A Crushing Reply

From: Echoes of Grace: 1979

• 1 min. read • grade level: 6

A native chief in the New Hebrides Islands was before his conversion a cannibal. Years later as a happy Christian he was one day reading his Bible when a French trader hailed him. The trader exclaimed:

"What is that you are reading?"

"The Bible," answered the chief.

"O, that's played out: I don't believe it ever did anyone any good."

"Don't you?" replied the chief calmly. "Then let me tell you, sir, if it were not for the Bible, you would be in my oven!"

"Who was before a blasphemer, and persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy." 1 Tim. 1:13¹³Who was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: but I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief. (1 Timothy 1:13).

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