YOUNG Reynolds thought himself a good boy and because he was religious he was often teased and called "Methodist."
He used to go to Sunday school as well as to church or chapel regularly.
But alas! he was self-satisfied, judging himself to be as he said, "A most estimable child."
Probably someone like him gave rise to the old Nursery Rhyme about "Little Jack Horner." Certain it is, that there are some like him still alive.
With his pocket money saved up, week by week, Reynolds purchased a Bible and began to read it day by day. Coming to Romans 3, he found the verse 23 where he read:
"For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God."
He read it again and again with astonishment,. There seemed no way out of that "all." It plainly meant everybody. The end of the verse before also said, "There is no difference." Escape was impossible. He must be included. He needed to be set right with God.
Thus the painful conviction was forced home upon him that he was a sinner needing a Saviour, just as everybody else does, and he had no rest until he knew the Lord Jesus for himself as his own personal Saviour. "All" means all. It includes me, it includes you..
"The blood of Jesus Christ, His (God’s Son, cleanseth us from ALL sin."
It removes every spot and every stain, every smear and every smudge, every soil and sign of sin is blotted out, never to appear again.
The boys and girls who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ are entitled to know that in the light of the presence of God they are without a trace of evil—washed from all their iniquities they are whiter than the snow.
Young Reynolds became a happy, useful Christian, telling to others of the Saviour who had saved and cleared away all his transgressions. What about you?
The blessed Saviour died for all,
And still to sinners He doth call,
"My precious blood can cleanse your sin
By Me, the Door, now enter in."
Messages of God’s Love 10/14/1934