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The b itten Israelite m ight look in any so rt of light. If he looked a t th e serpent of brass in the blaze of th e noon day sun, or in th e m ild ligh t of th e moon, or in the ligh t of the sta rs as it was silhouetted against the sky on th e hori zon, or in the tw ilight of th e evening, or in th e rays of a dusky lan tern held up by a friend, he was immediately healed. So we may look to Christ in any so rt of lig h t or darkness, and our salvation is immediate. It takes only a moment to look, for ligh t travels a t th e ra te of 180,000 miles a second. • “There is life for a look a t th e crucified One, There is life a t th is moment for thee.” This vision of Christ on th e cross makes eternal life a present possession. “He th a t believeth on the Son HATH,” not, W ILL HAVE,— “ everlasting life.” He receives here and now a knowledge of God th a t will la st forever. “But he th a t obeyeth no t th e Son shall not see life,” (shall never KNOW GOD,)” b u t the w rath of God abideth on him .” There is a w rath of God. I t is the w rath of th e Lamb, more terrib le th an the w rath of a lion; th e w rath of meekness against arrogance, the w rath of gentleness against b ru ta l ity, the w rath of v irtue against vice, th e w rath of righteous ness again st iniquity, th e w rath of holiness ag ain st impur ity. This w rath abides upon all who refuse to live by knowing God in Christ. The word “abide” implies a con tinuance of w hat already exists. “He th a t believeth n o t is condemned already.” Unbelief is a sin so ignoble and hein ous th a t the unbeliever is condemned now. The cou rt of justice cannot refuse to convict one who refuses to tru st the tru stw o rthy and circulates false repo rts about one whose in teg rity cannot he questioned. The man who cir culates repo rts about a solvent bank, till people believe his unbelief, is guilty of a very contemptible sin. The man who circulates unbelief as to th e ch aracter of a pure woman, un til people believe his unbelief, is guilty of as mean a sin as ever crawled out of the bottom less pit. There is only one sin which is worse, and th a t is th e circulation of unbe lief, .till people believe it, about H im who is tru th itself, whose character is as white as the snow. Already th e un believer is condemned. He is guilty of intellectual sin, for he refuses to accept convincing proof. He is guilty of moral sin, for he d istru sts th e tru stw o rthy One, and is, therefore, guilty of doing injustice. He is guilty of sp irit ual sin, for he refuses to know God. So long as he refuses the offer of pardon, th e w rath of God must abide upon him. A young man, who was sentenced to prison for twenty years under P residen t G rant’s adm inistration, refused to accept a pardon which had been secured through the efforts of his fath e r and mother because he did not w ant to be brought under obligations to the political adm inis tra tio n then in power. The case was brought before the Supreme Court which decided th a t all th a t P resident G rant could do was ju st to let th e sentence of the court abide un til the prisoner had served his term . If you are an un believer, “you are condemned already,” and I offer you a pardon w ritten in the blood of Christ w ith the seal of heaven upon it. If you will accept th is pardon, you are today a free man in Christ and may walk a t liberty, con scious th a t “ th e re is no condemnation to them th a t are in Christ Jesus.” But ifi you refuse the pardon, all God can do is to le t th e sentence ,of w rath abide. I beseech you not to refuse God’s offer of eternal life through th e crucified and risen Christ. Acceptance means th a t you are horn from above in the knowledge of God which has come to you. Kefusal means th a t you reject the knowledge which alone can give etern al life.
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