AH! they have caught him, just taking a peep while playing at blind man’s buff. But this is not fair, it is cheating they say, because he is uncovering his eyes so as to see where they are, while he pretends to have his eyes covered all the time. He is trying to deceive them. Some may think that does not matter much, because it is only at play; but acting a lie is as bad as telling a lie, and if it is allowed in play, it will soon be thought nothing of in connection with what is not play.
Well, God is so thoroughly just and right in everything, that He cannot allow even that sin to go unpunished; so what will we do, dear children? Must we bear the punishment ourselves? No, we need not, for the word is,
“God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son that whosoever believeth on Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:1010Jesus answered and said unto him, Art thou a master of Israel, and knowest not these things? (John 3:10).
O, what a wonderful thing this is, and how thankful we, who believe, should be to Him who has borne the punishment from God for our sins, so that we should never have to bear it He’ said on the cross, “It is finished.” Then instead of perishing, we get “everlasting life.”
If you believe in Jesus as your own Saviour, may you not only thank Him for what He has done for you, but may you seek in all your ways to please Him, and remember that even deceit is one of your sins that the Lord Jesus died for, and if the thought comes in your mind to deceive, turn away from it immediately.
ML 04/30/1933