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First Thing This Morning

Gipsy Smith, The Bible Friend

A Dutchman was converted one night under Gipsy Smith’s preaching. The next morning he went to a home and asked if the owner recognized an old watch. It was the man’s, stolen eight years earlier. “I stole it,” the new convert said. “What made you bring it back now?” “I was converted last night, and I have brought it back first thing this morning. If you had been up, I would have brought it last night.” Repentance that is real does not stay in the realm of feeling. It moves toward repair.

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Genuine repentance produces concrete action, often quickly.

  • Repentance
  • Conversion
  • Truth

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