I was talking to a boy named John—the other day about his soul’s future, pointing out to him that as one sin shut Adam and Eve out of the Garden of Eden forever, so one sin would shut him out of Heaven. I asked him,
“Are you a sinner?”
The answer came very quickly,
“No, I have never sinned.”
“O!” said I, “you are the first I have heard say that.” I then told him that God’s Word says,
“All have sinned” (Rom. 3:2323For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:23)), and that all included John—; and it includes you, too, my dear reader.
“Well,” said be, “if that is so, I shall never get to heaven.”
True, he could not by his own works, but, thank God, knowing the Lord Jesus as my Saviour, I was able to tell him of the One who had died in his and my stead. Jesus at Calvary suffered the punishment of his sins, and if he would only confess himself as a sinner, and put his trust in the Lord Jesus Christ he would be saved.
What shall it profit a man if he gain the whole world and lose his own soul?” Mark 8:3636For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? (Mark 8:36). You will notice there is an if to the supposed gain, but none to certain loss.
Come to Jesus now, ere it be too late, He is waiting for you. Put your trust in His precious blood, and then you will be saved for eternity. Himself He could not save. He on the Cross must die. There His hands and feet were nailed, His side pierced; and all this He suffered for you.
O, surrender now! yield to love divine;
Jesus lingers for you still.
While in grace He says, “O, come to Me!”
Let your answer be, “I will.”
ML 12/31/1939