The guardian., 1940-11-23
S E R NJ ON E T T E S
SHEL0H KHALL'S
ELECTRIC CHOIR
Simpson Turner, Speaker
GRIPPING GOD

W nile the lsraellteS In obedience to
Gods command were capturing the
city Of Jericho. Achan. a soldier of
Judah, stole a wedge Of gold from the
garment Of one Of the houses and hid
It in his tent Thus the army met
defeat and Joshua in asking God the
reason why learned that GOD CAN'T
WORK THROUGH SIN.
Sin causes God to Withhold His bless
lngs, It stifes His power, deafens His
ears and ties His hands as He cannot
and will not hear the prayers Of the
unrlghteous.-He cannot and viii not
reign In that heart full Of mischief.
lying, envy, jealousy, backbiting, until
1t comes as a repentful soul seeking
mercy.-as GOD CAN'T WORK
THROUGH SIN.
The prayer Of the righteous availeth
much and the prayer of the unrighteous
availeth nothing. There Is no God Of
love for the liar, for the murdered, for
the blasphemer for the adulterer. as
GOD CAN'T WORK THROUGH
SIN.
Don't pray for those that hunger
while your pantry IS filed, don't pray
for the homeless while there is room in
YOUR shelter; when you enter the home
Of the sick, seek to clean the home and
then provide and feed those in the
home before you a attemt word Of
prayer as the sin of omission IS often
far greater than the sin Of commission
and GOD CAN'T WORK THROUGH
SIN.
How can you pray to a God that
you are ashamed to serve, ashamed to
live for, ashamed to confess, and how
can you live for God whom you can't
see and can't serve your brother whose
needs slaps continuously in your face.
Sin cripples God working in the
home. He wants to bless, but the
things that take place under the roof,
the arguments of the proud, the
prejudice Of children, the neglect and
care of some and the over abundant
blessings Of others, the evil thoughts.
the evil words, the stolen goods, and the
broken hearts serve to build a home
that keeps God on the outside and no
prayer can bring him in until all hearts
become regenerated as GOD CAN'T
WORK THROUGH SIN.
France crippled God with its Cas-
mos, gambling dens, drinking cellars.
houses of fornication, lewd entertain
ments. Paris in its days Of prosperity
sent its people back to idolatry and
away from the worship of the true and
living God. Now that the storms have
risen, God cannot hear their prayers as
HE CANNOT WORK THROUGH
SIN. England crippled God, with its
blue-blood aristocracy, with its false
pride and human worship, with its un-
merciful taxation on the poor, with its
depressing Of the unfortunate and now
in the time Of storm there seems to be
no God for GOD CAN'T WORK
THROUGH SIN. America is Grip
pling God. The high spots of Broad
way, manufacturing souls for Hell.
the hypocrisy of religious worship, the
prejudice, race hatred and discrimina-
ton, the gambling dens and beer eel
lars, are tying the hands of God-and
soon shall the storms arise, soon shall
the earth begin to shake, soon shall the
great metropolis be threatened and the
nation shall pray and there shall be no
God, as GOD CAN'T WORK
THROUGH SIN.
When God calls man out from un-
righteousness to righteousness, He calls
them out from the world, out from the
lusts and tastes Of the world, out from
/ the sins of the world, to come clean
once and for all, so that they NAV rise
from imperfection to perfection as
GOD CAN'T WORK THROUGH
SIN.
There need be no arguments, nc
analysis Of the values and dangers Of
social habits, no debates as to how
wrong or right an act may be, no minol