Finding Grace in My Heart Right Now
Never to rest...
- till I have found whether I have grace in my heart or not.
Wishes and desires, and good feelings, and convictions, are all excellent things in their way,
- but they alone will never save me.
- but I like better to see ripe fruit.
The way-side hearers in the parable listened,
- but the word took no root in them;—they were not saved.
- but the word had no depth in them;—they were not saved.
- but the word was choked by the world;—they were not saved.
Do I tremble at the word?“
- So also did Felix, but he was not saved.
- So also did Herod, but he was not saved.
- So did Balaam, but he was not saved.
- So had Judas Iscariot, but he was not saved.
- I must doubt it. Remember Lot’s wife.
Adapted Excerpt From
Startling Questions
J. C. Ryle
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