Prophet "s Colum n
Grace In The Winter”
K> J. M. l ittle
And you hath he quick
ened. who were dead in
trespasses and sins;"
Kph. 2:li.
We have quoted this
Sc r 1 pfure (o you many
times in bringing you the
condition of a sinner in his
natural slate. Uur subject
at this time is Grace in the
Winter "
We are in the middle of
winter now and by the
grace ot God I want to
trace Grace in nature,
showing a comparison to
the Way of Grace in the
Spiritual realm In our last
message in this series we
spoke on "Grace in the
Kail, comparing the
withering work of the Holy
Spirit with the withering of
the leaves and the green
summer grass
Every sinner by nature is
dead in trespasses and
sins, but you do not know
it my friend until the
blessed Holy Spirit makes
you alive to see and to know
your dead and lifeless con
dition out of Christ I don't
care what religion you
have, if you don't know
Christ you are lost; now
don't get away from that
truth, if you do not know
—Lhc Lord Jesus Christ as
your. Lord and your Saviour
you are lost and on the road
to an eternal Hell. Where
are you going?
When a sinner is brought
under Holy Spirit convic
tion. the Holy Spirit shows
him his true nature tn the
light of the Word of God.
The Word of God becomes
a mirror to you and you
begin to see just what a
depraved and hell deserv
ing creature you are.
You cry out many times;
Lord, Tm lost, I am vite,
t>h, wretched man that I
am! There is no hope for a
sinner like me. I'm too
—awful for God to auve mo.
Yes, as you behold your
self in the Word of God all
hope of ever being saved
flees away.
Everything flees away
when you are truly awak
ened to see yourself as God
sees you. The Holy Spirit
strips you of all false peace
and all false hopes.
Just as fhe cold wind
strips the trees of its leaves
and leaves .the. tree barren^
as is the case in nature
now, you as a lost sinner,
are stripped bare The
trees look dead now be
cause their foliage is gone.
You as a sinner seeing
your lost condition have no
hope left, you are dead.
And the more you are
taught of the Lord the more
you see your dead
condition.
wnen i was muter Huly
Spirit Conviction that Fall
up until the mid winter, I
felt my dead condition so
much until all my previous
convictions seemed like a
mirage. I wondered if I
was really awakened be
cause I saw myself to be
such a dead dog.
Now, a dead man can't
do anything but lie still.'
And when you are brought
down under Holy Spirit
Conviction and stripped of
everything, made to re
lease your hold on every
thing that you ever held
dear, you are as one dead.
1 remember many years
ago when I was growing up
a man in thft fiflinmunitv
and I were talking one day
and he asked this question:
"If you take a man’s way
away from him is he no
thing?" I replied: "That's
right, if you take a man s
way away from him he's
nothing " Oh, I didn't real
ize at that time that that is
exactly what takes place
under Holy Spirit Convic
tion You as a sinner have
to be stripped of every
thing! At the time that
George and I were talking
neither of us knew that a
man has to forsake his way
before he is pardoned by
God. You listen to the Word
of God, "Let the wicked
forsake his way ariH tHe
unrighteous man his
thoughts: and let him
return unto the IXiRD, and
He will have rrtercy upon
him and to our God. for He
will abundantly pardon."
(Isa 55:7).
Have you forsaken your
way and returned unto the
Lord'” It was a great day in
my life when the Ix>rd was
titrmng-mw-away frotn my
way and turning me unto
Himself I think back over
Holy Spirit Conviction,
when the lx>rd was dealing
with my heart for salva
tion, it is sweet now that I
look back over it If I had to
go back over Holy Spirit
Conviction ten thousand'
J. M. Little
times I would because I
know what it means to be
saved.
As I look out across the
barren fields now. right
here in the midst of the
winter months, and see
how dead and lifeless .
. everything is. I am re
minded that it testifies of
the deadness of the sinner
who is slain at the feet of
Christ. Before a sinner can
be saved he has to be slain
_at the feet of Christ, I have ?
been trying to tell you that—
for over tw o years since we
have been publishing in
The Post.
How many of you are
seeing your lost condition
and want to be saved'.’ The
Son of man is come to seek
and to save that which was
lost iLk. 19:10). You may
be lost and not know it, but
you cannot be saved and
not know it. Most of you in
the religious world are lost
and don't know it. There is
no such thing as an ignor1
ant salvation taught in the
Word of God.
-When God raises-you~oul_
of the dead and lifeless
condition you are in and
places you in Christ, you
know it. It is the greatest
thing that ever happens to
you.
A dead tree in the winter
can bear no fruit. As a dead
sinner, you can bear no
fruit because you are out of
Christ; only those in Christ
..can bear fruit. As a dead
sinner you Rave “ nothing
and you are nothing; no
thing from nothing leaves
nothing. But when that
happy moment arrives and
Christ is revealed to your
heart, you rejoice with a
heavenly joy because of
what He has done for you in
the salvation of your poor,
lost soul. Do vou know
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Sealed bids for VARIOUS LANDSCAPING PROJECTS in the new Terminal
Facility at Douglas Municipal Airport will be received by the Owner, THE
CITY OF CHARLOTTE, N.C., in the office of the AIRPORT MANAGER
DOUGLAS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT, until 2:00 P.M., March 2, 1982, and
immediately thereafter publicly opened and read.
Any qualified bidder may submit a bid. All work will be let under the following
separate contracts!
Site Landscaping - Lawns
Site Landscaping - Specimen Trees
Site Landscaping - Trees, Shrubs and Ground Cover
Site Landscaping - Paving
All Contractors are hereby notified that they shall have proper Contractor’s
license as required by the state laws governing their respective trade.
Bid forms, plans and specifications are on file at the Project Manager’s Office:
Project Manager's Office
Oaj>4,yimBMra>,nB| |BC_..„...
