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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Washington, D. C. · Sep 21, 1905

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 82, No. 38.

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Rejecting Christ

By John Bunyan

It is not the abundance of sins committed, but the not coming heartily to God, by Christ, for mercy, that shuts men out-of-doors. And, though their not coming heartily may be said to be but a sin, yet it is such a sin as causeth that all other sins abide upon them unforgiven.
God complains of this: “They have not cried unto me with their heart; . . . they returned, but not to the Most High.” They turned feignedly. Jer. 3:10; Hosea 7:14, 16.
Thus doing his soul hates; but the penitent, humble, broken-hearted sinner—be his transgressions red as scarlet, red like crimson, in number as the sand—though his transgressions cry to heaven against him for vengeance, and seem there to cry louder than do his prayers, or tears, or groans for mercy, yet he is safe. To this man God will look. Isa. 1:18; 66:2.—John Bunyan.