In the height of the war of 1914-1918, a renowned statesman viewed with consternation the course political events were taking. In amazement he exclaimed: "The whole world is perishing: where will salvation come from?”
Where indeed! Where could help be found? Such a pertinent question, wrung from his lips under the terrible stress of world conditions, would be well worth a solution if one could only be found.
And it can! God has "laid help upon One that is mighty," "mighty to save." For you, for me, for all the nations of the earth, the blessed Christ of God stands revealed as God's perfect salvation. "Thou shalt call His name JESUS [Savior]: for He shall save His people from their sins." Matt. 1:21.
"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." John 3:16.
Blessed answer from God to the "perishing world needing salvation"! And how can this marvelous salvation of God be available to you as it has been for the countless myriads of those who are redeemed by the precious blood of Christ? It is only by the suffering and love of Jesus on the Cross of Calvary. He has indeed borne in His own body my sins on the tree—blessed be God! Jesus has done that; but He also gave Himself for my sins, that He might deliver me from this present evil world, according to the will of God.
"Who gave Himself for our sins, that He might deliver us from this present evil world, according to the will of God and our Father." Gal. 1:4.
Well may the writer to the Hebrews exclaim: "How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?" Heb. 2:3.
How do you stand in relation to God's salvation? Has the appeal of the love of the glorious Savior now enthroned on high, in His down-stooping even unto death, made no appeal to your heart as yet? Oh, may you now, in the "acceptable time," in the "day of salvation," open your heart to let the Savior in!