There is nothing that so takes the joy out of life like unconfessed sin on the conscience.
I once heard the late Dr. F.E. Marsh tell that on one occasion he was preaching on this question and urging upon his hearers the importance of confession of sin and wherever possible of restitution for wrong done to others.
At the close a young man, a member of the church, came up to him with a troubled co...
2. Grace Rejected
Ezekiel 7:8, 9
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H.A. Ironside
The following incident is vouched for by a Church of England clergyman who knew all the circumstances:
A young woman, who had been brought up in a Christian home and who had often had very serious convictions in regard to the importance of coming to Christ, chose instead to take the way of the world. Much against the wishes of her godly mother, she insisted on keeping company with a wild, hilario...
3. Washed in the Same Blood
Illustration
H.A. Ironside
On the Lord's day a group of missionaries and believers in New Guinea were gathered together to observe the Lord's Supper. After one young man sat down, a missionary recognized that a sudden tremor had passed through the young man's body that indicated he was under a great nervous strain. Then in a moment all was quiet again.
The missionary whispered, "What was it that troubled you?"
"Ah," he sa...
