See, I have written out for you five short sweet simple texts, which I wish you to learn. Repeat them from memory to your parents at home; above all believe and receive them into your hearts. They all begin with the word, “Behold.” Do you know what that word means? It is just as if one cried: “Look!” “See!”
“Behold, I am vile.”
That is the sinner’s confession. That is what you need to learn first. Not just to say it with your lips, but to believe it, because God says it, and confess it to Him.
“Behold the Lamb of God."
That is the servant’s testimony pointing the sinner to the Saviour who came to take away sin by the sacrifice of Himself on the cross. How glad I am that He bore my sins, else they had been on me forever. Have you ever beheld Him? Have you looked? Can you say, “He died for me?”
Then you’ll be able to say:
“Behold, God is my salvation.”
This is the saint’s confession, and a wonderful one it is too. Best of all, it is “my salvation"—personal. Can you say that? Perhaps you mean to be saved some day. Ah, but some day won’t do.
“Behold, now is the accepted time.”
This is the soul winner’s testimony —“Today.” Satan says: “Tomorrow,” to the young; too early to be saved. To the aged, he says, “Yesterday,” or “You were too late.” God says, “Today.”
Last of all comes the Saviour’s call:
“Behold, I come quickly.”
This will gather all the saved to heaven, leave the lost to perish, and close the day of salvation. Haste then to the Saviour. Now is the day of salvation. Here are four lines to learn:
Behold a sinner vile, undone:
Behold the Saviour, God’s dear Son.
Behold salvation, full and free:
Behold He quickly comes for me.
ML-04/17/1966