8 The Understanding Darkened”
, 1
4:18 Paul gives
on the
the human
ecauaeot tne
of their heart:
Paul gives a very clear
accurate description of
man, blinded in his natural
condition.__
Every soul out of Christ has
his understanding darkened,
you live and have your every
move in darkness, you are
darkened by Satan, self, and
sin. Christ is the believer's
light and if you are not in
Christ you are in darkness.
Anything out of Christ is dark
As an unbeliver, you have no
understanding of spiritual
matters. Paul also said” being
alienated from the life of
God...” The believer's life is
Christ. So if you do not have
Christ you do not have the life
of God. Christ lives in the
heart of every believer. Do
! you know Christ? Do you?
The soul in darkness is past
feeling (Vs 19) Are you past
feeling? When a soul is past
i feeling, the Gospel has no infli
ence on him, it rolls off like
warn/ on a duck’s back, is
that how the Gospel is with
you*, One of the Ways I know
the Liord is coming soon is that
so f#w are saved and so few
want to be saved. Where can
you go to find souls hungering
after Christ? Where do you go
to find souls crying their heart
hearts out to know Christ? I
don’t find that here: maybe
there are a few there in your
community.
As I said to someooe just
today; there are two souls you
cannot talk to aboutChrist, one
is a soul on a religious profess
ion and the other is an educa
ted. Paul said; “For the Jews
(the religious professor)' re
quire a sign, and the Greeks
(the educated) seek after wis
dom (I Cor. L; 22)
The soul whose understand
ing is darkened knows nothing
about Holy Spirit Conviction
(Jn. 16:7-11) and will not have
it when you tell then about how
the Holy Spirit awakened you
to your lost condition, showing
n J ^M, Littl»
under as a lost soul out of
Christ. I was talking to a
small group over a year ago,
and as I sat there tellihg how
God saves a sinner, a
deacon who heard part of my
testimony said very quickly;
"I’m getting out of here.” And
1 be did, a deacon running from
, God. What a tragedy 1 I’ve
l wept much over that man.
Listen friend, if you cannot
stand to hear me tell how God
saved me down here, how in
the name of high heaven do
you expect to stand at the
Great White Throne pf Judg '
ment? The religious work) is
on the road to Hell. And
many, meaning the vast ma
jority, of religious folks, prea
chers, deacons, and Bible tea
chers, will be left behind when
Christ comes. Then you will
realize I and a few others were
true to your soul. You’ll not
listen now, but then you’ll wish
ten-thousand times you had
heeded the Gospel. Now, you
can say I’ve gone off the
deep-end if you want to, it's
your soul that Is at stake not
> mine.
I’ve been called crazy, and
every degrading name you
can think of. At a gathering
here recently, some souls let
out such hatred against me
that you would not believe if
you hadn’t been there. Jvriat
me mention 01 my name sucn
hatred comes out.
As I have said many times
before, a believer cannot
carry hatred in his heart
, against anyone regardless of
whom you are or what you've
done to him. Now you let that
soak in.
The Bible is theWord of
God, the key to understanding
the Word is the New Birth. In
the New Birth, the Lord opens
your understanding just as He
opened the understanding of
the two on the road to Em
ma us Now, has the Lord
opened your understanding?
'Apart from the teaching of the
Lord, you are blind and igno
rant, txit praise the Lard, once
He opens your understanding,
you begin to see heavenly
truths, you begin to see things
you never dreamed of. I know
what I’m talking about do
you? Am I talking about that
which you know? I am afraid
! most of you are like that
deacon I have described; you
are running from God., Friend,
you can't .bide no matter
where'you run, don’t run from
the lord, run to HimT_
The soul who has his under
standing darkened, is tossed
to and fro by every wind of
I doctrine. You don’t know
what to believe, but you are
responsible! God holds you
responsible to believe His
word. There is coming • day
you'll have to answer to my
blessed Lord. He is going to
ask you what you did with His
Word I ~Hnw will you fare?
Have you ever seen your
blinded condition? If not then
‘ you are not saved. If you are
seeing blinded condition, then
the Lord is showing mercy on
you. What will you do? Don't
try to drown out those convict
ions the Spirit of God is giving
you. If you do succeed in
drowning out those convict
ions, my friend, in Hell you’ll
remember every one the Lord
gave you, and that will be the
never dying worm that is
tormented forever and for
ever. Flee to Christ! Don’t let
Him go.
One day Iwas seeing my lost
condition, knowing there was
no way out except Christ, I
began to cry, Lord, help me,
Lord save or I perish! I
resolved; Lord, if I go to Hell,
I'll go to Hell crying for
mercy. Night and dajt I
pleaded with the Lord to have
mercy on such a sinner as 1. I
believed the Lord came and
died for sinners, but I didn’t
know that He died for me.
Voting People Fac
Young people today face a
formidable task of making
effective career and educat
ional decisions because of the
changing job market, particu
larly for college educated
youth.
