In a city where a good many of our readers live, I have often noticed a big sign which reads, “Safety first.” Sometimes we see it in big letters on the front of street cars, and very often we see the same two words near schools. It warns drivers to be careful and watch for little children, and it also means for the little children to watch carefully for cars.
And what mother does not warn her little ones as they leave for school in the morning, to be careful when crossing the streets? It is wise indeed to wish to preserve the life that God has given to us, but we find from Genesis 2:77And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul. (Genesis 2:7) that God has given to every one of us a soul that never dies, and we should be greatly concerned about SAFETY for eternity, as well as for time. The only way to be safe for eternity is to take our place before God as lost and ruined sinners, according to Romans 3:23,23For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:23) “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God,” and find shelter under the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ shed at Calvary’s cross.
ML 10/15/1950