Seated on the grass are four rows of bright children, all clad in summer garb. They have corn: a quickly-arranged children’s service to be held by a band of young man on their holidays. Bright pictorial leaflets distributed through thy homes with an invitation, bring a large company. They listen attentively to “the old, old story” and then in order to press it home, the speaker holds up a pretty book, full of pictures saying, “Who will receive this hook as a free gift?”
Many hands were raised, and voice cried out,
“Me, me.”
“Yet strange to say, no one went to claim the gift, and the speaker said,
“This is exactly how you treat ‘the gift of God, which is eternal life’ (Rom. 6:2323For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)). You say you will receive it but how few really do so.”
Who will accept this precious GIFT, through Him who is eternal life? Not to accept this gift of gifts, is eternal death, in separation from God forever, where there is weeping and gnashing of teeth.
ML 06/23/1946