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N O W
Whitney's sentence would be 9,375
years. Or had he permitted both crimes
to be paid off at the liberal rate of $2,000
a year, one sentence would last less than
9 hours, and the other 112 years. Obvi-
ously a man already 49 years old could
not be expected to live out a sentence of
112 years.
Many jurists, quarreling with Justice
Hicks' line of reasoning, would declare
that penalties for theft cannot be com-
puted on the exact scale of the amounts
stolen, but that the law aims to punish
primarily for commission of the crime,
regardless of the amount involved. And,
they would point out, that, given the
same opportunity, George Jamerson
would, not unlikely, have taken as much
as did Richard Whitney. Scripture de-
clares this- truth and more when it says:
"For whosoever shall keep the whole law,
and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of
all" (James 2:10). God, who views the
heart, not the outward appearance,
knows that the same wicked nature which
prompts one to steal $2 prompts another
to steal $225,000, prompts another to lie,
another to kill, another to envy, another
to curse, etc. In Romans, chapter 3, all
mankind is found guilty of all iniquity.
And "the wages of sin is death." Like
sentence has been passed upon all.
But God, concluding all under sin that
He might have mercy upon all, sent His
only begotten Son into the world, not to
condemn the world, but that the world
through Him might be saved. He, spot-
less, sinless, went to Calvary's cross as
"the Lamb of God which beareth away
the sin of the world." There He suffered
the full penalty for our sins that all who
accept Him as Saviour might go free, and
He was raised from the dead for our jus-
tification, evidencing that full atonement
had been made.
Although the condemnation of death
has been passed upon all men because of
sin, regardless of the degree manifested,
Scripture does recognize the principle
Justice Hicks sought to apply in George
Jamerson's case. Referring to the Israel-
ites who perished because of their viola-
tion of the commandments given through3
Moses, it declares: "He that despised
Moses' law died without mercy under
two or three witnesses: of how much sor-
er punishment, suppose ye, shall he be
thought worthy, who hath trodden under
foot the Son of God, and hath counted
the blood of the covenant, wherewith he
was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath
done despite unto the Spirit of grace?"
(Hebrews 10:29-30).
The wages of sin is death. But the pun-
ishment for rejecting, spurning God's
free gift of salvation, provided at the cost
of the shame, suffering and death of His
only begotten Son, our Lord Jesus Christ,
is eternal separation from God, eternal
existence in the Lake of Fire.
Tears Up Pay Check
Susan McBirney, Tulsa, Okla., teacher had
her salary check in her hands when she met
a friend. As she talked, says Newsweek, she
absent-mindedly twisted the check in her fin-
gers - and finally tore it up. The school-
board issued a new one.
Some Christians sometimes are like Susan
McBirney. They become so engrossed in busi-
ness, in social affairs, in the cares and trials of
this world that they forget their calling, forget
they are children of God, redeemed from sin
by the precious shed blood of the Lord Jesus
Christ.
And when they suddenly awake to their
folly, as did Susan McBirney, they become
panic-stricken, fearful that they have thrown
away their eternal salvation. But just as Susan
McBirney found the board willing to issue an-
other check and the money still waiting for
her at the bank, so they learn from God's.
Word that "the gifts and calling of God are
without repentance"- He doesn't change His
mind. "The free gift of God is eternal life
through Jesus Christ our Lord," and is never
withdrawn. "I give unto them eternal life: and
they shall never perish" (John 10:28). The
straying saint, confessing his folly and receiv-
ing full forgiveness, needs only like David to
cry: "Restore unto me the joy of my salva-
tion.
N O W
"Behold, NOW is the accepted time; behold NOW
is the day of salvation."--2 Corinthians 6:2.
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