"Oh no," I said, "for he has laid his sin on Jesus; it is no longer resting on him: it is taken off him, and put on to Jesus, and therefore this thief is saved. Now, do you see what looking to Jesus means? It means that the thief looked to Jesus as the One who was being punished for his sin, and who was suffering in his place. Do you see?"
"I think I do," said Evelyn.
"Well, my book goes on to say, that all the people in the world die as one or other of those thieves died. All without exception die with sin in them, for the Bible tells us that 'if we say that we have no sin we deceive ourselves.' But those who look to Jesus as the One who has been punished in their place, though they have sin in them till they die, yet they have no sin on them, for the guilt and responsibility of their sins no longer rests on them, but on Jesus. You remember that hymn:
"'I lay my sins on Jesus,
The spotless Lamb of God;
He bears them all, and frees us
From the accursed load.'"
"Yes," she said, "I like that hymn very much. I do wish I could do it, May."
"You are going to do it this morning, Evelyn dear," I said.
"Oh, May, do you think I can?" she asked.
"I am sure of it, darling; Jesus is willing, Jesus is longing for you to cast your sin upon Him. He says to you: 'Look unto Me, as the One who died instead of you; look unto Me, as the One who was punished in your place; look unto Me, and be ye saved.'"
"Oh, May, I should like to do it at once," she said.
So I went downstairs and left her alone, and yet not alone.