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God's Testimony Against Man 3 P we say that we have not sinned we' deceive ourselves, and 1 Jno. i : 8. H U the truth is not in us; if we say that we have no sin we 1 Jno. 1: 10. make Him a liar, and His word is not in us; for all have R o g.go ^ sinned and come short of the glory of God, for whosoever shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of ; all. For He that said, Do not commit adultery, said also, Do not kill. There is not a just man on earth that doeth good and j a . 2:10, 11. -V?) sinneth not; there is none that doeth good, no, not one. All we r 0 . 3:10, 12. | H like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to hi3 i s . 53 :6.' own way; because the carnal mind is enmity against God, for it is not subject to the Law of God, neither indeed can be; for we r 0 3.7, know that the Law of God is spiritual. Man looketh on the out- R o ' I .f w a r d appearance, but the Lord looketh on t h e ' h e a r t. The heart a ' is deceitful and desperately wicked, for from within, out of the l b a m - l b : 7 - heart of man proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, J e - 1 7 : 9 - murders, thefts, covetousness, wickedness, deceit, lasciviousness, an evil eye, blasphemy, pride, foolishness, all these evil things. Mk 7-21-23 (And) all things are naked and open unto the eyes of Him with . whom we have to do. % Now we know that whatsoever things the Law saith, it saith H b - 4 : 1 2 - to them who are under the Law: that every mouth may be » stopped, and all the world become guilty before God. Therefore, Ro 3 19 2 0 by the deeds of the Law there shall no flesh be justified in His ; p, sight: for by the Law is the knowledge of sin. Ro. 3:22. S » U C H i s t h e w i t n e s s of God as to the standing of men before His Holy Law. Not that no man ever feels a noble im- pulse, or does a noble deed. Not that there is no difference of moral feeling and conduct comparing man with man; but that judged by God's standard, which can be nothing less than per- v f ection, all men fall short of it. Now ultimately men must be V judged not by their differences but by their likeness. There are ¿iijfc» black, mulatto, and white negroes in the South, but all have the taint of negro blood. The progeny of the whitest may at any >* t i m e revert to the original black. Socially they are ostracised. The taint is moral in the sinner's case, who, however exemplary ^ in conduct, is liable at any time to break into appalling sin, from which he might at other times shrink aghast, crying, "Is thy 2< Kgs 8 : 12 , 13. y servant a dog, that he should do this thing?" The innate disposi- tion of man is the seat of sin, and, hence, the source of sins. pfV . But, however this may be, God's word condemns all men, without exception, and so do their consciences, concluding them under sin." Nor can it help the criminal in the box to contra- dict the Judge upon the bench. His hope is a plea for mercy And mercy is offered to, nay urged upon men. "The quality of mercy is not strained"; it is freely tendered. "By faith of Jesus Christ unto all and upon all them that believe: for there is (here as there) no difference. The one damning sin is unbelief Jesus said, "Because they believe not on Me." Therefore "Be- J n ' 16:18-11. lieve on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved"; "though A c . 16:31. thy sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow." Isa. 1:18. J. H. S. ^
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