I have a little book which is called a “Wordless book.” It is called this because it does not have a single word in it—yet it has something to tell us.
The first page of it, or perhaps I should say the first two pages of it, are all black. “Whatever could this mean?” you say. I will tell you. It is just like our black sins. They are so black and ugly in God’s sight that He could not have one of them in heaven, and since we are all sinners He cannot have us there with our sins upon us. His Word says, “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”
The next two pages of our little book are all red, and I think perhaps some of you know already what this means. Yes, it is the precious blood of the Lord Jesus which flowed from His pierced side as He hung upon Calvary’s cross. If you and I are to get into heaven we must have our sins washed away, and there is only one thing that can wash away those horrible sins. Here again we find a verse for it in God’s holy Word which says, “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” 1 John 1: 7.
We now come to another page—just pure white paper! Now what do we learn in the Bible about white? Can you remember? Yes, there is something that is whiter than the white page of our wordless book, and indeed it is even whiter than snow. What can it be? It is a black, dirty sinner who has been washed in the precious blood of the Lord Jesus, and so the Bible says, “Wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.” Psalm 51:77Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow. (Psalm 51:7). Isn’t that wonderful! Just believe in your heart that the Lord Jesus died for your sins upon the cross, and that He is risen again for your justification, and God will wash away all your sins in His precious blood. What good news this is for sinners!
Last of all, there is the gold page. I think everyone ought to know what this means. It makes us think of heaven, with its street of gold, where those who have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb will spend eternity. What a grand and glorious home it is, with no more sorrow or crying or pain forever. Dear reader, will you be there? If you take the Lord Jesus now as your Saviour, you will be there, for God says in His Word, “he that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life.” John 3:3636He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him. (John 3:36).
ML 10/18/1953