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Object Lesson. A NINE-YEAR-OLD girl came to in response to my question, that she loved Jesus; but when asked why she did so, didn’t know what to say. I have observed that practically all youngsters who have had any Chris tian instruction at all, will say they love Jesus. But before I, as a Baptist minister, will immerse such a child on his profession of faith in the Lord Christ, I want to have assurance that he, in his own simple way, has a personal understanding of the sub stitutionary work of Christ. How could I make the way of salvation clear to this dear child? As I talked with her in my study that Sunday morning, an Idea oc curred to me. “Mary,” I said, “we’re going to play a game.” Her eyes opened wide, and she smiled. “Have you ever sinned?” I asked. “Yes, I have,” came the reply. Taking a pencil from my pocket, I handed It to her, saying, “That pencil represents your sin. Now, I’m going to play God, and back here on this side of my desk is heaven. Sup pose you come and knock on the door and try to get into heaven." Mary came over to the desk with the pencil in her hand. An awed ex pression was on her face as she timidly knocked on the desk. “Hello, Mary," I said, “what do you want?” “I want to get into heaven,” came the reply. “That’s fine, Mary,” I said. “I want you to come into heaven, but what is that you have in your hand?” “Sin,” she said, after looking at the pencil. “Oh,” I remarked, “I’m sorry, Mary, but no one with sin can enter heaven —not even the smallest sin. You'll have to go back.” As I motioned her to take her seat, she did so in a somewhat crestfallen manner. Then I, as God, talked to myself somewhat as follows: “Mary wants to come to heaven, and I want her to come because I love her. But Mary has sin, and no one with sin can come to heaven. What can I do? I know. I’ll make it possible for Mary to get rid of her sin.” Then turning to the girl, I said, “Mary, that’s just
exactly what God did. He sent His Son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross and by so doing to pay the penalty of all your sins. We read in Isaiah 53:6, ‘All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned every one to his own way; and the Lord hath laid on him [Jesus] the iniquity of us all.' Mary, do you believe that when Jesus died on the cross, all your sins were laid on Him?” “Yes,” she said, emphatically, “I do.” “Then if you believe that, suppose you place your sin on Him.” And reaching for a Bible, I said, “Let this Bible represent Jesus on the cross. Place your sin on Him.” Stepping forward, she laid the pencil on the Bible. “Now, Mary,” I suggested, con fidently, “try again to get into heaven.” Once more she came and rapped on the desk. “Hello, Mary, what do you want?” “I want to get into heaven.” “That’s fine,” I observed. “But weren’t you here once before?” “Yes, I was.” “And didn’t I let you in?” “No, you didn’t.” “Why not?” “I had sin.” “But don’t you have sin now?” “No,” “Where, then, is your sin?” For just a second or two Mary hesitated and then it dawned on her. “My sin is over there on Jesus.” That was what I was waiting for, so I summed up the matter by stating, “If your sin is on Jesus, it isn’t on you; so you may come into heaven.” And reaching across the desk, I took her hand and led her around to my side. A sequel to the above incident oc curred a couple of years later when a husband and wife and nine-year- old son presented themselves for membership in the church of which I was the pastor. The parents came by transfer of church letters, but the boy had never been baptized or joined a church. To ascertain whether he understood the way of salvation, I told him about Mary, and played the same game with him. When I was through, I noticed his father’s eyes were filled with tears. And he said to me, with feeling, “ I wish someone had made it as clear to me when I was his age.” THE KI NG ’ S BUSINESS
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