The engineer was looking out of his window, his eyes fixed on the signal lights. There was a long trainload of precious souls behind him, and he was taking no chances. The light was red.
He waited another moment and then he shouted, “Green!” The fireman, who also checked the light, echoed “Green!” The great wheels slowly set themselves in motion, and the long line of precious lives moved safely away.
Are you sure, doubly sure, dear reader, that you have God’s green light on your way to heaven? Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life.” John 14:66Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6). The way to heaven is opened through the death of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. The awful debt of our sins was paid in His blood. Believing in Him, the risen Saviour, we have everlasting life, just as surely as God is true. Dear reader, will you come to God the Father in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ? The fare is paid. The light is green. Come, oh come now, before your opportunity is forever past.
I once saw a picture of a train wreck with its twisted coaches and injured passengers, too sad to describe. When I asked the cause, I was told simply, “Went through a red light!”
It is seldom indeed that a man is foolish enough to risk such a thing, but oh, how many are planning to reach heaven right through God’s red light. The Lord Jesus said, “No man cometh unto the Father but by Me.” John 14:66Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. (John 14:6). There are many who are coming to God in the name of their religion or their good deeds. If you are coming to God with any such words on your lips, you are coming right through God’s red light, and the misery of a train wreck is as nothing compared with the eternal sorrow of the lake of fire. Jesus said,
ML 06/21/1953