BELIEVING JUST NOW? continued
The wisdom of the fathers?
BELIEVING JUST NOW? continued
Open your eyes and look at this?now cleansing?a little closer. How long will you have that root of sin in you? Just as long as you doubt. How long will you have unbelief? Until the very moment you believe. Doubt is the seed of all sin, and nothing can remove your doubt but your faith; and do you not see that your unbelief — the seed of all sin — must, in the nature of things, remain in you on and on up to the very instant that you quit doubting and believe that Jesus cleanses? At the very moment you fully trust, at that moment doubt and sin are removed. The very fact that you doubt is the very reason why you ought to believe right now, and thereby get rid of doubt.
The very fact that you now have sin in your heart is the very reason why you ought, right now, just as you are, just where you are, to reckon yourself dead to sin, and claim Jesus to cleanse you?now?from sin. You say, "Oh! It is all so dark I do not see a step before me, my mind is so confused and my heart is in a sea of commotion." Well, I have been in that position. The clear light will never come till you believe; your heart can never sink into a sweet tranquillity till you believe.
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God pushes us into a narrow place. Sooner or later we must every one make the alternative either to believe or be damned. Suppose you keep refusing to believe that Jesus cleanses you, will it do you any good? You have tried nearly everything except faith; now quit all else and believe. Why not do it now? In spite of your feelings and all things, just believe God now, and leave results to Him.
After you have read, and prayed, and wept, and struggled, and done a thousand good works, at last you will be absolutely compelled to quit all your own works and settle down on the naked word of God, and by simple trust assert that He cleanses. God can not make you holy so long as you keep attempting to do it yourself. He is only waiting for you to quit the task in order that He may do it. Why not let Him do it?now??
(from White Robes" by G.D. Watson)