The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-12-08

tho same direction for they were all
plyotcd on the H3mc Ccntcr, old,
young. rIch aud poor Here IS a
crowd of people. Hero N a rich man.
poor man. intellectual. illitornte,
thoy all rclcct Jesus Christ They
are all going 90 he'll for they are all
pivOtCd on the snuuo center. They
won't do Gods will.
lIeroH another crowd. They all
30 the win of God. they viii 40 To
heaven for they hrc all pivotod on
God's VIII. II ~ tho question OF
whether you arc doing Gods viii or
whether you are not Every man
ana woman has q perverted will.
Your will is get on blessing yourse n:
that is what the thief docs. lie
steals 10 please himself. That's
what the get rirh quick" fellow
docs. And 80 that's what tho fellow
docs that sticks q gun under your
uosc, plcnsca himself. He does tho
things because u plcaHes him TO do 10.
Although It may not ploase you to
lie. get drunk. to steal, 20 swear.
but you are doing what you do be e-
cause n plcases you 10 do that. But
whom God imparts Ills spirit to you
ana lils nature, then you will want
90 please God because you havo
Gods spirit and nature In you and
when you VIII do Gods will n will
DO your pleasure 10 please God. bc-
cause you have Gods nature. Then
N you viii do that n will lead you
10 a knowledge OF un and you will
be sorry for u.
All Scripture ~ given by insplra
tion OF God and is profitable far COR
recuon, repfuuf and instruction IN
righteousness ana believe that prpc-
ticc IN moro go. believe a man will
be- convicted ~ ain iu proportion as
he tries To- do tho viii of God. ! be-
Hove a man will havo cody sorrow
for his sin I'm proportion az hc tries
60 bO God like aud do tho viii ot
God. ! believe tho nearer YOU got
tO God tho moro sensitive you arc
70 siu
Like n spcck In your cyo irritatos
ana agltatcs. why? because II Us
sensitive. Tho nearer you get to God
the moro sensitive you arc to sin
Paul pld, ~ am not worthy to be
called an apostle" Ito said, Il am
the chief OF sinners l don't be
licve that Paul was getting farther
away from Uud. I believe every day
that Paul lived hc was striving bis
best 10 do tho viii OF God and every
day he ala ho got nearer to Goa and
the nearer he got 20 God no looked
back NJ what he used to be and what
hc is now and he contrasted the two
ana no said, How In the world
could I ever have been 30 low down
as TO have lived like thRt?"
don't believe that you believe
that Paul was getting more and more
sinful every day, but believe; and
| believe that you believe that every
day Paul lived he was striving hard
or to do tho things that pleased God
and az he did the things that pleased
God ho was amazed to think how he
could ever have done the things that
didn't please God.
You might be down In dark cell
lar tonight and vcnomous snake
ready to inject It's venom, but when
q fellow opens the door above and
lowers the candle, that little candle
will dlspel every cubic inch OF dark
ness Thnts why we have the lights
here In the tabernacle These cleo
tric lights are all positive and tho
darkness In negative. but when the
positive liz turned on tho negative
beats II. That's why you can see
In here.
So, religion ~ positive and Sin IL
negative So, here! When = mar
lowers a candle aud that instant Will
every cubic inch OF darkness be
broken and Il reveals TO you the
snake. You are dissatisfied. YOU
want to get out of there. A little
hit ago you we're content To stay
there WHY Llght has come and
the light revealed your surround
lngs and now you never will be salts
fled to remain there.
All right. so long as you do your
viii and stay where YOU are. you will
be perfectly satisfied to do It, but
when you start to do the Will OF God
and get out OF your haurts and
change your way OF living, then you
will say with Paul "lIow could !
ever have been low down enough to
do that and serve the devll?"
Some years ago a soldier arose In
a rcgimcntal prayer meeting and
said, pray for mo that ' may be Al
said, In view Of the past life he lived,
that he should have manifested more
sorrow. lie heasd ~ II and felt
grieved at II. lie didn't show up at
the prayer mceting FOR many weeks
and when at last he did return he
said:
''1hree weeks ago / asked you to
pray for me that might be a
Christian heard that ! should
have manifested more sorrow for
my sin than / did whom I arose and
made that request. A girl died In
a house Of shame In Wash ugton
and my sin put her there He
said. II have never offered prayer
from tho day that asked you to
pray for me, three weeks ago. Three
weeks that / haven't prayed God
10 spare my life for many years that
there might radiate from my life
an Influence FOR good which would
couutcract In a degree the influ-
cuco for evil thAt went from my life
IN the days when | mas subsidized
and followed the devil"
II you We're honest, you'd set up
and walk down these aisles and
take me by the hand and every time
you get on your knees say, 80 God.
spare me for many years that /
may he OF good influence To others
tn connteract the bad influence that
went from my lie In the DAYS when
I served the devil and went down
the line with the bunch ana lived In
sin"
II you are willing 20 do HIS win
YOU will know. Then, II you do the
win OF God n viii solve your doubts
and they will dissolve Ike ice In a
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