“Oh! rejoice in the richness of our salvation! When the Lord pardoned our sins, he did not pardon half of them, and leave some of them on the book—but with one stroke of the pen he gave a full receipt for all our debts.
When we went down into the fountain filled with blood, and washed, we did not come up half-clean, but there was no spot nor wrinkle upon us—we were white as snow.”
—Charles Spurgeon, “The Joy of Salvation”
Spurgeon had such a way with words! Absolutely remarkable!
It’s incredible and comforting to know that that we are not ‘half pardoned’ or ‘half clean’.
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