A fellow Christian, known to the writer, went to a hospital a short time since, to pay another visit to a dying man who, in health, had lived in forgetfulness of God.
"You are very near to eternity now," said the visitor; "can you tell me where you are going to spend it?”
"Heaven," was the simple utterance of the dying man.
"I'm very glad to hear you say that; but, tell me," continued the visitor, "upon what ground do you expect to enter heaven? What is your passport there?”
"Jesus," was the sole reply.
"That's right," answered the visitor. "Cling to that name, the name of Jesus; 'for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.'”
Yes, Jesus went down into death, and there met all the claims of Divine justice in regard to sin.
Have you, my reader, as a lost, helpless, guilty sinner, bowed the knee to Jesus, and in heart, as well as by mouth, owned Him as your Savior and your Lord?
Bow the knee now, in this day of God's grace, and it will mean "eternal salvation" to you; but wait until the day that's coming, and it will mean "eternal judgment.”