"The Bible," says Dr. Mackay, "is the sword of the Spirit; and we should not merely talk of its sharp edge and glittering metal, but in love pierce the sinner's heart with it.”
Once at the close of a meeting, a skeptic said to me: "Sir, I do not believe there is a God." It was 10:00 P.M., and no time for argument. I cast the burden on the Lord in prayer, and looked so happy that he said: "You are laughing at me.”
"No; but I was thinking if all the grasshoppers on earth were to say, 'There is no sun,' it would not alter the matter. The Bible declares, 'The fool hath said in his heart, There is no God.'”
"Well, that is so," he said. I then showed him that God calls every man who does not believe in Him a liar. The man went home, seemingly much impressed.
Some months later I happened to meet him again. Referring to our former conversation, he said: "I found out that I was a fool and a liar, and I have now come to Christ.”
Had we more faith in the Word, and more reliance on the Spirit to apply it, such blessed results would not be so rare.
"For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." Heb. 4:1212For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12).