WHILE waiting on the platform for my train, a little boy came near me whistling away very merrily. "Well, my little man," I said to him, "what makes you so happy this morning? Do you know your sins are put away?"
"Yes, sir," was the prompt reply; "they are all put away by the precious blood of Jesus."
"Where did you learn that?" I asked; not expecting so ready and so happy an answer from a little schoolboy of nine years old.
"Mr. W. taught me that from the word of God, and I know they are all washed away in the blood of Jesus."
"And are you really happy through that?"
"Yes, sir."
"Are your parents Christians?" "Mother is, sir; my father ran away, and we are left alone."
The train was coming up, so I took leave of the boy praising God for His grace in making a little heart happy through the knowledge of the Lord Jesus, and what He had done upon the cross.
I could see it was not the lesson learned by heart, as is often the case, but the child had life, divine life, for he had Christ. The word of God was believed in with all a child's simplicity, and again God was honored; He had a place in a boy's heart and affections which is denied Him by many a man, many a woman.
It is refreshing to one's heart to get so happy, so clear an answer to such a question. How rarely it is, even among professing Christians, we meet one who can say their sins are all washed away in the precious blood of Jesus; and yet how clear is the scripture on such a point, "He that believeth on the Son HATH everlasting life"; that his sins are forgiven, for him there is no judgment, no wrath, no condemnation, because the One he believes in has atoned for sin, has taken the cup of wrath and drunk every drop, so that the believer is privileged to say, "There is therefore NOW no condemnation." Rom. 8:11There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit. (Romans 8:1).
Oh! for more real simple faith in the living God, who has done such great things for us, who, in order that we might not perish, but have everlasting life, gave up His only begotten Son to death, even the death of the cross!
Messages of the Love of God 8/31/1958