A Chinese boy who was educated in a Mission School heard all about the Lord Jesus, and of His death on the cross for sinners, but he didn’t believe in his heart that Jesus died for him, and so he was not saved.
Years later he became a soldier, and was a captain in the army when the Japanese invaded China. After a sharp battle he and the remainder of his men took refuge in a deserted cottage. The enemy was heading straight for them, and they felt sure they would soon be captured.
Someone had left an old copy of John’s gospel on the kitchen table, and the captain recognized it as God’s Word. As he picked it up, it opened, and he read this verse, “If ye shall ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:1414If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do it. (John 14:14). The captain read these words aloud to his men and asked, “Shall we kneel down and see if God really does answer prayer?”
So together they knelt and he prayed for God’s protection, and as they did so they heard the enemy pass by another way. The captain told his men that as a boy he had read the Bible and knew about God and His Son, the Lord Jesus, but that now he had taken his place as a sinner, and accepted the Saviour for himself, and plead with his men to trust Him, too.
And, dear reader, you too are in danger, for Satan, the enemy of our souls, is pursuing you, but there is One who is able to save you. And that One is the Lord Jesus, who died on Calvary’s cross to bear the punishment your sins deserved, that some day you might go to His happy home above. And in the meantime you can prove Him as the living Saviour who hears and answers prayer.
ML 11/11/1951