A worldly young man was at the railway station the other day seeing a commercial friend off by train. After having bid him goodbye, and leaving, he turned back to the train, and addressing his friend, said,
“By the way, have you an insurance ticket?”
“O yes,” replied his friend, “I am insured.”
A Christian man, who was in the coach, turning to him, said very quietly,
“Are you insured forever?”
Apparently surprised, and, not undetanding what was meant, he answered,
“No, I only insure for a year at a time.”
“But,” said the Christian traveler, “I am insured forever.”
Still misunderstanding, he again replied,
“O, yes, I know you can do it by one payment, but it costs a great deal.”
“Yes,” said the other, “mine was done by one payment, and cost a great deal indeed. It cost me nothing, but it cost God His Son.”
The young commercial seemed astonished; he had seldom, if ever, perhaps, thought on such subjects.
Reader, are you insured? Is it a “Fire” or “Life” insurance? you may ask.
Both. The insurance that God has provided, insures against Hell-fire, which is the rightful portion of every sinner, and it also provides eternal life, and eternal security from the death of the unbeliever. You ask, where can I be insured?
There is only one place, and that is the Cross of Christ. There is no premium required, and well it is you have none to give.
But God in grace has met your need. His Son, Jesus Christ, by shedding His precious blood on Calvary’s Cross, has made full payment. All you are required to do is, by simple faith, to lay claim to the eternal insurance, which is provided for you as a sinner, and thank God for it. It cannot be done in any other way.
“The blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, cleanseth us from all sin.”
ML 01/28/1945