The guardian., 1941-08-02
S E R M 0 n E T 7 E S
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INSIDE OR OFT
Simpson Turner, Speaker


When God deemed it necessary to
close the book of time in the days of
Noah every man was found in one of
two places-inside or out. Inside the
ark of safety or outside to be de-
stroyed by the relentless waves of
judgement. There were no time for
arguments, there was no excuses to
be accepted, no apologies to be made
for those waves listened to no reason,
sought no information from society,
asked no man any question; they sim
ply came to fulfill their mission, to de-
strOy those who were not inside.
When God poured his wrath on the
Egyptians and sent the death angel to
ride through the land it meant one
of two decisions; life or death-life,
to those who were under the blood and
death to those without. 1t was either
inside or out.
When those Hebrew boys were call
ed to make their decision to bow down
to Baal, or stand for God and enter
into the fiery furnace, it meant one of
two things-inside or out. Inside the
fold of God where no blasting furnaces
could touch the soul of man, inside
with God who has power to walk
through the flames of He'll and uuench
every spark that rises or outside
where the soul is destroyed by the
flaming torches of eternity.
When the Israelites sinned against
God they were afflicted with a death
instilling disease-Moses made a bra
zen serpent-held it on high, and cried
out to the stricken ones ''Iook and
live. Look up in faith and believe
and you shall be saved or look not and
be damned unto death. No cowardly
peeklng accepted, no squirting out
from the corner of the eye; it called
for either bold stand with eyes fixed
upon this great symbol of resurrected
life. The neglect of this meant death
for it Is either inside or out.
II you have not the love of God in
your heart, strong enough to over
come every type of prejudice, to for
give those that abuse you and love
those that hate you then you are out
side and need to come in. If God has
not spoken peace to your soul, if you
have not received his message of love.
II you have not yet experienced a de-
finite communication with God, a de-
finite experience of salvation. expert
enced definite communication with
God, definite experience of salvation.
If the love of God is not flooding your
soul then you are outside and need to
come IN. If you are a servant to sin,
If you have no power over the flesh. if
you have not the strength to subdue
carnal habits, if you cannot erase
from your mind evil thoughts then
you are outside and need to come in
II you have not found the straight
and narrow way-that leads from i'm
perfection to perfection, if God cannot
walk side by side with you through
life, If he cannot visit your home anC
smile as he walks through the rooms
II your conversations be not yea anC
nea for the sake of righteousness. ther
you are outside and need to come in
If you are burdened down with sin. il
your mind is being destroyed by grief
II your back is too weak to bear the
burdens of life, if you have not the
yoke that is easy and the burden that
IS light then you are outside and neeC
to come in.
So it is inside or out, for the luke.
warm God spits out his mouth. There
is a strong breeze that blows, the
storms OF life are severe and if vol
stand alone at the edge of the cliff
OF temptation the first carnal breeze
that blows will throw you over-sC
God is calling you now to come in
while the door is yet open. Come-in
for the hands of the Lord is not short.
ened that it cannot save-save ever
unto the uttermost: save-the lowly
OF the lowliest; save-the sinner whom
society has turned aside; save the
thief, condemned and dying on a cross
save-that motherless child who has
not been taught the way; save-tht
unfortunate, respondent, downcast
yes the sinner for whom Christ died
So to you he pleads while the sun is
shining, before the evening stars come
out,-before the summer is over anC
the winter closes the book of time
Come now, while His voice is vel
pleading for soon shall we experience