Prophet 8 Column
^Oh So Great Salvation”
By J.M. Little
The greatest thing in all this
world is just to know Christ as
your Lord and your Saviour.
Do you know Christ? I’m not
talking about “joining" the
Church, living the brat you
can, being baptized, or turning
over a new leaf. I’m talking
about UNION WITH THE RI
SEN CHRIST.
Paul said; “How shall we
escape, if we neglect so great
salvation; which at the first
began to be spoken by the
LORD, and was confirmed
unto us by them that heard
Him;” (Heb. 2:3) Yes, the
Lord Jesus Christ Himself was
the very first one to preach the
Gospel of our salvation. He
preached the Gospel there in
the'Garden, eastward in Eden
(Gen. 3:15).
The soul who is truly brou
ght to know Christ never, no
never, never gets over it. You
never get over the Lord saving
such a wretch. And when the
what that old divine John
Newton meant when he said;
“Amazing grace how sweet
the sound, that saved the
wretch like me, I once was lost
but now am found." Can you
say that? It’s personal; “I
once was LOST. ” Do you know
wtat it means to be LOST?
hflfty of you tell me you are
Baved but when I talk to you I
find that you know nothing
about being LOST. Listen to
our blessed Lord; “For the
Son of man is come to seek and
to save that which was
LOST.” (Luke 19:10) Note
that the Lord said "that which
was LOST.” Some of you think
it is a disgrace to be lost, no,
it’s grace upon grace for the
Lord to awaken you to your
lost condition. YOU pdear
friend have got to be awaken
ed to your LOST condition
before you can be saved. Can
you go back to the time you
were awakened to the fact you
were LOST? If not then you
are not saved, and you cannot
sing that gracious number
“Amazing Grace.” No, you
cannot. Before you can be
saved you have got to be
LOST.
If you cannot go back to the
definite time and place you
took your place before God as
a lost sinner, then you are not
saved. You may be a preacher
in the pulpit, but if you don’t
know when you took your
(u a iuoi ouuiu uuuic
Gad, then you are nsMavedfc*
Tig stake my'hope oftledven*
on the truth I’m laying down in'
these messages on how God
saves a lost helldeserving sin
ner. I know what God saved
me from and I know what God
saved me to. Do you? Well, if
you are saved like you profess
to be why can’t you see eye to
eye with me on how God saves
a sinner? If you are saved why
do you get angry when I tall
how the sinner has to be
awakened'to his* lost hell
deserving condition? There’s
something wrong my friend.
You had better ask the Lord to
show you your true condition.
If you were saved you could
<ust keep talking about Christ
^ •'••M not be embar
ir»lL. - o’-’* youj
,to this one uu.^, now
lChrist? Now you think .on (hat.
( ask you if you know Christ
hnd you are embarrassed. I
ask you if you know Christ and
you talk about experiences.
An experience is (not salva
tion! Christ is salWBtion! You
can get all the experiences you
want, they won’t save you.
If you know Christ you were
brought down under Holy Spi
rit Conviction where you saw
and acknowledged your true
«it, ruined, and helpless con
tion. You saw there was
nothing you could do to save
yourself and you lost all hope
In yourself and everybody
else. You saw that salvation la
of the Lord throush and thpu
•*> y°u
alley r __ i^ord awakened
| me to my lost condition I saw
f -
what the trouble had been all
the time. I had been lost all the
while and didn't know it.
It was a great surprise to
know I was lost. Even though I
had joined the church and had
been baptized at a very early
age, there I was seeing that I
was lo6t. I had been a deacon
in the church. You say; Bro
ther Little that must have
been embarrassing. Of course
it was embarrassing. But
what did it matter about being
embarrassed? I was a lost
sinner on the road to hell. What
did it matter what folks said or
thought about me? I remem
ber very clearly I told a soul
there at church I was not
saved. The soul asked; you
made a profession didn’t you?
I said; yes, but I’m not saved.
The soul was astonished, did
not know what to say. When
the Holy Spirit awakens a
sinner to his lost condition, the
religious world doesn’t under
stand it. No, you don’t. When*
God awakens a sjnner, espe
cially a religious sinner to his
lost condition it scares those
around him to death.
