River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1922-03-30

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A~1A to get men there,
but He does not force them to go.
He will reason with man about 1t
as He does In lisa. 1:1S: Come
now, let us reason together, saith the
Lord. Though your sins be as scarlet
they shall be as wool; though they. be
red like crimson, they shall be as
white as snow"
He will ask: "How shall we escape
IL we neglect so great salvation p
Heb. 2:3.
He will WOO man with the prospect
of the rest with Him: "Come unto Me
all We that labor and are heavy laden
and l will give you rest."-Matt. IL rs.
He will make the great promise
found in Rev. 81 a: "God shall wipe
away all tears from their eyes; and
there shall be no more death, neither
sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there
be any more pain; for the former
things are passed away"
He will beseech man to be recon
ciled to Him: "Now then we are am
bassadors for Christ, as though God
did beseech you by us; we pray you
In Christ's stead, be We reconciled to
God."-H Cor. S 20.
He will instruct: eye must be born
again. "--Jno. 3:16. 1.-THE wages OF
sin is death, but the gift of God Is
eternal life in Jesus Christ. Rom.
6:23.
He will declare: "Him that cometh
unto Me will In nowise cast out
Jno. 6:37.
He will explain: "All we like sheep
have gone astray, we have turned
every one to his own way, and the
Lord hath laid on Him Christi the
iniquity of us all."-Isa. So e. "Wh0
His own self bare our sins in His own
body on the tree."-I Pet. 2:24.
God does all He can do to get men
to choose heaven, but He does not and
He cannot force them to go there.
If any man goes there he goes because
he chooses to go. Therefore choose
life."
In the second place, II man goes
to heaven he must not only choose to
go but he must choose to go by Christ.
There is no other way. This is the
testimony of the angels: HE shall
save His people from their SINS
Matt. 1 :21. 1t is not some thing, but
a Person who alone can save and that
Person is Jesus Christ. This is the
testimony of His forerunner, John the
Baptist: "He that believeth on the
Son hath everlasting life; he that be-
lieveth not the Son shall not see life;
but the wrath of God abideth on him."
--Jno. 1886.
This is the testimony of the Apos
ties: Peter says: Neither is there
salvation In any other; for there Is
none other name under heaven given
among men whereby we must be
saved."-Acts Alp. Paul says: 1.-THE
Jews require sign and the Greeks
seek after wisdom; but we preach
Christ crucified."-I Cor. 1 %. "Be-
lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ and
thou shalt be saved."-Acts 16 81.
John says: "This is the record that
God hath given. unto us eternal life.
and this life is in His Son. He that
hath the Son hath life; he that hath
not the Son Of God hath not life
I Jno. Sill, IL.
This is also the testimony of the
Lord Himself: 81 am the door; by
Me If any man enter In, he shall be
sayed."-Jno. 1919. II am the way,
the truth, and the life; no man COM
eth unto the Father but by me-
Jno. IA g.
In the third place, if man goes to
heaven, he goes because he chooses
Christ in this life. A mans destiny
is settled at the grave. When the
last breath is drawn in this life, his
destiny is sealed for all eternity. ut
is appointed unto man once to die;
and after this the judgment" Heb.
9:27. The choice is made in this pres
ent life and not in some future exist
ence.
In the last place, if man desires
TO go to heaven he must not
only choose Christ in this life, but he
should choose Christ now, today.
Nov is the accepted time; behold,
now is the day of salvation. III Cor.
GO. A young man once asked an
aged preacher when was the best time
to accept Christ as his Saviour, and
received the reply: 'The day. before
YOU die" AS that day is unknown to
any human being and therefore may
be any time, today perhaps, the best
time for the reader to accept Christ
is right now, before you put this pa
per down. Behold. set before you
life and death; therefore choose life"
Ia 4he Waves of Death.