"I cannot understand why a man who has tried to lead a good, moral life should not stand a better chance of getting to heaven than a wicked one," said a lady while talking with others about the matter of salvation.
"Simply for this cause," answered one. "Suppose you and I wanted to go into a place of interest where the admission fee was one dollar. You had fifty cents and I had nothing. Which would stand the better chance of admission?”
"Neither," was the positive reply.
"Just so. Therefore the moral man stands no better chance than the out broken sinner. But now suppose a kind and rich person who saw our perplexity presented a ticket of admission to each of us at his own expense! What then?”
"Well, then, we could both go in alike; that is dear.”
"Exactly. And when the Savior saw our perplexity, He came, He died, and thus 'obtained eternal redemption for us.' (Heb. 9:1212Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us. (Hebrews 9:12).) Now He offers you and me both a free ticket. Only take good care that your fifty cents does not make you so proud that you refuse the free ticket, and so fail to be admitted at last.”
Dear young reader, there is a solemn moment coming! Have you the ticket of admission?