A man with a horrid temper—almost insane from his anger—was led to trust Jesus and to love Him. There may be traces of that old temper in the man still, but I will defy you to find a gentler or more patient soul than he is now! That same man whose fist was so soon doubled and whose eye so rapidly flashed fire will now hear a vast amount of teasing and look on and feel, If I were what I once was I would join in this row, but now I pity and forgive. I can picture you another. There was a man who spent every night in the bar or in worse places. His house was a Hell— his wife and family afraid to see him—the man a drunkard, a fornicator and everything that was foul. But he came to believe and trust Christ. Now it is a matter of fact that he is a new man through believing. Ask his wife and she says, Never was there such a change! Our home is happy, our children happy! We have happy mornings and evenings for my husband prays! That is not all, Sir—my husband is such a heavenly-minded man that you could no more believe him to be the same man than you could believe that a lamb was once a lion. Ah, the man has received the salvation of his soul! How did he receive it? Did we baptize a new heart into him? Did we confirm him into morality? Did we perfume him, intone him and confess him into holiness? No! No! He trusts Jesus and loves Him, and all is done! He received the salvation of his soul by these simple means. -- C.H. Spurgeon #BornAgain
Posted on: Tue, 28 Oct 2014 23:00:00 +0000
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