A CHINESE woman was brought to a missionary hospital in her native land. It was soon learned that she had an incurable disease. She was ignorant of her physical danger and she was equally ignorant of the peril in which she was with regard to eternity. She was a lost sinner, but she knew it not.
As she lay in her bed, the Christian nurse told her the story of Jesus and how, in His love for sinners, He died on Calvary’s cross. Now whosoever believes in Him has everlasting life.
It was new and wonderful to the Chinese woman. She at once believed the good news and accepted the salvation God freely offers. Not yet knowing the seriousness of her sickness, her first thought was to go home to tell her family and friends the same message of the Saviour’s love. To her nurse she said, “Will you ask the doctor how soon I shall be well?”
“The doctor says that we must tell you the truth and that is that you will never be well,” the nurse replied. “How long do they think I shall live?”
“Three months is all, if you remain here in the hospital.”
“And how long shall I live if I leave here to go back to my home? I must tell them the blessed message of heaven.”
“You would live possibly not more than three weeks.”
“Give me my clothes; I will start home today,” the new convert replied.
Nurse and doctor both protested, urging her to stay in the hospital, but she answered, “Do you think I count a few weeks of life as anything, when I have such wonderful news to tell my people who have never heard of the Saviour?”
This reminds us of a story in the Bible, in Mark chapter 5. There we learn about a man who was saved and the Lord Jesus said to him, “Go home to thy friends, and tell them how great things the Lord hath done for thee, and hath had compassion on thee.” He did what he was told and when others heard him they marveled at what Jesus had done.
The same salvation is now offered to you if you will but take it. Believe and be saved. “For 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 3:1616For 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).
ML-12/08/1963