School teachers know a great deal, don’t they? They can teach aritetic and spelling and history; but sometimes even a teacher finds a question he can’t answer.
Mr. Farrell was not only a school teacher, but also a Sunday school teacher. And it was in Sunday school that he met the question he could not answer.
His class was made up of little girls about nine and ten years of age, and he was seeking to tell them the way of salvation. The text was “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:3131And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:31).
“Mr. Farrell,” said Janice. “Is this sure to be? Is everyone who believes in Jesus sure to be saved?”
“Yes, Janice. Everyone who trusts in Jesus alone is surely saved. That’s what our verse tells us.”
“Oh, that’s wonderful! Just to be sure all day, every day — it must be wonderful.”
Suddenly she turned again with all the simplicity of a child.
“Then, teacher, you are saved, aren’t you? Are you sure too?”
“I hope so, Janice.”
“But, teacher, you just now told me that everyone who believes in Jesus is truly saved. Don’t you believe in Jesus?”
Just then there was a shuffling of feet and the classes were dismissed. All that day Mr. Farrell could see the puzzled look on Janice’s face, and hear her words, “Teacher, are you sure?” But surely being a Sunday school teacher was enough! Surely he read his Bible and believed it! Why should a child’s question so disturb him? He felt it must be answered before God, so he knelt down, and with his Bible open to Acts 16:3131And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:31), he owned himself a guilty sinner, and accepted Jesus Christ as his Saviour. God’s Word assured him that he was saved, and he was sure of it too!
Bow your knees now, dear young reader, and accept God’s dear Son as your Saviour.
ML 07/26/1953