Sam was walking home from the market in an African town one day with a sack of potatoes on his back. On the way he met’ a friend.
“I hear you have become a Christian, Sam,” said his friend. “How do you know Jesus has saved you?”
Sam walked on a few steps and then dropped the sack of potatoes on the ground. “How do I know I have dropped these potatoes?” he asked. “I haven’t looked around.”
“You know you have dropped them because you no longer feel their weight on your back,” replied his friend.
“That’s how I know I am a Christian,” explained Sam. “I believed what God said, how that He sent His Son Jesus to die for my sins. Now I no longer have the heavy burden of my sins on my heart. Jesus died in my place and has taken them all away. He has given me peace and joy instead!”
“Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
ML-12/31/1978