The guardian. [volume] (Boston, Mass.) 1901-1960, 1941-03-15
S E R M ON E T T ES
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SHEL0H KHALL'S
ELECTRIC CHOIR
Simpson Turner, Speaker
MANS GREATEST ENEMY

MANS GREATEST ENEMY
Self is mans greatest enemy: if is
the fundamental cause for practically
every sin ever committed. There is no
commandment that self can respect,
Tor he that seeks to serve self cares
not for the laws of man or God and
mas absolutely no regard for the
rights of others. The thief steals be-
cause he is in love with himself; he
longs for earthly things and feels
hlmseH too good to apply honest la
Dor IN the attainment of the same.
Inc liar lies in order to protect self;
be blasphemes his friends in order
that his Righteousness NAV be exa1t-
ed above that of his fellowman, The
man with a sensitive and touchv dis
position feels himself an important
hgure-too good to be touched or
abused. So how can man be born of
the Spirit-how can he look to in
herlt eternal life without first being
willing to deny himself and take nm
the cross and follow?
The presence of self means the
presence Of every evil conceivable nv
man, and not until self becomes sinh
'ued can the works of salvation be-
ON IN the heart of man. Christ lives
/ TOR others, He died for others. If was
for others that He left His sacred
abode on high and planted His feet
upon sinful soil that led Him to His
grave.
Why should Christ. since in Hin, !,
9Il power, be made to be born in ?
stable, Knocked and abused by his enc.
mes, and to die on a cross ? Who Is
/ he whose hands and feet must he
nailed, whose side must be pierced
whose head must be crowned wifi
thorns, whose mouth must be flleC
with vinegar and gall? Who is he o+
whom Isaiah the prophet testified
who drank of the worlds bitterness,
IN dark Gethsemane? It is the Chris
unto whom all power is given, whose
name IS greater than ali other names
VINO laid down His life for others anC
VINO is pleading with you to DENY
Yourself, take up the cross and foi
low. anu Ioi
1t was He that was born wi+bor,
SIN. yet He died for sin; born witboT-
guilt, yet He died for guilt; He dir
more for humanity in that last bon1
IMAM all great men of the ages sine,
creation, and yet He finds nothing II
hlmseH of which to boast
Great is the man that CONTROL,
others, but mighty is the man VIII,
can control self; for self is n,
strongest and the most destrnctiv,
enemy with which man encounters
Sen IS not poor in spirit. so for +
there is no kingdom of Heaven. sol
is not meek, so it cannot inherit I'll,
earth; self is not repentant and ba,
nothing for which to mourn co :
cannot be comforted; self is satisfied
WIN us own morality and its self
righteous spirit is all that it needs
so 1t cannot hunger and thirst aftel
righteousness and it can never h,
nIIed; self shows no mercy. so If ga,
never attain mercy; self seeks mo-
Tor purity so it shall not see God
self is not maker of peace. so if "a,
never be called a child of God. sol
suiIers no persecution but it seek,
only 10 prosecute and DESTROY. 81
there is no reward in Heaven for Il
There is no home prepared. there !,
no Saviour waiting for him that fail,
TO deny himself and take UP the eros
and follow. '''0 u 20
When they hanged the Saviour q
the world on a cross the crowd ieere,
and shouted eff thou be the Son n
GOD come down and save thvseif
Come down oh Mighty Kingdom,
down King Jesus and show tb,
power But He died not to save him
self but rather to save others. So h,
sends back the reply through th,
crash OF thunder and flash Of light
nlng, Il can't come down. Sinner,
must be saved, salvation must h,
established, self must be subdued. for
| am on my Fathers mission and Fl,
DDS me not to come down. The dew
must be defeated, and angel is wait
ing at a tomb, for resurrection nust
be wrought If / am to reign | mnst
suffer-so / can't come down"
no power on earth, no hand driver
nails, no might of a nation. no sword,
or spears, no human voice, no threats
no death, no graves could hold thi,
man OF sorrows. But self stepped out
and love stepped in-so Christ colIf
not come down.
The way of an empty tomb is q
bloody cross, the way of a crown al
stars is crown of thorns. the way
OF redemption is the way of SUFFERING
the denying and burying of self