Mr. Peanut
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Hi!
My first thread! I placed this in the Christian section as it pertains to the Christian view of salvation, and is for Christian discussion of the topic and in no way directed toward any other religion in attempts at conversion to Christianity. If this is not the right place, please tuck it away where it belongs.
Christians, does this story ring simple and accurate with your understanding of the Gospel? This is from Dr. Curtis Hutson's pamphlet, Why I Disagree with all Five Points of Calvinism: (the title of which is not what I am discussing, rather, the story)
A famous English preacher spoke in an English town, then rushed to catch his train for London. A sinner who heard him preach felt that he must immediately settle the matter of salvation. So he followed the preacher to the train. Just as the train pulled into the station, he took hold of the preacher's lapel and said, " I want to be saved! Tell me how!"
The minister said, "I must catch this last rain to London. Do you have a Bible?"
"Yes, I have one at home," said the anxious inquirer.
"Then go home and find Isaiah 53:6. Read it carefully. Go in at the first all, and come out at the last all, and you will be saved."
The preacher rushed away, and the anxious sinner was left alone. He went back to his home, and opening his Bible, he turned to Isaiah 53:6. What did the preacher mean, he wondered--"Go in at the first all and come out at the last all, and you will be saved"? He found the verse and read it carefully: "All we like sheep have gone astray."
Well, he thought to himself, I can certainly go in at the first all. I have gone astray. I am a poor, lost sinner. Then he read the last part of the verse, "And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all." He said to himself, "If I come out at the last all, I must believe that all my sins were laid on Christ, that He took my place and paid for my sins. And if I rely upon that, I will be saved. That's what the preacher meant."
He then trusted Christ and was saved. He believed that he was a sinner, and that all his sins had been laid on Christ.
Comments, questions, etc.?
Cheers!
My first thread! I placed this in the Christian section as it pertains to the Christian view of salvation, and is for Christian discussion of the topic and in no way directed toward any other religion in attempts at conversion to Christianity. If this is not the right place, please tuck it away where it belongs.
Christians, does this story ring simple and accurate with your understanding of the Gospel? This is from Dr. Curtis Hutson's pamphlet, Why I Disagree with all Five Points of Calvinism: (the title of which is not what I am discussing, rather, the story)
A famous English preacher spoke in an English town, then rushed to catch his train for London. A sinner who heard him preach felt that he must immediately settle the matter of salvation. So he followed the preacher to the train. Just as the train pulled into the station, he took hold of the preacher's lapel and said, " I want to be saved! Tell me how!"
The minister said, "I must catch this last rain to London. Do you have a Bible?"
"Yes, I have one at home," said the anxious inquirer.
"Then go home and find Isaiah 53:6. Read it carefully. Go in at the first all, and come out at the last all, and you will be saved."
The preacher rushed away, and the anxious sinner was left alone. He went back to his home, and opening his Bible, he turned to Isaiah 53:6. What did the preacher mean, he wondered--"Go in at the first all and come out at the last all, and you will be saved"? He found the verse and read it carefully: "All we like sheep have gone astray."
Well, he thought to himself, I can certainly go in at the first all. I have gone astray. I am a poor, lost sinner. Then he read the last part of the verse, "And the Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all." He said to himself, "If I come out at the last all, I must believe that all my sins were laid on Christ, that He took my place and paid for my sins. And if I rely upon that, I will be saved. That's what the preacher meant."
He then trusted Christ and was saved. He believed that he was a sinner, and that all his sins had been laid on Christ.
Comments, questions, etc.?
Cheers!
