Echoes of Grace: 1935
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In the House of Her Friends
Through the faithful testimony of one who had been saved from a fast and worldly life, a number of the sons and daughters of city merchants and others were brought to the Lord. This caused no little stir, as true conversion ever must, because it means a turning to God from the vanities and trifles of the world, as well as the lower grades of self-indulgence and sin. When it became known that certain balls and private theatricals had to be cancelled, owing to many of the chief performers and leaders having been converted, the record concerning the gospel’s power in ancient Ephesus in the first century, became true near the close of the nineteenth.
“There took place at that time no small disturbance about the Way.” Acts 19:23. (N. Tr.)
The common talk at table and in visitation was the effects produced in the lives of certain well-known figures of that neighborhood, who had confessed Christ as their Savior and Lord, and were following Him as true disciples.
A young lady who had been under conviction of sin for several weeks, but had not personally confessed Christ to others, was on a weekend visit to her cousins in the country. The sound of the Lord’s doings had travelled there, and before she was an hour in the house of her friends, several slighting references were made to the “revivalists.” She was asked if she knew any of them, and what she thought of it all.
“I wish I were like them,” was her quiet but decided answer, which so astonished her cousins, that they immediately dropped the subject. The fact was, that the sneering reference to what she knew to be a work of grace, and had the power in her own soul, was used to bring her to take her stand openly as one who had truly believed on the Savior.
Like some of olden time, of whom we read in the Word of God, she had been up till then “a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear” (John 19:38), of what might be said about her. But in that strange position, while in the house of her friends, she was first enabled to give a feeble yet true testimony as to where her heart and sympathies were, and before many days she was found openly and fearlessly “confessing with her mouth the Lord Jesus” (Rom. 10:9), and taking her place among His redeemed people.
There can never be liberty to the soul, or the joy of God’s salvation in the life, apart from confession of the Lord Jesus. Faith in His person (John 3:36), gives life, and trust in His finished work gives peace (Rom. 5:1), but an honest confession of Him as personal Savior and Lord brings light, liberty, and joy.
If you have discovered that you are a sinner before God, guilty and condemned (Rom. 3:19); if you have learned that Christ died for the ungodly (Rom. 5:6), and that in virtue of His finished work, sin has been atoned for, do not fear to confess your faith and say,
“Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid.” Isa. 12:2.
"A Father's Name Dishonored"
A profligate young man was in the habit of wearing a ring, on which his virtuous father’s name was engraved. While in the midst of his wickedness one day, a friend of his departed father observed the ring on his finger, and said,
You should take off that ring, or make your life conform to the worthy name it bears.”
From that day the ring with his father’s name was removed, and it was not long ere the profligate young man was converted, and became a follower of Christ, and an imitator of his father, whose name he then bore worthily.
There are many who bear the Name of Jesus, who call themselves Christians, but who live in sin and serve the devil. They plainly show by their speech and manner of life, that they are merely professors, who have never been born again. By professing the Name of Christ, and denying Him in their lives, they are a dishonor to Him. To all such we would say.
“Give up your false profession, and dishonor Christ’s Name no longer. To live as a Christian ought, and this is not done by wearing a Christian profession, but, by coming as a lost sinner, and receiving Christ as your Savior.
“The Lord knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.” Psa. 1:6.
“He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life.”
1 John 5:12.
John and the Gift
When the writer was acting as surgeon in the—infirmary, among the patients was one named John, who had been suffering from disease of the knee-joint for a long time. To save his life it was decided to remove the part.
The day before the operation he sent for me. On arriving at his bedside I said,
“Well, John, how are you today? Are you in pain?”
“I am in great pain, sir,” he replied, “but that is not why I sent for you: I wish I were as happy as you are.”
“Why are you not happy?” I asked.
“I wish I knew that I was saved,” he answered.
“Why don’t you know it? Jesus tells us,
“‘God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.’ John 3:16.
“‘He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life.’ John 3:36.
“If you are really believing and trusting in Jesus as your Savior, He says that you have everlasting life. He does not say, If you make long prayers, or turn over a new leaf, that you will get to heaven some day, but He says,
“‘Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me hath everlasting life.’ “
John 6:47.
