The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1921-12-09

Speaking on the text wilt Thou Also
Disannul My Judgment? Wilt Thuo
Condemn Me, that Thou Mayest De
lighthouse" DR.. ]. +. Bulgin, in re
vival address here last night said:
Job lived in an age when the Pan
theistic philosophy believed that great
calamaties came upon people because
they were sinners and that the gods
were after them. Job was an orth0-
dox Jew, though he could not explain
why, as a child of God, he had SUI,
fered so. He would not believe with
the Pantheism of the world that 1t
was because ne was a sinner, and that
the three wise men, Bildad, Gopher
and Elihu, were arguing that these
boils We're on him because he was
bad man.
Job answered. 7 do not believe 1t is
because I am big sinner, that l am
suffering this way And when the
three men, Bildad, Gopher and Elihu
had been dismissed. God talked to Job,
and here was the first thing he said:
"'Wilt thou also dismiss My Judg-
ment? Wilt thong condemn Me. that
thou mavest be righteous"
There are five propositions l want
to lay down.
Il. Every excuse that a man makes
for living in sin charges blame on
Almighty God.
- There sannot be sin where there
is a Unsuitable excuse. A man can
not be blamed for doing thing 10"
the doing of which he has a justifiable
excuse.
elf God condemns man when q
man has a iustifiable excuse, God
is wrong and cannot be Just deity
a God does blame and will punish
any and all sin.
"5. Conclusion: Every argument you
make for living in sin Or away from
God flies in the teeth OF the Almighty
and seeks to condemn Him that you
may be right.
Ready to Argue.
you never find a man or woman or
boy or girl who says, Let me alone
eyDect to be damned; : want TO go
10 hell when I die They don't say
that The very thing would make a
Christian out of any man who would
say II. But when you come to them
and ask them TO surrender their wills
to the. most. high God and. lead Chris
tian lives they begin to set up some
argument.
Now look at some Of the things
that people say and then ] will enter
upon a discussion of these excuses.
Another proposition J want to lay
down: Unbeief is the biggest sin II
the eve of God, For unbelief is tht
sin that kills the remedy that Goo
provided for all the rest of sin.
Now let us look at some of the eX
cuses. I would like to be Christian
but 7 cannot. That is argument mum
her one. 7 am looking man in the
face tonight in this audience who hal
been getting interested. The man sit
ting here says he would like to be
Christian but he cannot. l told hin
| would like for him to be here wheI
l preached my sermon to the higi
school boys and girls and I wanted Il
explain to him about that cannot.
The way that cannot is spelled Il
wont That IS the only way yol
will be allowed to spell It on judgment
day. would like to be Christian
but won't God demands a Christian
life Of evry man on the penalty o
Christian death.
Be Reasonable, Urge.
81 beg of you folks in the name o
God to be reasonable with God. If ev
cry church member died and went tt
hell tomorrow it would not save a sin
gle sinner in Cambridge. Before thin
own Master you stand or tail and OF
the judgment day of God you vii
never be asked about the hpyocrite
IN the church, but it will be you AM
God. Just you two. Therefore pleas
Iay down the excuse that there ar
church members in the church VIII
don't live right. There are plenty, bu
don't take them for your example. Re
Iigion Is like bicycle, when you stO
pumping you have to get off and Their
are a lot Of people who have had {
get Off.
But ! have a real argument. Nj
Bulgin. Well, what is your Argument
Il am waiting until feel more like i
I don't think anybody ought to try t
become religious until he feels like it.
YOU cannot find any place in tn
Bible that says whOsoever 'feeleth
in the name OF the Lord, but it is be
lieyeth." II is not feeling, but b.
lieving. The best converts I ever ma
were those who came with the leas
feeling. and yet some folks come wit
great feeling and great eXcitemen
That is their nature. Sensation is NJ
salvation 1t is a matter of fact thu
YOU face tonight. Sensation is ma
for nj Ii.uoSitiou and constitution