MY dear young friend, I would not say one word to grieve you or break in upon your youthful pleasures, but am. I not your friend in telling you of One who would take away all your sins NOW? Surely you cannot be happy at home—at school—at play—with your sins unforgiven! Pause a little, dear boy or girl; get into the presence of God, and ask your heart this question, Will I have to bear my own sins forever away from God? I am quite sure that the question is not a very pleasant one to think about, but I charge you before God, give the question a little thought, say half-an-hour, and let it be considered by yourself all alone with God.
Now, what has Jesus done? What has He suffered that our sins might be pardoned, that our sins might be blotted out? Read, more than once, the fifty-third chapter of Isaiah, and you will know something of what it cost Jesus to bear our sin: —
He was wounded; He was bruised; He was afflicted; He was oppressed; He was stricken; He was put to grief; He was brought to the slaughter; He was chastised; He was scourged; He was tormented; He was rejected; He was despised.
Why was the Holy One of God so treated? Ah, my young friend, it was because He took the sinner’s place in grace, in order to redeem him to God.
Dear young friend. why not be saved now! Do you really believe that Christ bore your sins in His own body on the tree—that His precious blood cleanseth from all sin? Then you are one to whom I can say,
ML 11/01/1925