I quoted also many other passages on the subject, but John did not grasp the truth, and I failed to see what hindered him from so doing, till at length he said,
“I wish I could feel that I am saved.” I replied,
“God does not tell us that we must feel some difference in ourselves in order that we may know we are saved, but He tells us that if we believe in Jesus, then we are saved.”
“But,” said John, “I read somewhere that we must be born again (John 3:7). Surely I shall feel some difference in myself when I am born again.” I replied,
“There is a difference, but Jesus Christ does not say that we shall feel it. He says,
‘Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My Word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.’ “
John 5:24.
John, however, was not satisfied, and as he still thought he ought to feel some difference in himself, I said to him,
“Look here, John, God says that eternal life is a free gift (Rom. 5:15).
“‘The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.’ Rom. 6:23. Won’t you accept the Gift which God is offering you, and make it yours?” Still he could not see it, so I said,
“Supposing you were heavily in debt, and had no money to pay what you owed, and a rich friend of yours, knowing that you were hard up, wrote to you saying that he would at once place $500 to your credit in a certain bank if you would wire back saying that you accepted that sum, and that, on a fixed day, you could go to the bank and draw the money. If you believed your friend, you would at once telegraph to him, saying that you thankfully accepted his gift, and then on the appointed day you would go to the bank to draw the money.
“On the way there you meet a friend, who says to you, ‘What is the matter, John? I have not seen you looking so cheerful and happy for a long time!’ You would reply,
‘I have good cause to be happy, for I am going to the bank to draw money to pay all my debts.’ Your friend might say,
‘Well! I am glad to hear such good news, but, tell me, how has this come about?’
“Your answer would be that a friend of yours wrote saying that he would place $500 in the bank for you, if you would have it, and you were now going to get the money. You knew your friend meant what he said, and therefore you were sure that that amount was awaiting you in the bank. The money was yours because, having faith in your friend, you accepted it as his gift. You, in fact, received the money by faith. In the same way, close with God’s offer of eternal life and make it yours.”
Still he did not see it, so I said,
“Look here, John,” and taking a pencil from my pocket, showed it to him saying,
“I will give you this—will you have it?” He replied,
“Yes,” so I put it on his bed, and he was going to pick it up, but I said,
“Leave it where it is for a minute; now whose pencil is it?” He answered,
“It is mine.”
“Have you had it in your hand? Or, have you felt any difference in yourself to assure you that it is yours?” I asked.
“No.”
“Then how do you know that it is yours?” I asked.
“Because you said you would give it to me, if I would have it, and I said I would,” he answered. Then I said,
“John, you have accepted that pencil by faith, and you know it is yours. Won’t you just look up to God and accept the Gift which He is offering you, and thank Him for it, just as you received the pencil from me?” He thought for a few minutes, and then he said,
“Thank God, I see it now,” and then and there he accepted God’s Gift through the Lord Jesus Christ.
The next day he was operated upon, and made a good recovery. Before leaving the hospital he told me that he hoped to go to work for God among his friends in D.
The Happy Young Man
“How are you getting on today Tom. Are you happy in the Lord?” I asked a young man who had been converted at our meetings.
“Thanks be to God, I am happy, but Satan has been at me as you said he would be, trying to make me doubt whether I am really saved or not.”
“What do you meet him with on these occasions, Tom?” I asked, being desirous of knowing on what he rested for his salvation and the assurance of it.
The young man drew from his breast pocket a Testament, and opening it said,
“I just give him the verses through which I was led to the Savior that night in the old schoolhouse. The first is in Rom. 5:8,
While we were yet sinners, Christ died for us, and the other, John 3:36,
“He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life.’ When I read these aloud my soul is happy and Satan gives over. “
These are the true weapons of warfare wherewith to meet the Great Adversary. He cannot stand them: the work of Christ as the cause and rock of salvation, the Word of God the ground of its assurance.
But like that happy man, you must first discover your need of Christ, then receive Him as your personal Savior before you can stand firm on the Rock, and thus meet the adversary with the Word of God.
