The First Link
NOT long ago I was reading to a little fellow of six, a list of the things which a young prince once said he would not allow when he became king; amongst others, he said he would not permit any sin in his kingdom.
“Ah! but” interrupted my little friend, “he will find that he has got sin inside of him, and what will he do about that?”
Yes, that is the question: what is to be clone about that? It is not very pleasant to find out that we all have sin inside of us, that we are sinners everyone, but this discovery is the FIRST LINK in the chain of blessing.
The Second Link.
A lad was sitting about at the close of a Gospel meeting, and I said to him, “Do you wish to speak to me, my boy?”
“Yes,” he said, “I want to tell you’ that I have trusted in Jesus tonight.”
“Oh, I am glad to hear that,” I said, “but what did you say to Him?”
I said, “I am a poor sinner, Lord,” was his happy reply.
Well, there you have the SECOND LINK. The first is to find out that you are a sinner, and the second is to tell it to Jesus, for He is the only One who can settle so great and terrible a question as that, and He can settle it because He came into the world to save sinners, big and little.
The Third Link
“I’m saved tonight, sir,” said a little negro boy to me after a Gospel meeting in Jamaica.
“Oh! how do you know that?” I asked. “It was the word that you spoke,” he replied.
“Tell me what word.”
“ ‘If thou shalt confess with, thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead,. thou shalt be saved.’ While you were speaking I believed in my heart, and when you finished I told Tommy about it,” was his bright answer.
Here we have the THIRD LINK in the chain of blessing. Bring your sin and need to Jesus, believe in Him in your heart, and then confess Him with your mouth—that brings salvation, and God’s salvation is well worth having.
The Fourth Link
“I do wish everybody would trust in Jesus and be saved,” said a girl who was rejoicing in the Saviour herself.
“Well, you will never be afraid of speaking about Him, will you? and then, perhaps, through your words, someone may believe in Him,” I said in reply. And I found that she was not ashamed of speaking about her Saviour whenever she had the opportunity, and her desire for, the salvation of others made her very bold. She invited people to the meetings, too, and had the joy of seeing some of them trust in the Saviour.
What a precious link in the chain is this, to be here in a needy world to confess the Saviour’s Name and win others for Him. This brings me to the last link in the beautiful chain.
The Fifth Link
Jesus said, “Whosoever therefore shall confess Me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.” (Matt. 10, 32). “Also I say unto you, Whosoever shall confess Me before men, him shall the Son of Man also confess before the angels of God.” (Luke 12, 8).
What a glorious prospect for every confessor of Christ. Heaven with all its joys has been secured for all who trust in Jesus’ precious blood.
Messages of God’s Love 7/5/1908