The Union daily times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1918-current, 1922-11-09
GOOD SERMON II:
-" LAST EVENING
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the Jews of the Malachi and Elijah
and Isaiah Of old. He described the
eject of this new preaching upon
Simon and Andrew--especially the
procl;.ma' on of the Great One who
WIS to come after, and the doubts OF
Smoa about that prophecy. Then he
told Of the attendance Of Andrew uo N
J,i.r's meeting and his hasty retani
:. simcn with the news, IL have seen
Him, the promised one, the Messiah
# whom the preacher told. Then he
developed the truth of the revelation
IL the possibilities in soul when it
Is brought into new relation with
the Masterin the case of Simon and
the Lord, how Jesus had seen more
IT. Simon than rough fisherman,
more than one up and down in his
life, one impulsive and weak. how
the master had revealed the possibili-
lies of Simon to Simon sealed. that
revelation with the significant change
Of name to "Peter" crock" upon
whose faith and loyalty and activity
He would build a great following.
"There are thousands in this house
II Union tonight" said the preacher,
who if you should die before morn
ing would get little notice in the pa
pers, and few outside your family and
Il few friends would miss you; you
have lived only for yourself, you have
lahored seltishly for yourself and your
f,, lr,,
ir"c relation with HIM in which
thcrc Il! be revelation Of your pos
s,tilitics If you will give God your
lte. lend God your business, your
~ ans, your talents, your social
landing. your influence. He will make
you marked men and women whose
lives will be benedict1on to this
whole community and glory to your
Father forever.
The next thought is that in this
new relationship with God we are to
find out who is to control our lives.
Peter had a will of his own. Was
ne to be Simon or Peter, the rock?
Was Saul to remain Saul or to be-
"ome at the command Of the Master,
Paul, the apostle, who was to estab-
ish the church among the Gen.
i,'cH? Was old Jacob to keep on be-
- .'a"ob. or would he become Israel
in whom all the nations of the earth
were TO be blessed? Was Abram
u y .,hram always or was he to
h2 rlv Ahraham? Here is the great
,oiiSinI in tie life of Simon; here
=: g." rlHat collision that must come
','C ~" lives Of every man and
rnnt.---thc crisis time of decision as
- whom shah control: Self or the
%.'iric of Gcd! The will is able to
G"cide for self--but it may, too, decide
upon surrendering to the will of God.
Who is going to be supreme in your
| life, in your business, in your social
/ life, in all your relations? That's why
/ 7 am hereto help these pastors
bring this question directly to your
hearts and consciences. Is God GO
ing to control your life or is Union
to pass God out of its life and be
nominated by material things.
Il shall never forget an incident
that happened to my own family at
breakfast time one morning. My
'ittle girl threw spoon at her broth.
er, and when told to pick it up re-
fused. After the breakfast things
had been cleared away went and
:ccked the door and then told Betty
g pick up the spoon. She refused,
I'D because she had reached the age
where she had to know that when
,'er parents told her to do something
ii has to be obeyed, l told her that
SIC couldn't leave the room until it
w done. She pouted and fused and
cried but at the end of the hour she
picked it up, and coming to me, I put
my arms around her and kissed her
and said, Betty, it's never going to
harpen again, is it? And she said,
No, Daddy Perhaps you are better
than ] am, but there must come to
everyone of US that moment in our
lives when we must make choice as
- whether Christ is going to control
Or not"
That collision is bound to come
70 every heart. Who's going to con-
trol--your Father or yourself? There
has never been man who left God
a"t of his life that left a mark worth
mentioning upon the state or the ma
tion.
The third great fact rs that this
intimate relation between God and
""n, when man partakes of the divine
nature, breaks known the barriers be-
"ccn tn" Time World and the Eter-
";l world. Peter never knew the
difference between the synagogue at
Jerusalem and that fishing boat on
the sea until Jesus revealed the
rock" quality in Peter rcvea.ed the
brought Peter face to face with the
decision as to who should be master.
But when Peter obeyed the master, al
lowed God to control, and let down
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