Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1921-02-02

fact is not only truth. or an arous-
Ing truth, or an undeniable truth; It
ls convictin9 truth. Bold claims
these may seem TO be, but there they
are. And their right to be accepted
's guaranteed by the authority Of God
Almighty.
The Ten Commandments are not
mentioned here. Neither are the good
deeds men do given here. A thou
sand dead apple trees are not worth
as much for fruit raising as one live
tree. So 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 all command
ments and oil good deeds in one side
or your scales and weigh them against
Jesus. they will kick the beam. He
was born under the law, He fulfilled
the law, He was put to death under
the law; His deeds are not only many,
they are without one exception good
even to perfection. We must deal
with Him. Refusal to accept what He
has done, that Is the sin. That s!n
holds In Its grasp all others. 1t is
His Cross that stands ut the forks
In the road where we must make the
eternal choice. Shining against that
includes all the rest.
With one 1t is Jesus or ork, Have
not done all these good things. or
am not willing to do these right
acts7 What I did and what am
about to do, that Is the consideration.
But over against It nll IS Jesus. There
ia what E(c did and what He offers to
DO. What could 4 dead violin do to-
wards making muslcf Absolutely
nothing But Is there skilled violin
ist into whose hands It has been
given7 He will produce the music.
What can man "dead IN trespasses
and sins" do to make himself right?
All. he cannot practice the real right
until he has the righteousness to
practice with: and that Is In Jesus.
With another It is Jesus or harm
lessness. "Why, what harm have I
done2" 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 80 Is the souls
neglect; 1t always carries will: 1t dis
aster. But here Is something to which
you may have been blinded, 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 80 great
that If we neglect Him we are lost
by 1t.
With another It Is Jesus or now
much can ! pay9 But we cannot pay
for the rejection Of Him. He is not
to be marketed. How could one pay
for such when the very substance or
money he might bring would be, not
the smallest fraction Of 1t, originally
produced by man3 "Who hath made
all these things7" "What hast thou
that thou didst not receiver If It
were n matter Of barter then we are
utterly defeated. Our price would be
so dis-valued by the rate Of exchange
that 1t would equal simply nothing.
But "believe on ME-" that is the
condition. The paying, He has done
that. aye are bought with n price,"
"Redeemed not with silver and gold
but with the precious blood of
Christ"
Believe on Him, that Ia to 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. 1t Is dangerous even to put
forth the hand ns If to increase its
power to lift us
Not believing on Him, sin follows.
Believing on Him, sin is defeated.
Search the whole field from end to
end. and through every part, and 1t Ia
defiled unless we believe on Him,
Likewise search 1t most thoroughly.
and the deflement ls gone If we be-
lieve on Him. 1t is q wonderful word
Of life this, that "the 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 to find nm 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
proof was In the taking
And drunkards and moral men.
scholars and uncducated men, pros.
porous and poor men. stand forth to
declare ,hat to believe on Jesus
Christ Is to be saved. Why not be
one among themf