I suppose that nearly every boy or girl who has ever been to Sunday school has learned a few verses from the Word of God. I imagine that the one most often committed to memory is John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16).
Mr. Warwicker had a class of boys, and each week they repeated to him verses and chapters of the Word of God which they had learned. But Mr. Warwicker knew that it was not enough simply to repeat verses from memory. He was anxious that each boy might truly trust in the Lord Jesus for himself. So he asked each one if they would please write a note, telling him what they had learned from the Bible verses they had memorized.
Next Sunday each boy handed his note to the teacher, and he took them home to read. This is the one that pleased him the most, and it was from a nine-year-old boy named Godfrey.
“Dear Mr. Warwicker,
The Bible has shown me how much God must have loved me, to send His only Son into the world to die for me. And how much Jesus must have loved me to die on the cross for me. I know He has saved me, and I know He will keep me. I love Him because He first loved me.”
It may be that you know little of the Bible, and it may be that you know a great deal; but the thing that is really worth while, is to know the Lord Jesus as your own Saviour.
ML 09/30/1956