The times-news. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1927-current, 1937-04-08

currcd the penalty of physical and
eniritual death. Yet the Messiah
r,s promised before penalty was
rronounccd. The conflict with
OWL though age-long and attend
ed with struggle and with suffer
irr, will terminate in ultimate
triumph Of the good. Thus Mercy
arose with atoning cross instantly
and on the very spot where Just
ice took his stand with flaming
sword.
SIN BRINGS DEATH BUT
CHRIST GIVES LIFE
~ The Disguise Of Sin. "Thc
scrpcnt." Satan appears as an
ANGEL of light. The serpent was
tho most radiant thing in the ami
mal word before the cruise that
hurled him to the ground and
made man his implacablc enemy.
Mark the disguise Of sin.
C2j The Appeal Of Sin. "He
said unto the woman" Satan
knows the Lest approach, the
point oC contact, the spot of APP
neal. How subtle was his assault
in Eden! How crafty he is to-
day. u
(3J The Farley with Sin. "Thc
woman said unto the serpent"
Eve lost when she listened, lost
AGAIN when she looked, and lost
finally when she longcd for the
for-biddc nfruit. If We parlcy
with the tcmptcr, he is likely to
outwit us. BE deaf and dumb and
blind under his appeals,
(4D The Deceit of Sin. aye
shall not surely dic--yc shall be
~ GODS" How bitterly Adam and
Eve were deceived by the tempter
in regard TO the forbidden tree,
themselves. and Jehovah! What is
so dcluding and deceptive as sin?
Is anything but sin dcccptivc?
(5j The Act oc Sin. She took
Of the fruit-did eat--and he did
cat" 4 taste from a trcc--how
trivial Il thing. And yet it was
sin. lack and awful. rs Satan
planned, man felt, God recogniz-
cd There is no little sin.
Co The RcmorSc Of Sin. "Thc
eyes Of them both were opened,
and thcv knew that they were
naked" The moral nature sees its
plight and protests. Conscience
cries out in agony. 1t was so in
Eden. 1t is so today.
(0 The Shame of Sin. They
scwed fig-lcavcs together and
made themselves aprons $780, him
themselves" Naked guilt cannot
be concealed though sinners sew
their lcary aprons to hide from
fellow men and cover among the
trees to hide from God. BE sure
your sin will find you out"
(Sl The Excuses for Sin. "lhc
woman whom thou gavcSt--me-
the serpent bcGuilod me- Excuses
for wrongdoing are not new.
They date from Adam, But did
his excuses excuse? viii any cX-
cusc stand ut judgment? Is any
excuse valid at the bar Of con
science? u, :,
CO.. The Penalty on Sin. God
sent him forth from the garden OF
Eden" The primal curse included
sorrow and subsection for Eve,
sorrow and sweat for Adam, and
for both the los Of Eden and tn"
sentence of death. But Messiah
was promised before penalty was
pronounced
OOD The Saviour from Sin. at
shall bruisc thy head" The subtle,
singing serpent still winds his
sinuous way across our human
trails. No human being is safe
while he is abroad, and none sin
glc-handcd can destroy him. But
he can do it who went to the cross
and the sepulchCr and the throne
the promised Messiah, our Saw
Jour ard our Lord. Only the SIN
less One can save sinners. BelleVe
on him and be saved for ever
GoLDIN THE GOLDEN TEXT
The soul that ainncth, it shall
die. Ezekiel 1874.
Death follows sin n night fol-
lows day - death to the body;
death to the moral and spiritual
nature. death to al 1.-THE good that
is in us. death here and hereafter.
No sinner alone can escape or
cvade personal responsibility Tor
his own sin. For the evil he docS
he cannot blame those around
him. concentrating as they may
bn. nor his country, though steep
cd in corporate corruption; nor
Adam and Eve, though the race
died in them;-nobody any time,
anywhere. except himself.
''' Yet "if any man sin, we have
an advocate with the Father,
J Jesus christ the righteous" who "l%
is our Saviour and our Lor ora
From F the death that is due, the