Just As You Are
Just as you are you are invited to come to Christ for His great and glorious salvation.
You have not to better your condition, or alter your state, or to try to furbish up yourself. No, He who says, “Come unto Me,” calls you to come at once, without change or delay of any kind.
The story is told of Queen Victoria sending a telegram to one of the workmen—a mason—employed upon her estate. She wanted his presence immediately and the words she inscribed upon the form were,
“Sandy, come at once, just as you are.”
When Sandy received the message he was at work and in his rough clothes. At first he thought, I must go home and change my clothes in order to go to the Queen. But as he read it again he saw that he was called to go at once, and just as he was.
The Queen understood that he might be untidy and consider himself unfit for an interview with her, and so it was that she had used the words she had done.
“Come at once, just as you are,” to Christ.
He knows your sinful condition better than you do, and in grace He calls you. “Today, if ye will hear His voice, harden not your heart.” Heb. 4:7.
All things are now ready. There is a suit for you to wear, and a seat at the fully furnished table of salvation (Matt. 22:1-14).
Delay not another hour, vainly thinking you will be better fit to come later on. This is one of the devil’s wiles to keep you from Christ. You will never be better fitted to come. You will never have a better opportunity to come, and you may never have another. Come now.
“Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Cor. 6:2.
“Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners. 1 Tim. 1:15.
Where Is Your Treasure?
It is told of Constantine the Great that one day, when speaking to a miser, he took a lance and marked out a space of ground the size of the human body, and as he did so he said to the man:
“Add heap to heap, accumulate riches upon riches, extend the bounds of your possessions, conquer the whole world, and in a few days such a spot as this will be all that you will have.”
What an awful thought for a man who is grasping all that he can lay his hands on in this world, that he can take nothing with him, and will only have a narrow bed of earth when his life here is over!
What a beautiful thought for the Christian that he has treasures in heaven, where neither moth nor rust can corrupt, so that though he may be very poor here, his riches are there!
Where is your treasure, dear friend? Remember:
“The things which are seen are temporal; but the things which are not seen are eternal.” 2 Cor. 4:18.
“What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” Mark 8:36, 37.
Not of Works
“No! but I am working hard for it,” so said a woman, in answer to a visitor, who had asked if she had found salvation.
“Ah you will never get it that way. Christ did all the working when He suffered and died for us, and made complete atonement for our sins. You must take salvation solely as a gift of free, unmerited grace, else you can never have it at all.”
This is the gospel. It is by grace we are saved, through faith; and that not of ourselves, it is the gift of God, not of works lest any man should boast (Eph. 2)
“Not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us.” Titus 3:5.
“To Him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.” Rom. 4:5.
Now
Five sailors were clinging to the broken mast of a wrecked ship. A rope was thrown to them. At the trumpet signal, “Now!” they were to loose their hold of the mast, and trust themselves to the rope. Four did so, and were hauled safe to shore. The fifth hesitated to let go, and was lost.
God’s “Now” is sounding in your ears,
O let it reach your heart;
From every trust but Christ alone,
He bids you part.
There is one hope, and only one,
You can be saved, but how?
The rope hold fast, but quit the mast
At the trumpet signal, “NOW!”
Your righteousness, as filthy rags,
Must all relinquished be,
And only Jesus’ precious death
Must be your plea.
Trust now the one provided rope,
Quit now the broken mast!
Before the hope of safety be
Forever past.
Fear not to trust His simple word,
So sweet, so tried, so true!
And you are safe for evermore,
Yes, even you!
“Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isa. 1:18.
“When we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.” Rom. 5:6.
WE MUST NEEDS DIE, ...
NEITHER DOTH GOD RESPECT
ANY PERSON:
YET DOTH HE DEVISE
MEANS, THAT HIS
BANISHED BE NOT
EXPELLED FROM HIM.”
2 Samuel 14:14.
THE LORD HATH LAID ON HIM THE. INIQUITY OF US ALL.”
Isaiah 53:6.
