The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-19

make way to escape, that We may
be able to bear it.
He has promised provision for ev-
cry need, "But my God shall supply
all your need according to his riches
in Glory by Christ Jesus" Not all
you want! You may want great
many things you don't need. God
says, 81 will supply all your need
according to my riches in Glory" You
may want ice cream, but you can get
along without it. See? 81 will sup
ply all your need according to my
riches in Glory"
Much is Promised
To True Believers.
Such are a few of the numberless
promises which make the life of the
believer full of glory and full Of
peace. To us, as believers. they are
promised; as believers they should be
desired with a yearning which daily
and hourly increases with intensity.
| We ought to long for the fulfillment
/ of these things, and let me ask you,
| are they possessed?
| There are thousands of people to-
day who have had the higher and
richer experiences of a Christian life
who are absolute strangers to the
church They do not know the A.
/ B. C's out of which to write Gods
peace; they do not know perfect for
! giveness; they have no personal as
surance of salvation they have no
perfect peace. Their lives are a con-
| slant prey to anxiety; circumstance
upset them; they have no experience
as to the keeping power of Jesus
, Christ: in the hour of temptation
they are not filled with JOY, but they
are gloomy
They are not victorious, but they
are defeated. and their cry seems to
be, oh, wretched man that l am!
Who shall deliver me-" For the
law of the Spirit of life in Christ
Jesus hath made me free from the
law of sin and death 1t is just
the opposite from that.
And let me ask you another ques
ton. Why is it that the life lived
by the average Christian affords such
a sad and bitter contrast to that pie
tured on the pages of the New TIES
lament?
Let me ask you another question
Is the Christian life as pictured il
the Bible too high for human attain
ment? Oh, no. Did God tell YOU
to do something that he knew yo.
could never achieve? Don't you hav'
the audacity to say that is true. Tha
is lie!
God Proves All
Can Repent.
God did not put the Christ life to,
high for human attainment. Whel
God commands all men to repent, Coz
knows all men can repent, or Coz
would not command them to do i:
Gods promises are never meant t
be unfulfilled Is God trifling witt
his people? No!
Is the Christ life an ideal towar,
which you must always long and az
proximate but never realize? Mus
it be something that I'd like to pos
sess, but it is too high for me t
reach? No! Is it something that
would like to own, that | have no
the ability to own? No!
But the explanation is in the text
Let me read it again. Your iniqu
ties have turned away these thing:
and your sins have withholden goo
things from you
Failure with ourselves, not wit
God Then that means self examine
ton to find out why you have failed
Isn't that right? Certainly!
Let me ask you another question
What is there in your life that hir
ders the blessing from coming t
you? And because it doesn't come t
you, it is kept away from somebod
! else? You can't go through thi
world an insulated and isolated being
7 you will either damn it or you wi
bless it, accordingly as you are rel