As a child was looking at a famous picture, entitled,
“The light of the world,” she turned to her mother and said,
“Mother, how long will He knock?” The familiar hymn known to us from childhood’s days says:
“Behold a Stranger at the door;
He gently knocks, has knocked before,
Has waited long, is waiting still;
You treat no other friend so ill.”
While holding some Gospel meeting’s in the country, a farmer’s daughter was awakened to a sense of her guilt and danger. But, alas, like so many others, she neglected the Saviour. Some time afterward she was laid on a death-bed, and her folly in not accepting of God’s “great salvation” was clearly understood by her, and in view of eternity she exclaimed,
“Lord Jesus, you once knocked at the door, of my heart; won’t You call again?”
“If any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and sup with him, and he with, Me.” Revelation 3:2020Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. (Revelation 3:20).
Hearken to the good news of the Gospel of God’s matchless grace The Gospel does not tell of a work to be done by us; it brings good news regarding a work done for us by the Lord Jesus Christ, and is contained in the glorious words of 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),
“For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosver believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.”
Let in the light of the blessed Gospel, and the moment you do so, you will draw back the bolt of unbelief, and welcome Christ as Saviour and Lord. Then you will be saved with an everlasting salvation.
ML 03/28/1943