December
He Has Paid for Me
Some Christian friends were travelling together by the railway. One of them had bought tickets for all, keeping them in his own possession, and they entered a coach in which were other travelers.
Soon the conductor came along calling out: “Tickets, gentlemen, please.”
Each passenger presented his own, and our friend those for his company. One of these, addressing the conductor and indicating the one who had paid for all, said:
“He has paid for me; is that all right?”
“O perfectly, sir,” said the conductor, “as I have seen your ticket it is evidence that your fare has been paid, and that you have a right to your seat.”
“And have all those whom our friend has paid for, their right as well?”
“Why certainly, without doubt sir, and for the same reason,” replied the conductor, evidently surprised at such a question.
During the course of this conversation the attention of the passengers had been aroused, as the conductor replied to the questions with so much good nature, so the questioner took advantage of the opportunity to speak to him of the Lord Jesus.
“Well sir,” said he, “there is One who has paid for our friend and for us, not merely in this coach, which we shall presently leave, but in heaven, in the Paradise of God, and we know that all has been arranged for us to accept these places for eternity.”
The conductor listened attentively to what was said, and the passengers also being interested, a conversation ensued on the great truth of accomplished redemption and of salvation for our souls.
Allow me then, dear reader, to interest you also and to remind you that the opportunity is offered you, even today, of entering into relationship with the Lord Jesus, and of knowing Him as your Savior.
Will you not believe, as we have, in the work which has been accomplished for your salvation? Or do you believe that you have no need of this work and of this salvation? The Scripture says: “There is none righteous, no not one,” and our own conscience is compelled to admit that it is true. Now there must be righteousness, or rather justification, in order to be able to stand before Him.
This is why, dear reader, we are able to offer you God’s great salvation which does not demand on your part either labor or effort, but which, being on the principle of faith, assumes that you take your place before God according to the reality of what you are and that you confess your sins to Him. From these conditions you will be able to understand the invitation of the prophet:
“Ho, everyone that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye. buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price.” Isa. 55:1.
What Is the Profit?
The subject of this narrative was a young man, brought up in a Christian home, with all its hallowed influences and sacred associations. Instead of following in the steps of his godly parents an inordinate ambition to amass wealth and climb to the top of the commercial ladder swayed him completely.
One Lord’s Day, tired of the home life, he decided to visit some relations in a neighboring town. On reaching the house, he was informed that the family had gone to church. Turning on his heels, he muttered:
“Bother this religion!”
In order to while away the time, he went for a walk. Suddenly a storm broke over the town, and he was compelled to seek refuge in a church. The place was crowded; a vacant seat was found just in front of the preacher, an aged and faithful servant of Christ.
He was just announcing his text:
“What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” Mark 8:36.
He repeated it three or four times, then said: “There may be a young man in this company who is determined to get on at all cost, to become a wealthy man, or to attain a position of influence in this world. If so, let me ask him to seriously consider these words:
‘What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?’ “
How far these words affected him, it is difficult to say, but let us follow our young friend. He went to L. The restraints of home gone, he plunged into all gaiety of the great city.
Like many another, he sought satisfaction in one continual whirl of pleasure.
What the prodigal found in the far-off country was that companionship with the world brought him down to feed on husks, and this he had to learn also.
The Lord Jesus, in speaking to the guilty daughter of Samaria, said:
“Whosoever drinketh of this water shall thirst again; but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst.” John 4:13, 14.
Every sin-stained stream of earth bears witness to the truth of these words. Have you found this out, my reader?
God had His eye on the young man of our story. Wherever he went those words rang in his ears:
“What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” They spoiled his pleasure, and disturbed his peace.
Dissatisfied, he determined to visit P., hoping amid fresh scenes of gaiety and pleasure to find the satisfaction he craved for. God followed him there. Those words continually rang in his ears:
“What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?”
Sleep departed, anguish and agony of soul possessed him. He retraced his steps to L. and stayed the night at a hotel.
The Spirit of God had been working in his soul, teaching him the emptiness of earth’s wealth and splendor; the hollowness of its gilded charms. As he retired to rest he heard someone singing,
“How sweet the name of Jesus sounds.”
