The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1940-10-19
S E R M ON E T ES
SHEL0H KHALL'S
ELECTRIC CHOIR
Simpson Turner, Speaker
THE OMNIPoTENT GOD

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The God of all power through whom
and by whom all things are possible:
TO them and only to them that can
believe: ''' O''''
He can break through the bars of
hatred in the lands of racial persecu-
ton and change every statute that
Jeopardizes the rights, liberties and
privileges of a down-trodden race. He
can open every closed door and not
only give to an oppressed race equal
rights but superior rights. He can
! bless the poverty stricken land, heal
the plague-stricken land, and comfort
the sin-sick soul.
He can solve every problem in vour
home. He can take full possession of
the heart of every man, woman and
child. He can fill your pantry so that
you may not only have enough for
your family, but for all those that be
in need. He can help do all the good
| you want to do, and to overcome all
the evil that you have a desire to over
come. When you are in the deepest
stage of depression he can mount YOU
on high, and when there is no money
to buy food He can supply the food,
and if the earth refuses to weld and
the storage bins are empty, His ravens
are still ready to feed with mamma
from the high.
He has power to save every soul in
the twinkling of an eye-that soul
that has a desire to be saved and
believes that it can be saved. He can
satisfy every hungering soul, He can
quench every thirsting spirit, He can
smite with fire every smouldering flax
and heal every broken reed.
The things that God can do are not
necessarily the things He will do. God
can do nothing in your life that you
fail to believe He will do; He can do
nothing in your life that will give
power to Satan to satisfy the carnal
vengeance of man, to satisfy pride, or
to esteem the boasting of the self
righteous. God can give you no power
to demonstrate your righteousness,
for all praise must be unto Him-and
unto Him alone-who is able to keep
you until that great day.
The amount of blessings attained
are limited by the amount of faith
retained. Gods blessings are I'M
limited but they come through limited
channels. 1t is your faith that limits
the power of God exercised in your
life. Faith easily claimed is not easily
possessed. We claim to have faith in
Gods supplying power and yet take a
chance in every sinful act that has a
material bait in fear that God will not
supply. We exchange our souls for a
few crumbs that are soon eaten and
forgotten.
We lie, because we lack faith in
Gods power of justice; we sin in try
lack faith in Gods defending power
ing to defend ourselves because we
We steal, and cheat our fellowman
because we lack faith in Gods sustain
ing power. We seek sinful means Of
pleasure because we lack faith in
Gods joy-giving power. We wage
wars because we lack faith in Gods
protecting power. We worry and fret
because we lack faith in Gods solving
power. And-we continue in sin, keep
going down and down, and in the end
become completely destroyed because
we lack faith in Gods saving power.
God can, but will not help the Grip
pie to walk, the dumb to talk, the deaf
to hear or the blind to see until they
clean up their lives and get their
hearts ready for His triumphant entry
Affections are to bring the soul to
God, but that soul cannot reach
Heaven if attached to the weights of
sin.
God can, but will not help a race
that finds contentment in sin; for as
the Israelites had to forsake their I'M