DURING a gospel preaching, some years ago, I noticed that a small boy of about six years of age was weeping. I was rather interested to know the cause, as I thought that, at his age, he could not understand much of the preaching. At the end of the meeting he was asked what was the matter, and through his sobs he said, "My sins, my sins!” He had been, what most people would call, a good boy, but that night the Spirit of God had made him feel that, though so young, he was a sinner. How many sins make any one of us a sinner?—ONE! And nothing that we can do can wash away even one sin; yet one sin will keep us out of heaven because nothing that defileth can ever enter there, Rev. 21:2727And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth, neither whatsoever worketh abomination, or maketh a lie: but they which are written in the Lamb's book of life. (Revelation 21:27).
Several of us gathered round the boy. Near to me was a big man, once a drunkard and fighter, but now trusting Jesus, and I noticed the tears running down his cheeks as he looked at the boy. They were tears of joy, a reflection of the joy in heaven over one repenting sinner. We all knelt down and several prayed. The Lord heard those prayers, and when we rose again the boy's face was happy. Though at his age he may not have understood much, yet I do not doubt that he found rest in Jesus.
Years have rolled by and this boy is now a man and a follower of Jesus. But what about your sins? Nothing can remove them from God's holy eye but the blood of Jesus. "The blood of Jesus Christ His (God's) Son cleanseth us from all sin," 1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7).
Will you not trust in Jesus and His finished work? Then you will be able to say—
“Gone my transgressions and now I am free,
All because Jesus was wounded for me."
L. M.