How could one pay
for such when the very substance or
money he might bring would he. not
the smallest fraction of II. originally
produced by manf "Who hath made
all these ihIngsr" "what hast thu
that thou dldst not receiver II II
were matter Of barter then we are
utterly defeated. Our price would be
"a dis-valued by the rate Of exchange
that II would equal simply nothing.
But "belIeve on ME-" that IL the
condition. The paying. He has done
that. "Ye are bought With a price"
Redeemed not with silver and gold
but with the precious blood OF
Christ"
Believe on Him. that Is 10 put the
whole weight OF all the past. all the
future and all Of now upon Him. he
saves. He Is the elevator that takes
us up. II Is dangerous even to put
forth the hand as II to Increase its
power to lift US
Not believing on Him. sin follows.
Believing on Him. sin II defeated.
Search the whole field from end 10
end. and through every nart. and n ID
defiled unless we believe on Him.
Likewise. search II most thoroughly.
and the defiiement IL gone u we be
lIeve on Him. II Ii q wonderful word
OF life this. that 'fhe gift Of God is
eternal life" When the little girl was
asked to explain how sweet the honey
was In the Jar she carried. she tried
several times 20 fnd an answer and
then reached the climax by lifting the
jar up In her hands and saying. Here,
put your finger In. taste and see.- The
proc. was In the taking.
And drunkards and moral men,
scholars and uneducafed men. prs.
porous and poor men. stand forth ID
declare that to believe on Jesus
Christ n 10 he saved. WHY not n
J one among ihemi