WHILE holding some gospel meetings in a country area, an evangelist was asked to visit the school because the principal wished to see him. When he called she said: “Since my sister was converted through your preaching, I have felt she now has something I do not possess. She was always a good girl, kind and considerate of others, but now, well, I cannot describe the change. She is overflowing with joy and praising God for His great salvation.
“She is my only sister and is now so anxious that my husband and I should be saved too. We felt sure that you would be willing to come and tell us what we must do to be saved. We thought we were Christians because we had been baptized and confirmed, but my sister says these are not the means of salvation.”
The evangelist assured them it was a real joy and privilege to come and explain to them the way of salvation. Taking his Bible he explained to them how “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God,” and that “the whole world is guilty before God.” God in justice cannot allow sin to go unpunished, but in love He has provided a Saviour. “He sent His Son to be the propitiation for our sins.” “He bore our sins in His own body on the tree.” “God commendeth His love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us.”
The Lord Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life, no man cometh unto the Father but by Me.” “All that the Father giveth Me shall come to Me, and him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out,”
Before the evangelist left the home both the school teacher and her husband were by God’s grace able to come to the Lord Jesus Christ, to receive Him as their Saviour and thus become children of God. It was a happy day for them, and others too were saved during those meetings.
The dear Lord’s best interpreters
Are humble human souls;
The gospel of a life
Is more than books or scrolls.
From scheme and creed the light goes out —
The saintly fact survives;
The blessed Master none can doubt
Revealed in holy lives.
ML-02/06/1972