EVANGELISTIC MISSION

Northern Advocate, 12 June 1936, Page 8

EVANGELISTIC MISSION

;\/“‘The Baptist Church was again Mdlowded when Mr J. O. Sanders $. preached on the subject, “Spiritual taking as his text the lament Christ, “Ye will not come unto Me ■: mat ye may have life.” The people ; - would come tp Him to witness His piracies or to hear His teaching, but not to receive eternal life from Him, Sense His sorrowful utterance. . The fact that men must come to Him to receive life,' implied that they were IllPiritually “dead in trespasses and ' sops.” - They were physically- and menp#lly: alive, but were dead as far as V Clod, the Bible and prayer were concerned, Christ said to such “I am come that they might have life, and have it more abundantly.” If men would Oply . come to Christ, acknowledging

their sin, He said: “I give unto my ‘ sheep eternal life, and they shall never |serish.’? ; ’• There were many reasons why men . and women would not come to Christ

•and receive eternal life as a gift from Him. Some w».re unwilling to relin-

quish their sin. Some were so held in the grip of the love of money that they preferred it to eternal life. Others were forfeiting this priceless gift for Some single form of questionable pleaor'.sinful, indulgence. rear of ridicule and pride were other hindrances which were mentioned’.

The preacher urged that . Christ ifwished all men to come to Him, 1o 1 cpme as they are, and to come at once. Christ’s, invitation was: “Him that cometh to Me, I will in ho wise cast out”.