As a friend and I journeyed on by the train the following conversation took place between my companion and another passenger: “Are there many Christians in B.?” asked my friend.
“I’m afraid not,” was the reply.
“Indeed; are they not all Christians in B.?”
“O, no; B. is a very corrupt place. In fact, I should not think there would be more than one Christian to five who are not.”
“And which class do you belong to; the ones or the fives?”
“Well, I couldn’t say that I am among the ones.”
“Then YOU are not a Christian—YOU don’t know your sins forgiven; and if you are not of the “ones,” you must be of the “fives,” and therefore on your way to eternal woe.”
Suppose you had been in the train and had been asked the question, would you have been among the “ones” who are saved, or the “fives” who are uaved? Which are you now?
ML 11/18/1945