{"id":461,"date":"2016-03-07T09:12:15","date_gmt":"2016-03-07T15:12:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bibletruthpublishers.com\/evangelism\/?p=461"},"modified":"2016-03-07T09:12:15","modified_gmt":"2016-03-07T15:12:15","slug":"saved-by-his-own-sermon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bibletruthpublishers.com\/evangelism\/?p=461","title":{"rendered":"Saved By His Own Sermon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0His Stripes<\/div><\/div><\/h1>\nT<\/span>he man was very ill, in fact, near death. Several times his clergyman had been to see him. He had read to him prayers for the sick, and told him what a great sinner he was. But the clergyman himself did not know God\u2019s great love to sinners, so all he said only made the poor man more miserable.<\/p>\n

These visits had been repeated several times, but the sick man had received no comfort; he could only moan about the weight of his sins.<\/p>\n

One morning he sent his daughter to bring the clergyman one more time, but the minister objected. \u201cIt is no use for me to go,\u201d he said. \u201cYour father never seems any better.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOh, please!\u201d answered the girl. \u201cFather said I was not to come back without you!\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I\u2019ll take my sermon to read to him,\u201d and he followed her to the sick man. He found the poor man in great distress about his soul\u2019s condition.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve brought my sermon to read to you,\u201d said the clergyman. He began by reading the scripture from which he had taken his text, the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah and the fifth verse: \u201cHe was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.\u201d

The next day the clergyman went to see a friend and asked what there was in that scripture more than another.<\/em> <\/div><\/strong><\/p>\n

\u201cWait!\u201d cried the sick man. \u201cRead that again! Wounded for our transgressions. Then He was wounded for mine! I have it!\u201d he exclaimed, starting up. \u201cBruised for [my] iniquities. Why didn\u2019t you tell me that before? But I have it now, thank God! With His stripes [I am] healed.\u201d<\/p>\n

Why the Scripture Is Special<\/strong><\/p>\n

The next day the clergyman went to see a friend and asked what there was in that scripture more than another. \u201cWhy,\u201d said his friend, a believer in the Lord Jesus, \u201cthis verse contains the whole gospel. Now, I beg you, believe it! Can you say, He was wounded for my transgressions<\/em>\u2015<\/em>the Son of God bore my sins in His own body on the tree?\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cNow I see,\u201d exclaimed the clergyman. \u201cHow blind I have been! I know the scriptures with my head, but never before have I believed with my heart.\u201d<\/p>\n

After this experience his congregation was amazed at the intensely earnest way in which he preached. He told them that he had been only a blind leader, but that God\u2019s grace had shone in his heart. He was a new creature in Christ Jesus, and he begged them all to trust the Lord Jesus as their own Saviour.<\/p>\n

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Adapted from\u00a0His Riches<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

he man was very ill, in fact, near death. Several times his clergyman had been to see him. He had read to him prayers for the sick, and told him what a great sinner he was. But the clergyman himself did not know God\u2019s great love to sinners, so all he said only made the … <\/p>\n

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