Prophpt'g Column
"Grace In The Fall"
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and go, each testifies of the
grace of God. Also the passing
of the seasons reminds us of
the faithfulness of God
At this time our subject is
"Grace in The Fall." I have
enjoyed this Fall more than
perhaps any other Fall in my
life. I am enjoying the Lord
and what He has done for me
in salvation, are you?
Fall testifies of the wither
ing work of the Holy Spirit. I
don't know if you have ever
seen it like that or not. Listen ;
"For all flesh is as grass, and
all the GLORY OF MAN AS
THE FLOWER OF GRASS
THE GRASS WITHERETH.
and the flower thereof faHetfc
away: But the word of the
Lord endureth forever. And
this is the word which by the
gospel is preached unto you ( I
Pet. 1:24-25).
The apostle Peter here com
pares man up proud and natu
ral state to beautiful grass
when it is in. full growth and
very pretty. When Fall comes,
as we are having now. the
grass withereth. Why? The
cool blasts of air begin to
wither the Summer grass. The
pretty Summer grass is just
. for a season and cannot help
^ but wither when a more pow
eriuj ι or ce diows upon 11.
So it is in the grace of God
under Holy Spirit Conviction.
When the Holy Spirit comes
upon a sinner, the sinner is
proud and boastful of what he
is by nature because he really
does not know who he is by
nature. But as the Holy Spirit
blows upon, and reveals to
him his old adamic nature, his
corruption and vile and de
praved condition, that sinner
begins to wither.
"But the Word of the Lord
endureth forever..." As the
Gospel is preached to that
sinner under Holy Spirit Con
viction, he dies to his old life
that he once gloried in. All the
things you once gloried in
begin to fade away, and the
sinner himself dies to every
thing he ever loved. You boas
ted before of your profession,
now as the Holy Spirit opens
your heart more and more,
you see you had professior
without possession.
As |i>e Word cuts deeper and
deeper in your heart, yoi
wither as the grass under the
. cool Fall blasts. In your heart
you weep over your lost condi
tion. You thought you were
saved but now you see that yoi
are ηοι. au me glory ol
your church life dies You too
are dying, you must die, and
you will die to everybody and
everything before you can be
resurrected to new life in
Christ and know Him as your
Lord and your Saviour.
Under the Convictions of the
Holy Spirit you lose sight of
the things you used to love. No
one around you understands
what is happening to you but
those who are saved. Seeing
your lost condition you despair
of ever getting to Christ. Once
you thought you knew Christ,
now you know that you don't,
and your cry night and day is;
oh that I knew Him! Where
can I find Christ?
You read God's Word and
pray, and you don't know what
step may be your last. Your
soul pants after Christ as the
heart pants after the water
brooks. I know it was so when
the l,ord was dealing with my
heart for salvation. Day and
night I longed to know Christ.
As the Lord dealt with my
heart I died to everything I
had ever cherished. 1 cannot
explain this gracious work of
the Holy Spirit in slaying a
sinner in order that He may
raise that sinner to new life in
Christ. But I know it. I know
what took place in my heart
and life, much of it I don't
understand. But there was a
definite time when 1 stood in
eternity as it was, know ing the
reality of my lost condition as
a lost sinner. And you did too if
you are saved.
If you are saved you know
exactly what I'm talking a
bout If you are a stranger to
what I am laying down here,
then you are not saved. I'll be
just that dogmatic!
Before a sinner can be sav
ed. he has to release his hold
on everything! You will die to
everybody! Man by nature is
proud and puffed up. No proud
man is saved! Some of our
preachers are so proud, but
you are just a proud jackass
on the road to Hell; you are
leading your congregation to
Hell too
Man born by nature is a
child of the Devil according to
Jn. 8:44. and you are steeped
in pride, the pride on your
heart has deceived you. Every
soul bv nature is deceived!
You think you have some
goodness in you that will make
you acceptable before God.
Therefore there has been
taught the doctrine in our
churches today; "there is
some good in the worst of
men. ' ' That's a lie out of Hell !
( iod declares in His Word that
there is no good in man, ( Kom.
3:10) I'm going to let my Lord
be true and let you be the liar.
Many have said; "we are
not hearing what Bro' Little is
preaching in our churches."
I realize you aren't. Our chur
ches today are just as dead
and lifeless as an old dead dog
That's right Our churches
today have rejected the Holy
Spirit, therefore you have no
true spiritual light, you only
have darkness The world
scene is growing worse and
worse in the midst of more and
more churches being built.
