The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-07

In the Prophecy of Jeremiah, xiv:
0. why shouldst thou be as a
mighty man that cannot saver Yet
Thou. o Jehovah, art in the midst
OF us, and we are called by Thy
name
There are those in the world so
familiar with their Bibles that II
YOU would announce verse Of
scripture and not tell it's location,
they would tell you the chapter and
the verse; and II there are any here
this morning so familiaf / am sure
II | had not announced the location,
YOU would have instantly said.
i'Ihat sounds like Jeremiah" be-
cause there Ia "A line Of truth an
n0unced by writer. simply because
the conditions under which ne was
called upon by God to register his
protest against the sins OF the peo-
Pile were different than the condi-
lions under which any other writer
registered his protest. Therefore.
emphasis was put upon the partic-
ular things which would meet the
conditions and would call the peo-
pie back from their sins.
We find that truth especially no.
tiCeable In the major and minor
prophets, and more particularly In
the New Testament.
MhllItW SttiAS 10 nave written
more especially to the Jew. He
seemed to endeavor to convince
thom that Christ was the Messiah,
and he quoted more frequently from
tho old Testament. And God only
knows how many OF his ancient peo-
pie have been turned to accept Jesus
christ through Matthew.
His Tircicss Energy.
Mark seems to have been / n
kA
Jesus. Mark uses words, such as
go Spurgeon said he did not un-
derstand how anybody could read
the Gospel of Mark and not go out
and preach the Gospel OF Jesus
Christ There are fifty places in the
Gospel of Matthew where It states
specifically that the Gospel OF Jesus
Christ was preached; twenty seven
in Luke's Gospel. eighteen in Johns
Gospel, and there are seventy-three
IN Marks Gospel OF sixteen chap
ters.
Mark uses the word straight
away twcnty-one times and uses
the word "immedlately" seventeen
times--Jesus Immediately" did this
and "straightaway" he went there,
Tho little word go" occurs forty
rive times in the Gospels, and TWEEN
ty-two times in Marks Gospel of
sixteen chapters. II seems TO have
been the aim OF Matthew and Mark
TO impress upon us the tireless en-
ergy OF Jesus.
Luke was Gentle physician.
Through whose preaching ha was
converted to Christianity we do not
know, but presumably through Pc
ter's. Luke was the first writer in
the New Testament. Luke was one
Of these men who are aDle to OK
Dress themselves IN just few words
There are people that are SO long
winded that they take n whole page
to say what other people can say in
few sentences.
Luke was GENTLE physician
Christs power over disease aui ma
lure seemed to be the burden of
Luke's Gospel. He wanted to show
that He must have been the Son OF
God or He never could have opened
the eyes of the blind and He never
could have said TO the storms, BE
still" and He never could have fed
the multitudes with the loaves and
fishes.
don't believe that man or woman
ives wro ls In doubt as to the di-
yinity OF Jesus Christ after reading
the Gospel of John with an open
mind. He used the words, God be.
come incarnate in the flesh"--"In
the person of the Holy Ghost
"Cruclfied, dead and buried" John
seems to take us back to convince
us that Jesus was the Christ
II l should make circle and
write in the middle OF 1t salvation
and make different lines to come
out from the center, upon one ]
would write born again" upon an
other, converted" upon another.
Justified by faith"
Paul does not say n word about
being born again" Paul speaks OF
being justified by faith Luke
does not say a word about being
justified by faith" he says "unless
you become converted and become
as little children" John says, "Ex-
cept a man be born again" Now. as
matter of fact II he is born again,
ne Is justified by faith and con.
,crtod.
Faith the Essential.
Paul gets a man into heaven by
being justified by faith. A man
can't get to heaven unless he has
faith in Jesus Chrirt. 1t Ia simply
same truth. You can call that
,'justifying by faith" you can call 1t
conversion" or being born again"
out n man gets to heaven through
Jesus Christ--never mind what
name he uses.
jeremiah made II plain that God
was In their midst, and he made It
plain that lie was there as the
mighty man, that he could not save.
ana he made 1t plain that the peo-
pie had turned away from God. lie
showed that God works through hu-
man agents, God gives us some
thing to eat, but II human agents
did not get out and plow the ground
and plant the seed, by next No
Nember, we would not have any
thing TO cat and millions would die.
God works through human agents
TO spread His Gospel to the world.
God asks men to tell people about
His salvation. God has been pleased
TO put this earthen vessel in the
world, and in the seventh verse
Jeremiah gives the reason. He says,
. Lord, though our iniquties testi-
fy against us, do Thou It for Thy
names sake: for our backslidings
are many and we have sinned
against Thee"
The Increase Of worldiness pro-
duces a corresponding decrease OF
interest in the things of God God
wants you 10 have good time. God
made this world for our enjoyment.