THEY WERE cut off by the incoming tide. No way of escape was open to them. What could they do? The cliffs above them were too steep to climb, and the waters surging around them too deep for them to pass through them. They were in danger, indeed.
Could they be — would they be saved? They could not save themselves.
How like to their case is the condition of many a sinner. He sees the tide of judgment rolling in. He cannot climb the steep cliffs to safety in his own strength, or by his own efforts.
What can he do? Can he be rescued? “What must I do to be saved?” might well be his agonizing cry, as it was for one long ago.
We’re glad to tell you that happily for the two girls someone saw them in their great need. A boat came to their rescue, and they were saved. Oh how thankful they were to be safe in the lifeboat!
And happily for the sinner his danger has been seen, and a way of salvation has been provided. The Lord Jesus came from heaven, he suffered and died on the cross for sin, that He might reach and rescue us. “For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly.” Rom. 5:66For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. (Romans 5:6).
He is the only Saviour. There is no other way of escape. “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” Acts 4:1212Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved. (Acts 4:12).
ML-10/24/1971