Micah 1:8-9 Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls.… The late Dr. A.J. Gordon gave the following anecdote in one of the last sermons he preached: "Dr. Westmoreland, an eminent army surgeon, tells of a soldier who was shot in the neck, the ball just grazing and wounding the carotid artery. The doctor knew that his life hung on a hair, and one day as he was dressing the wound the walls of the artery gave way. Instantly the surgeon pressed his finger upon the artery, and held the blood in check; and the patient asked, 'What does this mean?' 'It means that you are a dead man,' answered the doctor. 'How long can I live?' 'As long as I keep my hand on the artery.' 'Can I have time to dictate a letter to my wife and child?' 'Yes.' And so the letter was written for him, full of tender farewell messages, and when all was finished he calmly closed his eyes and said 'I am ready, doctor.' The purple tide ebbed quickly away and all was over. What a parable is here of a far more solemn fact. Oh, unsaved one, you are by nature 'dead through trespasses and sins'! But God keeps His hand upon your pulse, preserving your life that you may have an opportunity to repent and be saved." Parallel Verses KJV: Therefore I will wail and howl, I will go stripped and naked: I will make a wailing like the dragons, and mourning as the owls. |
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