"But You Were Washed, You Were Sanctified."

Before conversion

(Thomas Watson)

Before conversion, the sinner is compared . . .
  to a stone for his hardness of heart (Zechariah 7:12),
  to a wolf for his savageness (Matthew 7:15)
  to a lion for his fierceness (Isaiah 11:6),
  to a bee for his sting (Psalm 118:12),
  to an adder for his poison (Psalm 140:3).

"And that is what some of you were! 
But you were washed, you were sanctified, 
you were justified in the name of the LORD JESUS 
CHRIST!" 1 Corinthians 6:11

A hard heart is the anvil on which 
the hammer of GOD'S justice will be 
striking to all eternity! 

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GraceGems has published J.R. Miller's practical and insightful two page article, 
"The Cure for Care".