An ungodly European once sought to convince a Hindu who had been converted to God that his belief in the Savior was of no use, and that he would never be any better for it. "What, after all," said the scoffer, "has your Jesus done for you?”
"He has saved me," said the native, with great conviction; "He has saved me!”
"And what is that?" asked the European.
"Come with me to the door," was the reply, "and I will show you.”
The two men stepped out of the house into the yard. The Hindu gathered together a quantity of dry leaves and straw (of which there were plenty close at hand), and made a large circle of them. He then sought for a worm. Having found one, he placed it in the center of the ring. Forthwith he applied a lighted match to the dry material that surrounded it, while the scoffer looked on with amusement.
As the heat of the fire approached the poor insect, it began to writhe and squirm in distress; but it could not get out of the burning ring. The man darted his hand through the smoke, plucked the worm out of its dangerous position, and placed it on the green grass, out of reach of all danger.
"There that is what the Lord Jesus has done for me," he said. “I was exposed to the flames of hell-there was no possibility of escape. I was condemned and ready to perish, and He rescued me by dying for my sins. He snatched me as a brand from the burning, and has given me a place in His heart of love.”
Reader, can you thus speak of yourself as saved by the death of Jesus? Are you able to say, like the poor native, "He has saved me"?
"I waited patiently for the Lord; and He inclined unto me, and heard my cry. He brought me up out of a horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. And He hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God." Psa. 40:1-31<<To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David.>> I waited patiently for the Lord; and he inclined unto me, and heard my cry. 2He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings. 3And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God: many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the Lord. (Psalm 40:1‑3).