Bound with Grave Clothes<\/p>\n
"And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin" (Joh_11:44, f. c.).<\/p>\n
It is true that Jesus Christ died to save us from our sins; it is also true that when we are saved, we necessarily, acknowledge ourselves as sinners, and accept Christ as a Saviour from our sins.<\/p>\n
It is not true that when we are saved, our carnal nature is destroyed, and our old man is annihilated.<\/p>\n
The resurrection life, in Christ Jesus, includes the creation of a new man, which is created in righteousness and true holiness.<\/p>\n
This "new man" does not mean that the old man is no more. Lazarus was raised from the dead, but he remained bound hand and foot with grave clothes.<\/p>\n
Illustration: Out West, a couple of boys, about twelve and fourteen years of age, were saved and afterward baptized.<\/p>\n
A few days after their baptism, the mother approached us in tears, and said: "I am sure we have made an awful mistake, for my boys certainly are not saved." We asked: "What’s the trouble, my sister?" She told us that the boys had had a fight.<\/p>\n
Looking into the face of this anxious mother, we inquired: "My sister, are you saved?" She immediately replied, "Yes, indeed, I know I am saved." Then we queried: "Have you ever had a fight since you were saved?" "Not with my fists," she said. "But, have you never had a fight at all; have you never sinned since you were saved?" She quickly said: "Oh, I understand it now."<\/p>\n
Often young people are saved and, immediately, they have the idea that they will never sin again. They think the grave clothes are forever gone; that the rest of their days they will live free from sinning.<\/p>\n
Alas! how quickly they are disabused. The flesh exerts itself, and they are utterly unprepared to meet the promptings, of the old nature, which they thought was gone; thus, they stumbled by the way.<\/p>\n
Discouraged and chagrined, they imagine they were never saved. They are almost ready to give up in despair.<\/p>\n
Why do Bible teachers, and preachers, not prepare the hearts of young converts for this very thing?<\/p>\n
Regeneration is not the patching up of the old man, but the creating of a new man.<\/p>\n
The soul that has been born again, will find that the grave clothes are still hanging about him.<\/p>\n
The next study will tell us how to reach the place of victory and how Christ says: "Loose him, and let him go."<\/p>\n
Autor: R.E. NEIGHBOUR<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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