"It is only a fool that will say that a bitter tree by constantly bearing fruit will at last become sweet.
As a matter of fact a bitter tree can become sweet by being grafted on a sweet tree, so that the life and qualities peculiar to the sweet tree will pass into the bitter one and its natural bitterness will pass away. This is what we call a new creation.
So too the sinner may have the desire to do what is right, and yet the only result is sin; but when he repents and by faith is grafted into Jesus the old man in him dies, and he becomes a new creature. Then from this new life which has its origin in salvation good deeds come forth as fruit, and this fruit abides for ever."
Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889-1929)
As a matter of fact a bitter tree can become sweet by being grafted on a sweet tree, so that the life and qualities peculiar to the sweet tree will pass into the bitter one and its natural bitterness will pass away. This is what we call a new creation.
So too the sinner may have the desire to do what is right, and yet the only result is sin; but when he repents and by faith is grafted into Jesus the old man in him dies, and he becomes a new creature. Then from this new life which has its origin in salvation good deeds come forth as fruit, and this fruit abides for ever."
Sadhu Sundar Singh (1889-1929)
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