The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-04-27
Speaking on the text, "Ye Must BE
Born Again." Rev. w. A. Sunday
Thursday afternoon said:

was lead to take up my subject
today for four or five reasons.
First: Because of book read.
Second: Because of a sermon I
heard along the line Of what l read
in the book.
Third: Because Of the fact that the
book I read and the sermon heard,
helped me to study the Bible. /
Fourth: Because Of remark
young man made me in Iowa, when
he gave his heart to the Lord and |
people shook hands and said, I'VE are
glad to welcome you"
Fifth: Because of a remark preach
er made to me in Iowa, when man
and his wife and four children came |
and took their stand for Jesus Christ |
AS the cards were given to him he !
said. "They will add six to my mem !
bership, but nothing in finance or in |
social position"
n / told him / thought he'd been mis-
Vcalled and that God didn't want him |
to preach, perhaps, split rails, and l
didn't even know that he would make |
good rail-spiitter with spirit like |
that.
a good many people think that af !
ter Jesus left the world he'd have
nothing more to do with it, but Jesus
still lives and sympathizes with us
and he can help us as much today as +,
he did when he stood on the hilltops
Of Judea or walked through the
streets Of Jerusalem.
Power Comes
Through Jesus
The soul that is born again, feed
ing on the word of God, living in fell
lowship with God through Jesus Christ
will have power.
Tie life of Jesus was always NOV
ing out after those beyond the pale
of Gods mercy. He said, you that
are well don't need physician but
they that are sick
And he said, "If the ninety-nine
are in the fold then l will not both
er my head about the ninety-nine.
want the fellow that is not in the
fold, that's the one / am after"
And the life of Jesus was always
moving out after those beyond the
pale of his mercy.
And the life which l now live in
the flesh, live by the faith of the Son
Of God, who loved me and gave him.
self for me. then will be doing what
Jesus Christ would do if he were here
what did he do when he was here.
Ou6 VI Inc cNIuelINSo. IL uOI
the very first evidence, Of the divine
spirit in a man or woman, is the fact
that that man or woman is reaching
out after those that are not Christ
ians and trying to help them to be-
come Christians. Now that being
- rue, then you can see that mighty
Sew in the church have ever been
born again.
Now listen to my sermon. The
law Of service is the law of growth.
II you use the life that God has Civ
en- you, you will grow, whether that
is physical, mental or spiritual, you've
got to use 1t to develop it. You've
got to study If you want to develop
your mind. You've got to work and
exercise if you want to develop your
body, attend to the laws of health.
You've got to use common sense in
the things you do If you want to
grow spiritually. 1t is ridiculous to
sit down and say you can never be-
come strong physically.
Suppose the man, whose withered
hand Jesus healed, had looked at it,,
wrapped it up and put it away. Sup
pose he had never used it until the
Sabbath, then went back to the syna-
gogue, unwrapped it and took look
at it. How long do you suppose he'd
have had the use of it?
Hundreds Are Poor
Christians
Hundreds of people never look at
religion through the week, they just
bring it out on Sunday morning. No
wonder they never grow and develop.
No wonder they aren't giants for
Jesus Christ and for his truth.
The divine order is life, growth and
faJI VI, ha hor in
You had a physical birth, your moth
er gave you birth, that is the reason
you sit here. But you've got to have
a spiritual birth and a spiritual birth
is to come through the shed blood of
Jesus Christ. You were born of flesh
IN there you are, but you've got to be
" born of the spirit. So there are two
births, the flesh and the spirit. But
being born again isn't by money or
culture but by faith in Jesus Christ
that you are born again.
Multitudes are In the church Vsibly
but they have never been born again
they are not members OF the new
birth. They are members of the
Episcopalians, Methodists. They are
members of the physical church but
not members of the body of Christ
although the members of the visible
ought to be synonymous. But every
body that is a member of visible
church is not a member of the body
of Christ. We must be divine LIVED
before there can be any work o.
which God approves.
| think one of the curses of the
church today is putting uncovered
women and men into church. You
see them as trustees and what bust
ness have they to touch It? You be
your life fellow doesn't have any
thing to do in a lodge who isn't
member of 1t! You go down to the
Masonic lodge and see if anybody il
having anything to do with that, tina
isn't member of it-not on you
life! But you will stick men into ;
position as a trustee whether they de
serve it or not.
Christ Sees
Big Harvest
In Matthew, the fourth chapter AM
the twenty-third verse, Jesus give
q the beginning of his ministry, whert
he went and said to them thes,
words: "And Jesus went about al
Galiiee. teaching in their synagogue.