To help deal with this na
tion, a career counselor at the
University of North Carolina
' at Charlotte has just compiled
a book, “Current Career and
Occupational Literature;
The author, Dr. Leonard H.
Goodman, is career develop
ment coordinator in the Coun
seling Center at UNCC.
The book is designed to
serve as an up-to-date ref
' crence source for young peo
ple who seek information a
bout careers and occupations,
and for all those—counselors,
librarians, teachers, and par
Others said he died for every
body, that did not satisfy my
heart, I wanted to know if
Christ died for me, J. M.
Little, And I was not satisfied
until He revealed Himself to
me. Then I knew Christ died
for J. M. Little. I rejoice in
Christ, He died for me. You
may say He died for you, bless
your heart, but I know He died
for me. You may say He is
your Lord and your Saviour,
well, He's Mine too.
Friend, how is it between
you and Crhist? Do you know
Christ? Not the other fellow,
just you. George, how is it
between you and Christ? You
will not be here very long, life
is just a shadow or vapor, but
you will live in eternity for
ever. Where will you spend
eternity? Do you know
Christ?
The greatest thing in all thi«
universe is just to know
Christ. I would not *
exchange what I have in
Christ for ten-thousand worlds
of gold and silver. I have
something the world cannot
give, 1 have Christ.
e Formidable Task
ents who _ assist the young
people in the increasingly
complex task.
information ~is provided on
occupations, techniques of job
seeking and advancement,
special counseling tools, infor
mation on scholarships and
Financial aid, specialized ex
aminations, working abroad,
and programs for the aged,
women, and minority groups.
Published by The H. W.
Wilson Company, the book is
available at 110.
“These Northern Companies Are
Trying To Break Our Union”
continued from page
fused to comment. ~ '
"We have do statement U
make about anything,” sail
Anderson. "Everything L
confidential.”
The Employers’ Associatioi
is a non-profit consulting firn
with 300 member companiei
in Charlotte. Membership fee
is $150 a year plus $3.50 foi
each employee, or $2 eaci
for more than 100
employees.
The organization is headec
by Edward J. Dowd, Jr., a
former Ohio businessman anc
industrial psychologist. Re
cently Dowd was chosen co
chairman of the Council on a
Union Free Environment, a
creation of the National Assoc
iation of Manufacturers.
Dowd started his organize
tion in Charlotte 30 years ago
but keeps his work so secrel
that moot employees don’t
even know their companies
belong to it.
"Their purpose is to keer
unions out,’’ said Jimmy Ne
well, UIU service represents
five "They advise companies
on how to stop union drives
and how to stall negotiations '
When employees do elect a
union, Dowd often represents
the company at the bargaining
table. According to union
representatives, he usual!)
advises the companies to re
fuse the union a dues check-oft
system and grevance proce
dure*.
Dues check-off is when
companies agree to deduct a
designated amount from an
employee’s pay check for un
ion dues, similar to charity
deductions or payroll savings
plans that employees may
authorize
The grievance procedure is
a system for handling com
plaints that employees have
with the company over work
ing conditions and diaciplin
ary actions.
“What's happening at T^oa
et-Simmons exposes the myth
that northern companies bring
higher wagea when they move
to North Carolina," said Tim
Lund, a member of the Inter
national Union of Electrical
Workers Dowd at the bargain
ing table since The Stamping
Company employees elected
the IUE in January.
“At our parent company In
Minnesota, the same union
has just renewed a very good
contract,” said Lund. "They
have good wages, dues check
off, grievance procedures, a
pension plan, more holidays
and a union shop "
A union shop, where all
employees must belong to the
1 union, is forbidden by N.C.’s
right-to-work law.
i “The right-to-work law ne
I ver guaranteed anyone a Job,”
i said Lund. “It’s only purpose
is to forbid union shops and
i ‘bus weaken unions. That is
why N.C. has the lowest
industrial wage in the coun
try."
■ Last week state AFL-CIO
President Wilber Hobby
sharply criticized N.C. Secre
tary of Commerce Lauch
Faircloth for defending the
state's right-to-work law.
Faircloth said the law was
essential to attracting more
northern industry into the
state.
Hobby, however, said the
right-to-work law promoted
low wages.
According to Governor Jim
Hunt wages in N.C. are about
*2 an hour below the national
average.
"The South is like a colony,”
said LundL_ “Slavery was
defeate^fter^th^ivinja^^
and segregation was defeated
in the 1960’s. Now northern
industry conies here, with the
support of our own state go
vernment and groups like
Central Piedmont Employers
Association, and pays us
slave-like wages for both
black and white.”
N.C. is the 7th most indus
trialized state in the country,
but is the 50th place in unioni
zation. Only 6.9 percent of
N.C.’s work force belongs to
- unions.
"It’s a myth that wages and
the standard of living in the
South are going to rise to the
same level as the North,” said !
Lund. “The Tbonet-Simmons
case shows that northern com
panies moving South will try
to pay lower wages and keep
unions out. Unless we can
organize strong unions here,
the conditions up North are
going to fall to the same level
as here in the South, ” Lund '
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