The Wednesday Word [30MAR22]
The Wounds of Jesus by D.G. Miles McKee Charles Spurgeon when preaching a sermon on the wounds of Jesus told the following story. He said, ‘There were two elderly monks in different cells in their monastery. They were studying the Bible together. One of them came to faith in Jesus and he believed on Christ with a true evangelical faith. The other one was timid and could scarcely think it true; the scheme of salvation seemed so great to him he could scarcely lay hold upon it. But, at last, he came to the point of death, and he sent for the other to come and sit by him, and to shut the door; because if the superior had heard of that of which they were about to speak, he might have condemned them both. When the monk had sat down, the sick man began to tell how his sins lay heavy on him; the other reminded him of Jesus. “If you would be saved, brother, you must look to Jesus who hung upon the cross. His wounds must save.” The dying man heard and believed. He trusted in Christ a