Qonviction
Illustration★★★Cowper said, “One moment I thought myself shut out from mercy by one chapter, and the next by another. The sword of the spirit seemed to guard the tree of life from my touch, and to flame against me in every avenue by which I attempted to approach it. I particularly remember, that the parable of the barren fig-tree was to me an inconceivable source of anguish; and I applied it to myself, with a strong persuasion in my mind, that when our Saviour pronounced a curse upon it, he had me in his eye, and pointed that curse directly at me.”
The point
The poet Cowper describes the crushing weight of conviction, feeling personally cursed by the parable of the barren fig tree.
Scripture
Luke 13:6-9Psalm 51:3
Tone
Sobering · Convicting
To tell aloud
under a minute · 102 words
Subjects