Charlie was about the handsomest boy I have ever seen, It was a pleasure to look at him—he looked so healthy and happy.
We were taking a country walk together, when “Uncle” sounded in my ear.
“What is it, Charlie?” I inquired. “Uncle, nearly all of my sins are forgiving, but not quite all of them.”
I thought I had never heard such an extraordinary statement before. By what process of thought the little chap imagined he had got rid of nearly all of his sins, but that some still remained unforgiven, I could not fathom. Whether the unforgiven sins were specially grave sins that lay on my little nephew’s conscience, I cannot say.
“How many sins does God cleanse away when He starts?”
“ALL, SIN,” Charlie answered.
“You either have ALL, or NONE, of your sins cleansed away. How do your sins get cleansed away?”
“By believing on Jesus,” Charlie replied.
“Then do you believe on Jesus?” I asked.
He replied,
“I do.”
“Remember, then, either ALL, or NONE of your sins are cleansed away. If they are ALL cleansed away by believing on Jesus, and you truly believe on Him how many of your sins are washed away?”
The handsome little kiddie looked up with a radiant-face, and said, “ALL”
Can you say as much?
ML 10/01/1939