One day a Christian man named Mr. Wells was sitting in a barber shop getting a haircut. When he spoke to the barber about the Lord Jesus, the barber replied, “I do my best and that’s good enough for me.”
When Mr. Wells’ haircut was completed and the next man had been seated, Mr. Wells asked the barber, “May I cut this man’s hair?”
“Why no,” replied the barber puzzled.
“But I’ll do my best,” insisted Mr. Wells.
“Yes, I know,” replied the barber, “but your best wouldn’t be good enough for this customer.”
“No, and the best you could do isn’t good enough for God either,” replied Mr. Wells.
Many people think that Christianity is doing your best, but that isn’t right. It is letting God do His best for you, and that took place at Calvary. There the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s Son, gave His life as a sacrifice for your sins and mine. Nothing we can do will get us into heaven. God’s Word tells us that “we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.” Isaiah 64:66But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away. (Isaiah 64:6). Only the work of the Lord Jesus on Calvary’s cross can prepare you for God’s holy presence. We hope you will see your need of a Saviour and turn to the Lord Jesus now, and accept His finished work for you.
ML-08/17/1980