A YOUNG girl who was doing house work in the home where a servant of God was stopping, had a birthday at that same time, so he took advantage of the opportunity to present her with a Bible.
When he presented her with it he asked her how long it was since she was born, so she replied sixteen years. Then he asked her how long it was since she was born again. To this question she burst into tears, and after a little told him that her father and mother were with the Lord and had been earnest Christians, but she was not saved.
She had been trying to become better and be a good Christian but had found out her helplessness.
The servant of God said to her, “My child, God does not expect you to save yourself, for He has declared that you cannot take away one stain of your sins, but He has provided His beloved Son to be your Saviour, and He now declares that the blood of Jesus cleanseth us from all sin. The wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.” Now, to make it simple to you, you know what a gift is; you have received several today, and you have been made happy by receiving them. I have just given you this Bible. When I held it out to you, you understood what I meant by saying, ‘This is a little birthday present’, and you simply took it, and said, ‘Thank you sir; it is very kind of you.’ You did not need to prepare yourself to take the gift, nor do you require to work for it, or to pay for it. You know that a gift means something for nothing—something given by one out of kindness—and that nothing is required from the person to whom it is given, but just to receive it. If there were anything more, it would not be a gift. Do you see?”
This was used to give her to see the love of God to her, and all she needed to do was to accept the gift of eternal life from God and praise and thank Him for it.
Dear reader, are you one who has accepted Christ as your Saviour? If not may you do so now, and you shall have eternal life through Him.
ML 02/17/1918