I Am Persuaded”

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A soldier in one of the base hospitals was near the end of life. A visitor addressed him thus: "What church are you a member of?”
"Of the church of Christ," was the answer.
"But I mean of what persuasion are you?”
"Persuasion!" said the dying Christian soldier. "I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate me from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus my Lord." Rom. 8:38, 3938For I am persuaded, that neither death, nor life, nor angels, nor principalities, nor powers, nor things present, nor things to come, 39Nor height, nor depth, nor any other creature, shall be able to separate us from the love of God, which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. (Romans 8:38‑39).
Reader, turn to the blessed Lord Jesus Christ, to His precious blood shed on Calvary, to His finished work, to His empty tomb, to His persuasion. For "neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved." Acts 4:1212Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12).
JESUS SAID:
"I AM
THE
GOOD SHEPHERD:
THE
GOOD SHEPHERD
GIVETH HIS LIFE
FOR
THE SHEEP.”