“That’s what I needed to hear!”
An evangelist was preaching in a park. Lying in the grass, apparently asleep, was a young man. He seemed to hear nothing, but he had been convinced of sin by the Holy Spirit. He knew he was a sinner! He dreaded the fact that after death he had to stand before God. He was sure that there was no hope for him - he was too bad.
The preacher was joyfully proclaiming: “There is a living Saviour 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 knew now that a living Saviour in heaven would save him if he would trust in Him. He received the Lord Jesus and entered into 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.
Can you thank Him for having saved you?
For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.