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Mandag, 08. august 2011 06:23

 

It was said of C.H. Spurgeon that even though he was a strong believer in the irresistible grace of God he also preached the free offer of grace.  He could even say, I´ve been told, when urging sinners to repent, “Put your hand on your heart right now and surrender it to your Savior”.

That kind of balanced ministry made Spurgeon wholesome and a blessing to me from my early youth. The gospel´s simple appeal to sinners has been the order of the day in my own relationship to my surroundings.  I just can´t help it.

The setting was beautiful yesterday at the beach in company with my wife and her best friend, a beautiful Irish lady of catholic background, now rather cynical about religion because of all the hypocrisy she was confronted with in her religious upbringing.  How we love her.  And my wife brought coffee/tea and cookies.  “I love if somebody would read something to me”, she said. I prayed in my heart for wisdom and then read a few gospel words from my pocket New Testament.

She listened to the story I´ve shared with so many people here and abroad how The Good Shepherd found me as His lost sheep, and today I understand why, I told her.  Through my life and my testimony He´s seeking you, too, and wants to find you. Very simple.  What is repentance?  What is “to be born again” about?  Questions are asked and praying for wisdom you try to give answers.  “God be merciful to me, a sinner” is the place we all have to come, I said to her as I´ve also said to many Americans.

Billy Graham had a point, if rightly understood, when he said that we must give answers to the questions people ask instead of giving answers to questions they don´t ask.  So the challenge in my country is not to start a profound, theological discussion, but to look to the Lord for a soul winner´s wisdom and the Holy Spirit´s conviction of sin.

As I see it there´s no greater need in our time before we´re removed from this earthly scene.

August 3, 2011

-jn-

 
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