By:
T.W.P. Wolston, Editor
ONE afternoon I called to see an old lady of over seventy years of age, a simple Christian, though with very little light. She was feeling the infirmities of age creeping on, and, in answer to some questions about her health, said, “I shall soon have to meet Christ, my Judge.”
I looked at her, and said, “I do not expect to meet Christ as a judge. He is my Saviour, and died for me, and bore all the judgment due to my sins;” and taking up her Bible, which lay on the table, I turned to the Epistle to the Romans, and read, “There is therefore now no condemnation to them which ore in Christ Jens.... Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us” (Rom. 8:1, 341There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Romans 8:1)
34Who is he that condemneth? It is Christ that died, yea rather, that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God, who also maketh intercession for us. (Romans 8:34)).
A look of wonder and relief came into the old lady’s face, and she said, “Why, He is my blessed Saviour too, but I never knew before He would not judge me; now I see He died for me, and bore all the judgment, and when I see Him it will be as the One who died for me.”
I read the verses over a few times to her, for she could read very little, and she grasped the simple truth, and rejoiced in it, telling the curate and district visitor, when they paid their regular calls, how the Lord Jesus Christ had borne all the judgment for her, and it was her blessed Saviour she was going to see.
She still lives on, waiting for the time when she shall “see his face,” said never again dreads meeting her. Judge; for God’s Word says there is no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus.
“Sin can’t condemn, for grace has justified;
Sin shall not reign, for grace has set us free;
Sin we abhor, since Christ our Surety flied,
His grace now rules our souls in liberty.
The grace that has the wondrous work begun,
Shall crown with glory when its mighty work is done.
E. W.