A FEW days ago I met a little girl to whom I said, “Do you know that Jesus loves you?” Her face lighted up with a smile of confidence, and she quickly answered, “Oh, yes, sir.”
“How do you know that?”
“Because the Bible says so.”
“But as you speak about the Bible, my little girl, I must tell you that that holy book says, that we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God, and that there is none righteous—no, not one.”
“But Jesus said, ‘Suffer little children to come unto Me;” “she replied.
“But you are a sinner. You have (lone many naughty things. What makes you think He would receive you?”
“The Bible says He died for sinners, and therefore He died for me.”
“But that is a very great thing for such a little girl as you to say. How can you be so sure about it?”
“Because the Bible says so.”
“The Bible also says that Jesus will come again and take His people up from the earth in a moment, some day. What will become of you then? How would you feel if He were to come now, while you and I are talking?”
“I should be very happy.”
“Why would you be happy?”
. “Because He would take me up to be with Him forever.”
This was childlike faith, and I found that she showed by her ways; that the confession of her lips was the real working of God in her soul.
We know that God is love, because the Bible says so, and when we believe God’s word, our hearts answer to its truth. Are you sure that Jesus came to this earth to save sinners? And are you sure that He came to save you, if you are, are you saved?
You may be quite sure, because the Bible says so. C. W. E.
ML 09/17/1899