Christ Is the Answer

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A friend asked me to visit a sick girl in the hospital. When I arrived at her bedside, I found her mind was wandering. All she would say was that she was lost—too great a sinner to be saved—Jesus would not have her. It was distressing to hear her.
For some minutes I just stood, wondering what to do. It seemed useless to attempt to speak to her, for she appeared quite unconscious of things around. Then I remembered: "For the Word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart." Heb. 4:1212For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart. (Hebrews 4:12).
I thought: What is to hinder its entering even here? So I sat down by the bed, and as clearly and distinctly as I could, though in a low tone, I repeated three verses again and again: "For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost." Luke 19:1010For the Son of man is come to seek and to save that which was lost. (Luke 19:10). "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin." 1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7). "Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out." John 6:3737All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out. (John 6:37).
The woman in the next bed said: "It's no use talking to her, she has been delirious since last night, and they do not expect her to come around. She has raved about these things ever since she came in."
I knew it seemed useless, but with strong conviction that God's words could find an entrance where man's could not, I still repeated them a great many times—how many I do not know.
After a while she grew composed and quiet. The look of agony and despair went away from her face, and she began to murmur over and over again, "To seek and to save—to seek and to save from all sin."
She died that night, so I never saw her again. But just before she died, I was informed, she opened her eyes and said quite clearly, "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin." She never spoke again.
Another bed was at right-angles to this girl's, near enough for every word spoken to be heard. In it lay another sick girl.
She called me over and began eagerly to tell me, "Those words were all for me that you repeated. I was lost, and so He came to seek and to save me. I am full of sin, but the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses from all sin. I have come to Him this morning, and He will not cast me out!"
These two girls believed that the Lord Jesus meant what He said. They rested their safety for eternity on the word of Him who cannot lie.
They were like another, a man awakened to a sense of sin, but who in despair cried out that he was too bad to be saved. The words of the Lord Jesus were read to him: "Him that cometh to Me I will in no wise cast out." It was enough.
"That'll do," he said; "I'LL BELIEVE JESUS!" Yes, Christ is the answer. Won't you accept Him as your Savior today?