the Gospel. Such a person, like Pharaoh of long ago, so hardens his heart that finally ’ he cannot change even if he wants to. More accurately said, he cannot even want to. He has fixed his desires and inclinations as inflexibly as mud becomes hard as rock in the sun. Two thieves were executed on Calvary one awful day. One of them was saved at the brink of death so that no one need ever despair. One of them was forever lost so that no one should ever presume. Every Christian has wondered at one time or another why Christ has waited two thousand long years to return to earth. Sometimes we ask the question in a sort of complaining or critical way. On the other hand, it is
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