Listening attentively he found it came from the adjoining room. Looking through the keyhole, he saw that the singer was an old gentleman. After the hymn was finished, he read the Word of God and then knelt in prayer.
The listener could resist no longer, he knocked at the door.
A voice from within said, “Who is there?” He answered,
“A young man in deep anxiety of soul.”
“Come in! come in!”
There and then he pointed him to Jesus, the Savior of sinners, and spoke of the precious blood which cleanseth from all sin, and fits the vilest sinner who believes, for the presence of God.
In that room, divine light shone into the young man’s soul, he discovered for himself the value and preciousness of the name of Jesus.
The courts of heaven rang with triumph; another repentant sinner had turned to God through the Lord Jesus Christ, for salvation.
Our young friend retired to rest (real rest this time). A divine peace filled his soul; his thirst had been quenched at the fountain of living water.
What the world had failed to give, he found in Christ. He was both saved and satisfied. He did not awake until a late hour in the morning, and to his sorrow found the old gentleman who had pointed him to Christ had gone, but the peace and rest remained with him.
Years rolled by and he became a successful man of business, but instead of the love of money controlling him, he delighted to use his means to minister to others.
Through the good hand of God, in process of time he again came across his old friend, who was in temporal need. You can picture the deep joy of his heart in being able to minister to and care for him. He had reaped spiritual blessing, and it was a delight to minister temporal good. If you had asked him in after life:
“What shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul?” he would have answered, “Misery, eternal misery!”
What is your answer? Put in the scale on one side the wealth of a Rockefeller, a Morgan and a Rothschild; and in the other the value of your immortal soul. Your final destiny hangs upon your answer.
On Which Side of You Is the Judgment?
A man opened the door of a book store, in the windows of which were many copies of the Scriptures, and books relating to them. He walked to the end where the book-seller sat at his desk, and said, “I am from B. and was told that there is in this city a place where poor people may obtain a Bible free. Is this it?”
“What do you want to do with a Bible?” ask the bookseller.
“I want to read it,” quietly replied the man. “I have never owned anything but a New Testament, and now I want the whole Bible.”
“And do you pray over it?” continued the bookseller, “do you realize it is the Word of God, and that you need the Holy Spirit to lead you to the right understanding of it?”
The man felt at once the bookseller was interested in his soul, and in order to explain and assure him that he had not read his New Testament in vain, he said,
“I have been a professor of religion for some time.”
“Ah, but that is not necessarily being a child of God,” pressed the bookseller, “and I am anxious to know if you are a child of God.”
“Well, I hope so,” was the hesitating reply, “but you know none of us can be sure of that.”
“Are you sure of the judgment?”
“O yes, I am sure of that,” and the man began to look very earnest.
“Well, sit down here,” continued the bookseller, “and tell me on which side of you is the judgment— before or behind?”
“O,” he replied, “it is before me, of course, for the judgment in only at the end of the world, and that hasn’t come yet.”
“How do you expect to escape it?”
“Well, I am trying earnestly to live a Christian life. I am trying to do what good I can in my poor way, and I do hope in that way to be found worthy to escape and to have eternal life.”
“Now, let me tell you my story,” said the bookseller; “I also believe that the judgment is at the end of the world, and though this has not come yet, I can tell you that the judgment is behind me. Being sure of its coming, I anticipated it in my mind, and found then that being a sinner I was ‘condemned already.’ As my sins came out there in the light of the ‘great white throne,’ I could not but see that all hope was over,— I was lost, and so, instead of trying to escape, I pleaded guilty. At the same time, however, I saw that it was for these very sins Jesus had suffered judgment upon the cross. He, ‘the Just,’ was there suffering ‘for the unjust.’ Besides, I knew He was no more on the cross, but up there in the glory, and I said,
‘Thank God, the judgment is past for me, since Jesus has passed through it in my stead!’ Therefore is it written in John 5:24,
‘Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but is passed from death unto life.’ “
Instantly the man’s eyes glittered like diamonds, and taking hold of the bookseller’s arm in both his hands, he said, with intense earnestness, “I see it! I see it!” and off he went, as one who has found a new treasure.
