A LITTLE boy was one day to be taken out driving with his father. As he was stepping into the carriage he slipped and fell in the mud. The father told him he must go back and have his clothes changed; but he only rubbed some marks off and declared he was not dirty.
“But, my boy, you are,” exclaimed the father. “I could not take you like this.”
The boy protested; he had been neatly dressed, and could not see all his own stains. Feeling it was useless to argue, the father carried him into the house and set him down opposite a large mirror. Then he saw his own defilement; the upper part of his dress had all been splashed with mire, and he submitted with a good grace to the change of clothing which was necessary.
In the Word of God, as in a glass, we see how sinful we are by nature. We may be outwardly fair, but none of us can tell how vile sin is in God’s sight. Sin turned Adam and Eve out of Eden, called down fire from heaven, drowned “the world of the ungodly,” “crucified the Lord of life and glory,” and banishes men, women and children from God’s presence forever.
“All have sinned and come short of the glory of God.” But blessed be His name, “there was a stream of precious blood, which flowed from Jesus’ veins,” in which our sinful souls may be washed; and God will then say of those who have been cleansed, “Behold I have caused thine iniquity to pass from thee, and I will clothe thee with change of raiment.”
Dear young friends, Jesus will cleanse your hearts today if you will trust Him.
ML 02/27/1916