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GOD'S ATTITUDE TO SIN.
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conscious man, the man that occupies
the inside, so that the question of his
attitude may be determined without
the intervention of man.
Then aga'n, it is the external man
ifestation. “It is manifested,” says the
the Apostle, “unto them.” First “in
them;” second, “unto them,” through
the creation of the things of the inter
na! conscience, which is the first state
that receives the touch of God. There
is enough of God revealed in nature
to cause us to open our hearts and
minds to his teaching!
This is followed by a statement con
cerning his purpose in revelation —
•“that they may be without excuse.”
Then this is followed by a statement
concerning man's method of rejection
<of God. First, “They glorified him
not as God.” Second, “Neither gave
thanks.” Third, “But became vain in
their reasonings.” Fourth, “And their
senseless heart was darkened.” First,
“Professing themselves to be wise,
they became fools.” Sixth, “And
changed the glory of the incorruptible
'God for the likeness of an image of
corruptible man, and of birds, and
four-footed beasts, and creeping
things.” It is always so. When a
man ceases to glorify God, he ceases
to pray ;and when a man ceases to
pray he ceases to reason properly. And
when a man ceases to reason properly
he ceases to feel properly; for the mo
ment you move entirely out of the
prayer reaim into the reason realm
you lose touch with God, and the first
•expression of lost touch, is a darken
ed heart. Then following the darken
ed heart is a sense of fool’shness. Man
has moved out of the chambers of his
heart into the chambers of his intel
lect, where intellect is supreme, and
the next step of that man is a fool,
-doing foolish things he never thought
he would do; he has moved into the
realm of intellect; got out of the silly
sentimental heart-life that some peo
ple want to make it, and up into the
reason, and yet, the Apostle pictures
him living in the chambers of his in
tellect as a fool, doing fooTsh things.
And then eventually, idolatry, worship
ing the creation of his own fingers,
images of men or birds or beasts, or
anything that he has made; idols that
come between man and the God that
made him —pounds, shillings and pence
—dollars, anything! That is the prog
ress of sin!
Now, finally, let me call your atten
tion to the statement here of the man
ner in which God reveals his wrath.
There are three respects in which it
is stated “that God gave the race
up.”
First, “He gave them up unto the
lusts of their hearts, unto uncleanli
ness.”
Second, “He gave them up unto pas
sions of dishonor.”
Third, “He gave them up unto a
reprobate mind,” which he interprets
a,3 being “filled with all unrighteous
ness, wickedness, covetness, malicious
ness, envy, murder, strife, dece’t, ma
lignity, whisperers, backbiters, haters
■of God, insolent, haughty, boastful,
inventors of evil things, disobedient
to parents, without understanding,
covenant breakers, without natural af
fection, unmerciful,” finally winding
up the catalogue with the statement
that “they that practice such tlr'ngs
are worthy of death.
What an awful picture! What a
picture of sin! Sin incarnate in the
flesh, that is it! Certainly there is
nothing unnatural or exaggerated in
this picture, it is what everyone of
us see every day. Y es > it is what we
feel lurking in our own hearts. There
: s not a heart in the divine presence
that does not respond to it if it is
lionest. But why all this outburst,
this manifestation? There is but one
answer. It is because of a refusal
to present an open attitude to God
and the truth. Oh, I wish I could
impress you with the greatness of
this question of the attitude of the
soul to God! It is all in it. All of
m gilt, all of truth, all of love, all of
living in its highest degree is in the
attitude of the soul to God; and open,
free unhampered attitude to God and
the truth will bring all the blessing
of God in the life of the man that
God can possibly pour in. But the
refusal today has brought the world
into this state of sin. Oh, what does
it mean for God to give up a man, or
the world. Here is what it means; I
have read you a description of what
it means. The world, forsaken by
God, because of its attitude to him
with reference to his revealed truth,
that is the picture of it!
But thank God we have not to leave
it there; we do not have to leave it
there. He saw it and he provided
against it. And there is but one way
by which the world, or man can be
lifted out of sin. And in order that
I may impress you, let me call your
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