Tommy and his sister Betty sat poring over the pages of a large picture book. There was one picture called “Noah entering the Ark,” which especially captured their interest. Beasts and birds were there, entering in before Noah, all fleeing to safety from the coming flood.
“What if the Ark had gone down and become a wreck?” said Tommy, thoughtfully, “and then everybody in the world would have been drowned.”
“No fear of that when God was in it,” answered Betty. Then putting her arm around Tommy’s neck, she added, “There is no ‘If,’ Tommy, when God says, ‘shall not perish.’ He means it, and if you come to Jesus and trust Him, you will be safe, like Noah and all the beasts were in the Ark. There’s no ‘If,’ Tommy.”
Dear boys and girls, how true this is! God says to all who trust in Jesus, they “shall be saved”; to all those who do not believe, they “shall be damned.” There is no “If” about it.
ML-07/19/1964