The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-27
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troversy. II would seem as thouqh
the religion of Jesus Christ which is
a mere matter of faith would stand
small show with the legal profess
sion, and yet the legal profession,
thank God, has furnished some of the
brightest lights that ever bIazed in
the armament of Jesus Christ.
Charles G. Finney was trained for
a lawyer and the legal profession has
furnished some of the brightest
lights that have ever blazed for Je-
sus Christ and held up the bleeding
form of the Son Of God. 1 don't
know of any man farther away from
the kingdom than the man who will
not think about the soul and his re-
lation to God. And it is marvellous
how little some people do think.
! When it comes to religion - let
something be wrong with your fin
| gers or your arm. Go to the doctor
and he says you have got to lose
your fingers and if the doctor should
say not only your fingers but YOUR
hand and if the doctor should say
not only your hand but your arm.
you would nearly faint
Some Underestimate
Value of Soul.
You would beg and plead so long
over the thought of losing a finger
| or hand. If you tell a sinner that
he is going to lose his soul, he will
debate the question. | guess you
don't realize the value of it.
Some boys were playing in the
streets of a town in Africa and they
! picked up a stone about as big as n
hickory nut A gentleman came
along and he said: Il will give you
$40 for it."
They gave It to him. 1t was a.
diamond worth about $500, in the
rough.
If you and I realize the value Of
! our soul there is not enough on earth
to induce us to part with it. Fin
ney attached more to the Spirit than
he did to the letter of the law.
Jesus stood talking to the Phart-
sees and over here stood this young
lawyer. He perceived that Jesus
Christ had them hanging over the
ropes, so this young lawyer butted
in and he said: Master, where is the
great commander? Which is he?"
/ And the Lord answered: There
is but one God"
Then the young lawyer said: You
are right, there is but one God and
there is none other but He; and to
love Him with all the heart, and
with all the understanding and with
all the soul and with all the strength
and to love his neighbor as himself,
is more than all whole burnt offerings
and sacrifices!"
Young Jew
Shows Concern.
How it must have stirred and re-
freshed the heart of Jesus Christ to
find a young Jew, lawyer, a scribe
!, and such a high ideal of what Jesus
was trying to reach the people with as
! a ladder among the Jews, one with
| such a clear idea of the truth.
, | would to God we had more Of
7 such men as this young Jew for he
: would put to shame the silly, empty
hearted frivolous chaps of today
If Jesus Christ were on earth today
and if He would deign - I don't
t know that He would stoop to do Il
: - but if He would deign to notice
, high church people He would say:
} Thou are not far from the King
: dom of God"
: No honest man or woman is left
} in the dark. Some skeptics are ar
9 gumentative. They are religious
pugilists. Their hands are againsr
! every man. Stop fighting against
. man. Stop fighting against God -
0 you are fool!
This young lawyer was willing Il
/ live up to the light that he had
0 There was nothing frivolous abou
him. He was not a smart Alec.
j To show how smart he was, he de
e sired to know the will of God anC
5, such a fellow is never left in the dark
r believe me-
e Thou are not far from the King
@ dom of God" All his qualitie
brought his soul nearer but they dit
not take him in. Don't imagine 20,
are all right because you are so near
n Multitudes are so close you could TAX
e a look into Heaven. You have got t
n take the last step.
e Points Out
Y Difference.
y I think his morality and his ger
n tility were in his favor, just as Jc
sus said, that the publican and tn
o harlOt would precede the moral MAJ
o into heaven. What he meant wa
that it isn't so hard to convince
IS publican or harlOt that he or sh
needs Jesus Christ. 1t is hard, though
It to convince a moral, virtuous, re
e spectacle and refined man that h
II needs to be born again.
Y, So Jesus said, "All the publican
e and the harlots will go into Heave
0 before you" Why? Because the
could be brought to feel that the
y needed Jesus Christ before the OIL
N ers and repent before the moral ma
would repent.
e Whoever will repent will 90 in an
y the last one to feel that they nee
n. Jesus Christ is the refined, courtt
d. Gus man or woman, and they thin
H. that the preacher that tells ther
le they need Jesus Christ is a fool.
Is Don't condemnS him. Don't COZ
n denim me. You can't prove that wha
l preach is not the Bible. l tell 20
t, another thing. 1t is detestable
a. not blasphemous. If that man ha
" been a bum, a rum-hound and vii
IS you can bet your sweet life tina
20 Jesus Christ would never have salt
e Thou are not far from the Kingdol
N Hof God" No sir.
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