A lady seeing an anxious man asked if he were a Christian. “No,” he said, “but I am going to be, though I am not just ready.”
“But now is the accepted time,” she replied; “and the very first thing you are asked to do, is to receive Christ.”
“Don’t tell me,” he said, “that I can be saved without doing anything.”
A little boy, holding the Bible open, said, “Please read that to him.” It was, “But to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.” Rom. 4:55But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness. (Romans 4:5).
As the lady read it, the man listened attentively, and exclaimed, “It’s a fact! God says it, ‘To him that worketh not.’” The word entered his soul, and he was saved.
ML 12/03/1961