UNWILLING TO YIELD

        

          By A. W. Tozier

 

          Do not let any part of your bodies become tools of

          wickedness, to be used for sinning; but give yourselves

          completely to God--every part of you--for you are back

          from death and you want to be tools in the hands of God,

          to be used for his good purposes.           Romans 6:13

 

              I know there are people who hear me preach regularly, who will never consider changing their way of living. They will go "underground" before they will do that!

 

Our situation is not an isolated case. There are millions

          of men  and  women  with  an  understanding  of  the

          revelation of God in Jesus Christ, who are still not willing

          to receive and commit themselves to Him whom the very

          angels and stars and rivers receive. They hesitate and they

          delay because they know God is asking the abdication of

          their own selfish little kingdom and interests.

 

              This is the tragedy of mankind, my brethren! We have

          rejected Him from our lives because we must have our

          own way. But until Jesus Christ is sincerely received,

          there  can  be  no  knowledge  of  salvation,  nor  any

          understanding of the things of God.

 

              The little, selfish, sinful man rejects the Son of God.

          While he is still enumerating the things he deserves, the

          Son of God stands outside.

              My brethren. I repeat: this is the great tragedy of

          mankind!

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          Yours in Christ,

          Paul N. F.