From here at my home and
before I can drive to the 1-85
bridge, I pass about a dozen
churches. The truth is not
preached in a single one of
them! Now you can gel mad at
that statement all you want to
and I know many of you will
There is coming a day when
you are going to wish you had
heeded the Word of the Lord
"And this is the Word which
by the Gospel is preached unto
you."
Listen to the Word ol God,
"Behind, ye despisers. and
wonder, and perish: for I
work and work in your days, a
work which ye shall in no w ise
believe, though a man declare
it unto you " (Acts 13:41 > That
is what the Lord is doing here
in these simple messages we
are bringing from week to
week You are despising the
truth as we set forth Christ,
you are wondering and perish
ing Some of you reason like
this. "1 wonder if all that Bro'
Little is saying is true about
our being last; my pastor said
Bro' Little wss crazy, all these
people can't be lost like that "
Alright, just keep on sitting
there wondering and you will
wonder your way to Hell.
The greatest thing in all this
world is just to know Christ.
L)o you know Christ? Now
luce eternal question fair and
square. Do you know Christ .'
Then when the Holy Spirit
brings you to know Christ, ν ou
can see the handiwork of
the Lord in nature. You can
see the nature and compare
the drying of the leaves to the
sinner drying up to the things
he once loved. When the leav
es are withered, they no long
ger have their beauty. How is
it between you and the Lord?
Du you see the beauty in
Christ?
Plumbing Leak
Can Run Up
Large Bill
The lime may be gone when
leaky plumbing fixtures are
ignored Water, long taken for
granted because of its abund
ant supply, can be a costly
item where it is wasted
Small leaks may not appear
to Ik· much to be concerned
about until you consider the
amount of water they can
drain away in a short time
Λ leak as small as a sixteen
th ol an inch can waste almost
:.uoo gallons of water in a
2-t hour period, according to
N.C. Agricultural Extension
Service housing specialists
If you are paying $2 50 per
l.ooo gallons, as many Tar
Heels are doing, the cost of the
losi water would be $17.50 a
week.
Λ leak from a one-eighth
inch hole will waste 3,υυυ
gallons ol water in a 24-hour
period. the NCSU extension
specialists point out Even a
pinhole leak· one that oozes a
drop per second-will waste
170 gallons a day.
One common source of lost
water and one which isn't
always easy to delect is the
commode You can lose as
much as 50U gallons of water a
day from a constantly leaking
commode
Just because you can't hear
the water leaking doesn't
mean it isn't leaking If you
want to check, pour a little
lood coloring into the com
mode lank II the coloring gets
mi· the commode itself with
tlushi'ig si you Itave η
I· .
The coet of fixing it probably
ill ih' less than tlx cost of
|k > ing for the water it is
losing.
I—
Have Been Skyrocketing
by Susan Ellsworth
Poet Staff Writer
While birth rates among
American adults have been
declining over the past few
years because of the availabil
ity of infonnation and serv
ices, teenage pregnancies and
venereal disease have been
skyrocketing.
"There are about 21 million
15-19 year olds in the United
States. Eleven million are
estimated to have had sexual
intercourse. No more than 20
percent use contraceptives
regularly," stated a report
published by Planned Parent
hood of Greater Charlotte.
Despite the increase in the
availability of contraceptives
to teens, many teenage girls
still do not have access to birth
control information, revealed
a study conducted by the Allen
Guttmacher Institute of the
Planned Parenthood Federa
tion.
In North Carolina, 22 per
cent of all births in 1976
occurred to females 12-19
years old, according to Plann
ed Parenthood; 11,824 of these
births were to unmarried
teem.
The problems caused by
teenage pregnancies can ruin
one or more lives. Babies born
^ to teens are two to three time*
ι
more likely to die during their
first year. The teen maternal
death rate is 60 percent higher
than for mothers in their 20s
"The girl who has an out-of
wedlock child at 16 will proba
bly drop out of school, not be
able to find a job that pays
enough to provide for herself
and the child and she may feel
compelled to marry someone
she might otherwise not have
chosen," emphasized
researched studies.
Organizations such as
Planned Parenthood of Great
er Charlotte are expanding
their programs to further
assist parents, schools, church
and youth groupe. In 1977,
Planned Parenthood increas
ed its programs by ten per
cent, especially among low
income families.
Equipped with a staff of 78
paid employees and about 60
volunteers, the Greater Char
lotte Chapter offers contra
ception and pregnancy testing
and diagnosis, venereal dis
ease testing, pap smears, pro
blem pregnancy testing, peer
counseling, sterilization infor
mation and referral, commun
ity education, media resour
ces, and education in human
sexuality.
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