I REMEMBER a case in Ireland when a Testament had been torn up and the leaves thrown to the winds; a poor man found one of the leaves and picked it up. He could read, and saw, "And Jesus said," "and Jesus answered and said," "and Jesus said," and so on. He said to himself, What! has the blessed Lord said so many things, and I did not know them? Struck by these simple but solemn words, "Jesus said," he went off to the neighboring town and bought a Testament, believed what Jesus said, was converted, and was happy in a known Saviour.
But, you may say, how did he know it was true that Jesus said these things? Well, God guides the humble simple soul. Jesus had said it, and His word had power over his soul by grace. J.N.D.
Messages of the Love of God 8/31/1975