My brother is a deacon up
there in his church in Virginia,
if the Lord should awaken him
and his wife to the fact that
they are lost sinners, their
church friends would be scar
ed to death. I tell you some
thing else, if the Lord awakv
ens you, the churcii will kicM
you oufc-You will also come to\
find that the greatest enemies
^youtove in the flesh are those
'a religious profession for
years. You think they are your
friends now but you just don’t
know. You-just wait until you
are awakened, if you ever are,
and if the Lord never awakens
you in His great mercy then it
can be said of you as it was of
Judas; it were better for that
man that he had never been
born. That’s right, if you go
through this life and nefer are
‘brought under Holy Spirit Con
viction and come to \know
Christ, it were better for you
that you had never been born.
muni m you uiai read uiese
messages from week to week
in the POST have already
been added to the number tht
will spend eternity in Hell.
You can call me judging all
you want to preacter. But
when you wake up in Hell with
your congregation you’ll wish
you had listened. One of the
, saddest things in this day' is
the blindness of the ministry.
The present day ministry, as a
whole does not know thp way
to grace. Do you know the way
of grace without a shadow of
doubt? When was the last time
you told how God sav«i you?
You ask the preacher today
if IK knows Christ and he is
ashamed and embarrassed.
Just because you are a prea
cher is no sign you are saved
no. Now I realize that makes
you preachers mad, but then I
don’t mind making you mad.
Let me tell you something
else; If the Lord awakens you,
you will have to give up your
church before you can be
saved. You didn’t know that
did you? I was talking to a soul
and told her that. She let me
know she was not going to give
up her church. You'll give it
up or go to Hell. A woman said
to my late pastor one time;
You mean I’ll have to give up
my church before I can be
saved? The pastor told her she
_ would, and she said; then I'll
go to hell then. She went to
hell. How many of you church
members are going to hell in
that same condition. You will
forsake all for Christ or never
know Him my friend. I realize
it has been said that I major
on how the Lord saves a
sinner, and you are tired of it.
1IUII W a uvau ^ITVWTTH^ MH*V
you are not saved.
Then it’s been said; that
fellow Little thinks he knows
so much about this or that. I
beg your pardon. I don’t claim
to know but one or two things;
I know what a sinner J.M.
Little is, and what a great
Christ I have. 1 know just
enough to get to heaven. I
have been a staff writer on the
Charlotte Post for a little over ’
a year and 1 thank the Lord
for opening this door. When
the Lord opens a door no man
can shut it, when the Lartl
closes 4 door no man can open
it. 1 T
The greatest thing in all thi^
life is just to know Christ. Do
you know Christ? Is He yours?
Do you walk and talk with Him
1 -fatty? f do.
Mental Health
Service Plans
Workshops
By Cynthia Bell
Post Staff Writer
Five workshops will be held 1
by Mental Health Services
during the month of Novem
ber, and part of December.
• TROUBLESOME FEEL
ING, a workshop offered in
two separate sessions, con
cerns the stress and tension
encountered in daily living. It
will suggest ways for an indi
vidual to relieve anxiety, con
fusion, anger, or any other
critical feeling. These work
shops can be attended on
Wednesdays, November 2, 9,
16 at 10 to 12 a.m., or Novem
ber 30, December 7 and 14
from 7 to 9 p.m.
CHANGE AND LOSS is the
second workshop dealing with
the feelings and fears experi
enced when loss or change
occurs. This particular work
shop is designed to strengthen
the individual and help him
cope more effectively and cre
atively with those types of
problems when they are en
countered. CHANGE AND
LOSS workshops can be atten
rifvi nn Tiip«dflv« from 7 tr» Q
p.m., on November 22, 29,and
December 6.
Women who view them
selves as being trapped or
stuck can attend the FEEL
ING STUCK workshop on
Tuesdays during the month of
November from 9:30 until
11:30 a.m. This workshop will
suggest ways to make the
changes or even suggest pos
sible changes.
ASSERTIVE BEHAVIOR, ,
the fourth workshop deals
with how to stand up for
yourself and knowing and us
ing your own rights. This
workship also helps a person
develop a more positive feel
ing about himself and his
relationship with other people.
ASSERTIVE BEHAVIOR
workshops can be attended
on Thursdays - November 10,
17, Decernbr 1, and 8 between
the hours of 7 and 9 a.m.
Ihe laqt workship included
in tie November Workshop is
SETTING COMFORTABLE
ITH ONE’S SEXUALITY.
This is a short workshop in
cluding factual information
on female sexuality. It can be
attended on Mondays, No
vember 14,21, 28, and Decem
ber 5 at 9:30 until 11:30 a.m.
A cost of $5 will be charged
for the workshops, Mental
htealth Services and anyone
can attend.
J. M. Little
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