Reader, if you too are able to say, through grace, that the judgment is behind you, there will be no difficulty in your appropriating the blessed message of 1 John 3:2,
“Beloved, now are we the children of God.”
Death and judgment are behind us,
Grace and glory are before;
All the billows rolled o’er Jesus,
There they spent their utmost power.
Jesus died, and we died with Him,
“Buried” in His grave we lay,
One with Him in resurrection,
Now “in Him” in heaven’s bright day.
The Debt Is Paid
There are many who really desire to know Jesus as their Savior, but find it hard to realize that the work is finished without any help from themselves. I am going to give you a true story of a poor woman, hoping it may help others to see the finished work of Christ, and that our readers may get the same blessing.
Her name was Betty, and as I said, she was poor, very poor, and not only so, but she was sick, and confined to her bed. Sickness is a great trial, and a still greater one when poverty comes with it.
Just now Betty carried even a heavier burden. She was filled with doubts and fears as to her soul’s salvation. She had heard over and over again that Christ had died on the cross; that He had borne the punishment instead of us. She had believed, as she thought, still, her mind was dark and sad, as the thought of the future, and the distance between her and a holy God, and the way seemed all a mystery.
Mrs. Pax was a kind friend, who often visited her. Again and again she had sought to put the simple plan of salvation before her, showing that when Christ died on the cross, He finished the work; paid the debt in. full; and, “being justified, by faith, we have peace with God,” but no matter how simply the truth was put before her, she found no relief.
Betty was laid upon a sick bed, and at the point of death. One day as Mrs. Pax entered, she found Betty in great distress. She had pulled the sheet over her head, and was sobbing violently, just as if her heart would break; the very bed shook under her.
“Dear Betty,” said Mrs. Pax, “what has happened to make you so unhappy?”
“O, Mrs. Pax, I can’t pay my rent, and the landlord is going to take my bed from under me. I shall die! I shall die!”
Her distress was so great and all that her friend could say seemed useless. She had not a cent, and the debt must be paid, or her bed taken.
Just at this moment they heard a violent knock on the door. This brought on a fresh outbreak of grief.
“There they are! There they are!” she cried.
Deeply touched at her sorrow, Mrs. Pax descended the stairs softly, and found the two men at the door, expecting to take the furniture.
“Well,” she said, after they had explained their errand, “you know this poor woman cannot pay her rent.”
“Of course, madam, but we can’t help that. If she has not the money we must take the furniture.”
“But it is terribly cruel; she is dying!”
“Madam, that is not our business; we must have the money or the furniture.”
“Well, tell me, how much it is?”
The men told her, so, drawing the money from her purse, she said:
“Give me the change and a receipt.”
This they did, and Mrs. Pax put the receipt between the leaves of her Bible, and went up stairs to reassure Betty that all was settled as to her bed, etc., little thinking that God was going to use this act of kindness for a far greater blessing to the troubled soul of this poor woman. She found her in despair, expecting every moment to be pulled out of bed, and laid on the floor. Her friend sat down by her, saying quickly,
“Betty, don’t worry!”
“But, I must worry. I shall die!”
“But the debt is paid, Betty.” The poor creature threw the sheet off her face, and looked round in her wonder. What had she heard? She could not believe her ears. Mrs. Pax repeated again those comforting words,
“I assure you, Betty, you need not trouble yourself any more. The debt is paid,” and opening her Bible, she showed her the receipt, saying, “Here, Betty, this is the receipt. Read it for yourself and be convinced!”
The poor old woman spelled it out as well as she could. Suddenly, a very happy expression came into her face, and the sadness was gone. Her expression was bright, as if the cloud was lifted. She raised her hands and cried,
“I understand! I understand! Jesus has paid my debt of sin.”
And, now, dear reader, do you understand? Do you know Him of whom it is said, “They shall call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins”? Do you think He needs any of your help? Did He not say, “Come unto Me,”?
“We have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.” Eph. 1:7. Do not think your works can help you. The words of Jesus on the cross were “It is finished.”
John 19:30.