THE bow and arrows are interesting the little group of boys at the corner of the fence in a back street in Paris. The biggest boy seems to think he knows something to tell the other boys that they do not know, and the one with the string hanging in his mouth seems to be questioning the truth of the information so freely given.
One may call in question what many people may tell us, but whatever God has given to us, we may fully rely upon, as God never makes any mistakes.
There is one thing that comes to my mind that God has told us which people generally are slow to believe, and that is,
Do you believe that, dear reader? Does that interest you? Does it trouble you? If it does, there is a word that follows which will be of greater interest to you,
God thus shows us that while He lets us know, not only have we sinned, and that we come short of His glory, He has undertaken for us, and through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, He can justify us freely by His grace. The redemption that is in Christ Jesus is the means by which He justifies the sinner; and grace (that is undeserved favor) is the source from which it has come to us, poor sinners. It will not be yours unless you by faith make it your own. That is, that you simply believe that it is for you, seeing you come short of the glory of God.
Nothing should be of greater interest to you and should be believed, because it is God’s unerring word.
ML 02/05/1922