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This was wilful refusal and rejection of light, and in that
direction lies hardness of heart beyond recovery, fullness of
sin, and final impenitence, which are unpardonable.
Doubtless many through resistance to the Holy Spirit come to this
awful state of heart; but those troubled, anxious souls who think
they have committed this sin are not usually among the number.
An Army Officer in Canada was in the midst of a glorious revival,
when one night a gentleman arose and with deep emotion urged the
young people present to yield themselves to God, accept Jesus as
their Saviour, and receive the Holy Spirit. He told them that he
had once been a Christian, but that he had not walked in the
light, and, consequently, had sinned against the Holy Spirit, and
could never more be pardoned. Then, with all earnest tenderness,
he exhorted them to be warned by his sad state, and not to harden
their hearts against the gracious influences, and entreated them
to yield to the Saviour. Suddenly the scales of doubt dropped
from his eyes, and he saw that he had not in his inmost heart
rejected Jesus; that he had not committed the unpardonable sin;
that
"The love of God is broader
Than the measure of man's mind:
And the heart of the Eternal
Is most wonderfully kind."
And in an instant his heart was filled with light and love and
peace, and sweet assurance that Christ Jesus was his Saviour,
even his.
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