Galatians 6:9 And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not. Many years ago, in England, a lad heard Mr. Flavel preach from the text: "If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be anathema maranatha." Years passed on. The lad became a man. He came to this country. He lived to be a hundred years old and yet had not found the Lord. Standing at that age in the field one day, he bethought himself of a sermon which he had heard eighty-five years before, and of the fact that when Mr. Flavel had finished the discourse and came to the close of the service, he said, "I shall not pronounce the benediction. I cannot pronounce it when there may be in this audience those who love not the Lord Jesus Christ and are anathema maranatha." The memory of that old scene came over him, and then and there he gave his heart to God — the old sermon eighty-five years before preached coming to resurrection in the man's salvation. Would God that those of us who now preach the gospel of Jesus Christ might utter some word that will resound in helpfulness and in redemption long after we are dead! (Dr. Talmage.) Parallel Verses KJV: And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.WEB: Let us not be weary in doing good, for we will reap in due season, if we don't give up. |
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