I Died in Mr. White
IllustrationHistorical Account★★★★DURING the Civil War, it was legal for a man who wanted to stay out of the army of the North to pay someone to fulfill his draft obligations. A man could actually buy someone to go to war for him. There was a man named Mr. Pratt who paid Mr.
White to go fight a battle in the Civil War for him. Mr. White was killed. Mr.
Pratt was redrafted. Mr. Pratt then took the agreement between himself and Mr.
White to the draft board and told them that the second draft was invalid and ineffective because he “died” in Mr. White who had gone to war in his place. When Satan comes up to you to redraft you into your old life, when Satan gives you a recall to your old way of thinking, your old way of talking, or your old way of acting, you’ve got to show him the agreement.
You can say, “Jesus Christ has already died in my place. You can’t redraft me to that old life anymore. You can’t take me back to that old way of thinking anymore. The payment has already been paid.”
The point
A Civil War substitute's death freed the original soldier from redraft; similarly, Christ's death frees believers from Satan's redraft to their old ways.
