The Omaha morning bee., 1924-02-03
An excerpt from the sermon to-
day Of &. A. Segerstr0m. pastor Of
First Swedish Baptist church. en-
titled "Where the Voice Of Jesus
Shall Be Heard and Obeyed,' fol-

day OF Z. A. SegerstrOm. pastor oil
First Swedish Baptist church, en-
titled "Where the Voice Of Jesus
Shall Be Heard and Obeyed,' fol-
low:
often during past ages has Goo
been calling on human souls 10 near
Him and leave their sinful ways. TINS
very hour He Is standing outside
knocking and pleading. IF any man
hear His voice and open the door, ne
will come in to him and sup with
him.
The prophets of old spake: God
who at sundry times and In divers
manners spake in time past unto the
fathers by the prophets, hath in these
last days spoken unto us by His Son
Today He speaks through His true
servants and children. His Holy
Spirit is constantly at work in His
true church. Even the very "heav'
ems declare the glory of God.
But Is His voice Needed? Yes
praise God, by some, but seemingly
very few in our time. To hear Him
and obey Him means simply to sur.
render ones life to Him. Jesus said
when here on earth: .tYe will not
come unto Me that ye may have
life." Our generation greets Jesus
the same way. Shall 1t always be
thus? No. indeed not.
The voice of Jesus Is powerful and
full Of warning; it cannot be hushed
or silenced. Heaven and earth shall
pass away, but not SO His WORD
Hence He says: Verify. verify. say
unto you, the hour is coming. and
now is, when the dead shall hear the
voice of the Son of God: and they
that hear shall live" John 5:25. These
heard how and were born again. Some
folks seem to think that they can al
ways ignore Christ. But not so He
shall speak again. THE hour Is
coming, in which all that are In the
graves shall hear His voice and
shall come forth: they that have done
good. unto the resurrection OF life
and they that have done evil, unto
the resurrection of damnation. Here
everyone will obey. no one escapes
Yes. indeed, Christ shall be heard
and obeyed by all some day. The day
is fast approaching when the Lord
Himself shall descend from heaven
with a shout, withfthe voice Of the
archangel, and with the triumph of
God: and the dead In Christ shall rise
first; then we which are alive and
remain shall be caught up together
with them in the clouds to meet the
Lord in the air." Thes. 4:1617- Hear
Him now that you may live then.
The salient points of this morn
ing's sermon to be delivered at st.
Paufs Lutheran church, Twenty
fifth and Evans streets, by Rev.
X. T. Otto. follow:
Our text, Matthew 14.22-33. tells US
what happened Immediately after
Jesus mira culously fed the 5000 1t is
a true Epiphany text. for 1t tells that
Christ appeared to His disciples when
they needed Him most. in darkness,
dapger and distress. Through this
appearance. manifestation. epiphany,
He showed forth His divine majesty
as the Son Of God. He so perfectly
convinced the many witnesses that
they came and worshiped Him. say.
ing. OF a truth Thou art the Son OF
God; verse 33.
Is Jesus God. or is He not God? In
accordance with the answer given. the
Christian religion stands or falls. The
Christian religion is built on Christ
the Goldman. The Jews accused
Jesus OF blasphemy and sought &c
Kill Him because he had made HIN.
self equal with God: verse 10:3336. II
is not true that for His liberalism
He was ostracised and finally cruel.
fed by the orthodox" The Jews
themselves understood the issue and
faced ii instead OF sidestepping It. as
many modern defenders OF the faith
are doing. Therefore the Jews
sought the more to kill Him hecaus<
He not only had broken the Sabbath