nses. Read Rev.
1:5 (last sentence), and Col. 1:15."
"'Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own
blood,'" read Mary Davis. "This is Rev. 1:5. Col. 1:14 says, 'In whom
we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins.'"
"Robert, what church do you belong to?" asked Jake finally.
"I am not a member of any denomination," said Robert, "but recently
through a study of the Bible, I have become convinced that these
denominations are not right, and that we should get back to the Bible
in name, faith, and practice. I do not see any church that tallies
with the church of the New Testament; so I am waiting and praying for
God to establish a real New Testament church in this community. By the
way, Jake, we found that the Bible name for the church is the church
of God. We have had a religious paper coming to us, which is published
in the interests of the church of God. Maybe this is what we are
looking for. Jake, let us seek for the truth."
"I will, Robert," said Jake. "I am dissatisfied with my religion.
Really, I doubt if ever I was converted."
"God bless you, Jake," said Robert, "the Lord has a real experience
of salvation for you. Come to Him, repent, and believe. Get under the
blood. Amen."
After a blessed service of prayer and singing some of the good old
soul-cheering songs, Robert and Mary Davis went home.
It was the beginning of a new era in the Jake Newby home.
CHAPTER TEN
FALSE GUIDES APPEAR IN BETHANY
It often happens when people become awakened to the fact that they are
below the standard of Christianity and do not as yet see or know what
to do, that they become ensnared in destructive doctrines. Having
loosed from their old moorings and not having reached a peaceful
haven, they drift about, sometimes at the mercy of every wind that
blows. When the truth of the gospel begins to appear then the great
enemy, Satan, sows his tares, for the ground is then broken up.
Robert Davis' debates at the schoolhouse, his confession, and his
private conversations on the Scriptures, were like rays of light
shooting through the rifts in the clouds of the sky. The town of
Bethany had never heard such doctrines as Robert was upholding. And
even to Robert himself they had not yet been formed into a coherent
system of Bible teaching. Several things were still mysteries to him.
Jake Newby and his family were in this partly awakened condition. They
had lost confidence i
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