I have read of two boys who loved the Bible. One of them was so fond of reading it in quietness and alone, that he used to climb into a garret by a ladder, which he would pull up after him to prevent anyone following him, according to Matthew 6:66But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. (Matthew 6:6).
The other boy was one day reading his Bible when a man entered the house, and, snatching the book out of his hand, threw it into the fire. But the boy said, “You cannot take away the verses I have learned.” I daresay lie thought of David’s words,
If you wish to love the Bible, you must learn two things from it about God—first, that God is Light, and knows everything wrong you have said, thought, or deed (read Psa. 119). Thus you are proved to be a sinner, a lost sinner on the way to eternal hell (Rom. 3).
Next, you will learn that God is Love, for He has given His only and dear Son to suffer on the cruel Cross for sin. Your best acts can never put away one sin, but Jesus’ precious blood will put them all away forever.
Dear boy or girl who believe yourself a lost sinner, trust in Christ who died for your sins. “It is finished,” He said of His work, which was to put those sins away. God shows He has accepted that work by raising Him from the dead, and putting Him at His own right hand. Won’t you, come to Jesus, and say to Him,
“Take me as I am?” God says, “Come now.” Jesus says, “Suffer little children to come unto Me, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven.” Again,
“Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out.” To be safe and really happy, come to Him!
You may then know you will go 1 Heaven. Jesus has promised to come for believers. He will keep His word. As another dear boy said,
“Jesus never tells lies.”
If you should die before then, your soul would go at once to Him.
ML 10/15/1939