A servant of the Lord was preaching in a park. Lying on the grass, apparently careless like others, was a young man. But he had been convicted of sin by the Holy Spirit. He knew he was a sinner! He dreaded the intensely solemn fact that after death he had to stand before God. He was convinced there was no hope for him. He was too bad.
The preacher was joyfully proclaiming: "There is a living Savior in heaven, Christ Jesus! He came into this world to save sinners. Now Paul says that he, the chief of sinners, has already been saved. Therefore no one else is too bad to be saved!”
Our friend, forgetting himself, forgetting everything else, sprang to his feet and shouted: "That's what I needed to hear.”
He now knew that a living Savior in heaven would save him if he would trust in Him. He received the Lord Jesus and entered upon a new life. He was a changed man, and rejoiced in Him who had come into the world for the purpose of saving such as he.
Dear reader, can you thank Him for having saved you?
Saved or Lost
You will never know what it is to be saved until you know what it is to be lost.