Bible Truths Illustrated by J. C. Ferdinand Pittman

BIBLE TRUTHS ILLUSTRATED
in pleasure. There are many persons, like this bee, that find
death in their pleasures. Dr. Edmund
26. What a diabolical invention was the "Virgin's Kiss," once
used by the fathers of the Inquisition ! The victim was pushed
forward to kiss the image, when, lo, its arms enclosed him in
a deadly embrace, piercing his body with a hundred hidden
knives. The tempting pleasures of sin offer to the unwary
just such a virgin's kiss. The sinful joys of the flesh lead, even
in this world, to results most terrible, while in the world to
come the daggers of remorse and despair will cut and wound
beyond all remedy. C. H. Spurgeon.
27. "The story has been told of a soldier who was missed
amid the bustle of a battle, and no one knew what had become of
him, but it was known that he was not in the ranks. As soon
as opportunity offered, his officer went in search of him, and,
to his surprise, found that the man, during a battle, had been
amusing himself in a flower garden. When it was demanded
what he did there, he excused himself by saying, 'Sir, I am
doing no harm.' But he was tried, convicted and shot ! What
a sad but true picture this is of many, who waste their time and
neglect their duty, and who can give no better answer than,
'Lord, I am doing no harm !'
ASSURANCE
28. Assurance is a feeling of certainty of one's salvation. The
owner of property desires a title which the brainiest lawyer
could not prove invalid. So the Christian desires personal possession
of a clear title to heaven. Sure assurance is commanded.
"Make your calling and election sure" (1 Pet. 1 : 10).
What is the ground of such confidence? It is twofold. 1.
The word of God. 2. Personal consciousness. There are two
joint witnesses.
"The Spirit himself beareth witness with [testifies with,
through the inspired Word] our spirit, that we are children of
God" (Rom. 8:16). Here are two witnesses—God's Spirit and
our consciousness. If we have heard and obeyed the voice of
the Spirit, we know that we are children of God, for the word
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