"Changed For Good"

His name was Dr. Henry Ironside and was speaking before an assembly. In the crowd of people, there was a man named Arthur Lewis, an agnostic lecturer. Mr. Lewis wrote on a card and proposed a challenge to Dr. Ironside to debate the subject, "Agnosticism vs. Christianity." Mr. Lewis offered to pay all expenses for the debate.

Dr. Ironside read the card aloud and to the audience said, "I accept your challenge on these conditions: First, you must promise to bring with you on the platform one man who was once an outcast, a slave to sinful habits, but who heard you or some other infidel lecture on agnosticism and was helped by it and cast away his sins and became a new man and is today a respected member of society, all because of your unbelief!

Second...that you agree to bring with you one woman who was once lost to all purity and goodness, but who can now testify that agnosticism came to her rescue while deep in sin and implanted in her poor heart a hatred of impurity and a love of holiness, causing her to become chaste and upright, all through a disbelief in the bible!"

Dr. Ironside continued, "Now sir, if you will agree, I promise to be there with one hundred such men and women, once just such lost souls, who heard the Gospel of saving grace of God, believed it and have found new life and joy in Jesus Christ our Savior. Will you accept my terms?"

Arthur Lewis walked away in silence.

"Or do you not know that the unrighteous will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Such were some of you; but you were washed, but you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God." (I Cor. 6:9-11)

IF YOU ARE IN CHRIST, YOU HAVE BEEN CHANGED FOR GOOD! Will we walk in that change?