Douglas Municipal Airport
Charlotte, North Carolina 28219
Bidders may obtain a complete set of bidding documents at the Project
Manager's Office beginning on February 1,1982, upon the deposit of $50.00 The
full deposit will be returned by mail to those who submit a bona fida bid and
return the bidding documents in a good, unmarked, and usable condition within
10 consecutive calendar days after'opening of bids.
The Bidder's attention is invited to the minimum wage rates to be paid under
the Contract as predetermined by the U.S. Secretary of Labor.
The Bidder's attention is invited to Project Special Provisions regarding
EEO-AA Requirements
Notice is hereby given that each bid will contain a provision for MBE
participation. Coals will be established for a percentage of the total dollar value
of the Contract to be performed by MBE’s.
Notice is hereby given to all Bidders that this Project is under and subject to
Executive Order 11246 of September 24, 1965, and to the equal opportunity
clause, and the Bidder must supply all of the information required by the bid
form.
Contracts In Excess of $50,000.00. In the event the Contractor or any of his
Subcontractors having 50 or more employees and who may be awarded a
Subcontract of $50,000.00 or more shall be required to maintain an affirmative
aetioo program, the standards for which are contained in the advertised
Project Manual I41CFR60-1 40)
A Bid Bond is required
^Performance Bond and a Labor and Material Payment Bond are required
No bid may be withdrawn for a period of 60 days after the closing time for the
receipt of bids The Owner reserves the right to reject'any and all bids and to
waive any and all technical defects in the executive of the informalities in the
submission of any bid
Wendell White
__ ' CHy Manager
Christ'.’
I hear much about
ACCEPTING Christ But
you have it backwards, the
Lord Jesus Christ does not
stand before you for you to
accept Him. you stand be
fore the sovereign Lord for
Him to accept you or leave
you to go to Hell. The only
thing He has to do for you to
go to Hell is just leave you
alone.
Now, has Christ accepted
’ you'' Has He? We need to
‘fcefep straight in our theo
logy Some of you tell me
Christ is your Lord and you
Know He is able. A dear
woman called me up one
time and said the Lord was
her Lord too. Well, what I
w ant to know is. is He your
l,ord and your Saviour?..
Christ is Lord of Satan, but
Satan will never be saved.
So you had better be sure
He is both your Lord and
your Saviour If you are a
stranger to Holy Spirit Con
viction you are not saved,
my dear woman
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centrifugal pump manufacturer is seeking qualified
machinists for our 2nd shift: 3:15 - 1:45 a.m. (10
hours per day, Monday-Thursday). The successful
applicant must be able to set up and operate three of
the following machines:
Engine and-or turret
lathes
Horizontal and-or verti
cal boring mills
Radial arm drill press
The Bryon Jackson Pump Division of Borg Warner
offers an excellent salary and benefit package. If
y off Teel you meet the above qualifications, you may
complete an application between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,
. Monday - Friday or send resume to:
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P.O. Box 7482
Charlotte. N.C. 28217
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r mal rites were held
Wednesday, January 277
for former Charlottean
Charles William
Lawrence Jr. of 3750
Whitfield Drive; Win
ston-Salem. He died
Sunday, January 24, at
Baptist Hospital.
A native of Chester.
S.C., he had lived in
Winston-Salem for the
past 24 years. He was
employed by the Schlitz
Brewing Company for
ij )caia.
He was a veteran of
the U.S. Army, totst
Airborne Division at
Fort Campbell. Ken
tucky. He attended
North Carolina A&T
State University. He
was of the Baptist faith
He is survived by his
wife. Mrs. Flossie Jean
Lawrence of the home,
one daughter, Ms. La
Tarsha Mone; his
mother, Mrs Clara B
Lawrence of Winston
Salem, who writes the
weekly Sunday School
Lesson for The Char
lotte Post, (she is a
former Sunday School
teacher and was a long
time member of Mt.
Carmel Baptist
Church); his father, Mr.
Charles W. Lawrence
Sr. of Salisbury; one
brother, Victor Law
rence of Winston-Sale;
one niece, Karon Law
rence; two nephews,
Chris and Terry Law
rence andahost of reia
lives and friends.
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3) Minimum three
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or Bachelors degree
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D R. Allen & Son,
Inc., General Contract
or, wants sub-bids from
minority business enter
prises for 't'e construc
tion of Contract I Waste
water Facility Project,
City of Hamlet bid on
February 10, 1982 at 3
p.m. Work to be consi
dered: < site work,
fencing,' landscaping,
concrete .& masonry,
pipe laying, hollow me
tal, glass & glazing, re
inforcing steel placing,
resilient flooring, paint
ing and, roofing. For
information call (919)
868-3151 or write
Estimating Dept., P. O.
Drawer 1867, Fayette
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Assistant Managers
& Supervisors
Our food service de
partment is searching -
for aggressive, ambi
tious individuals who
have the ability to pro
duce results and like to
handle responsibilities.
Must be available to
work weekends during
March, April, May,
September and October
and weekly from June 5
- through August M IftR?
Must be able to work
flexible hours and
shifts. If you are in
terested in the assistant
manager or supervisor
positions, please apply
in person at the Caro
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vices office, Monday -
Saturday, D a m. to 5
p.m. ,
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H8,825-$24,026
Develops, administ
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partmental safety and
training programs for
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ment of The City of
Charlotte. Conducts
safety, training, and
-other sessions and meet
ings as necessary. Re
quires BA or BS in
public or business ad
ministration or related.
Knowledge of personnel
and safety rules and re
gulations required. Also
should have strong oral
and written communi
cation skills and tech
niques.
Send resume to:
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Charlotte, NC 28202
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