He offers his own experience of salvation as the vicarious experience his hearers can share, and admits he has done many things of which he is not proud.
Date (happened)
before 1963
unresolved
- before 1963
- before 16 April 1963
Persons
Told / reported
- 16 April 1963
- 16 April 1963
Sources
Source
- The Story of Salvation ¶18 (I’ve done so many things of which I am not proud, but today I know, in the very end “Though my sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow.”)
Attested in 1 lecture
| Date | Lecture or book | Telling | Passage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1963-05-24 [exact/probable/preferred] | The Story of Salvation | So to come back to the first statement, the little pupils did not believe it, and they could not understand it without the experience whether that experience is first vicarious or actual. And so a vicarious experience is all I can give you. I ask you to share with me my experience, and to you, before you experience it, it’s vicarious. After you’ve experienced what I tell you, you will know how true it is, and then, it is something that is real in your life. And you will not look upon this as blood and thunder. For the story of Jesus is really blood and thunder, for that’s the story of life.… | 530212 |