Low in Repentance, High in Faith

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Mark 1:15

And saying, The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent you, and believe the gospel.

An old saint, on his sick bed, once used this remarkable expression: "Lord, sink me low as hell in repentance, but" — and here is the beauty of it — "lift me high as heaven in faith." The repentance that sinks a man low as hell is of no use except there is the faith also that lifts him as high as heaven, and the two are perfectly consistent the one with the other. Oh, how blessed it is to know where these two lines meet — the stripping of repentance, and the clothing of faith!

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