During a season of great revival of God's work, a servant of the Lord was walking down the aisle of a crowded building. Observing a young man whose eyes were filled with tears, and whose face betokened profound exercise, he paused to speak to him. He received an instant response in a question asked: "Can you tell me the way to Christ?”
“No," was the reply very deliberately uttered; "I cannot tell you the way to Christ.”
“I beg your pardon," said the inquirer. "I supposed you were a minister of the gospel.”
“So I am," was the answer.
“And you cannot tell me the way to Christ?”
“No," again said God's servant. "I cannot tell you the way to Christ.”
The look of surprise with which this statement was received gave place in a moment to an expression of despair. The young man bowed his head in silence, as if bitterly disappointed.
“My friend," said the preacher solemnly, "THERE IS NO WAY TO CHRIST. You are thinking of Him as far off, or perhaps as standing in that distant corner of this room. You want to know how you can get through this vast crowd, and over these seats, in order to reach Him. But your thought is not according to the truth of Scripture. Jesus came down from heaven and went all the way to the cross, there to put sin away by the sacrifice of Himself. Then He comes, not merely to yonder corner of the room, but up to the very spot where you now are Tenderly laying His hand upon you, He says, as He said unto the man sick of the palsy: 'Man, thy sins are forgiven thee.'
“You think of Christ as a half-finished bridge across a river, and you tremble in alarm upon the bank of the broad stream. You wish me to tell you how to reach that bridge, and thus escape the fire rolling so rapidly toward you, the lost sinner. But your thought is not recording to the truth of Scripture. Christ bridges not only half the river, but He spans the entire mighty chasm between you and God. You have nothing to do but to trust Him for salvation straightway, right here and now; for 'by Him all that believe are justified from all things.'" Acts 13:3939And by him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not be justified by the law of Moses. (Acts 13:39).
The next day the servant of God had the satisfaction and joy of seeing the young man busily distributing hymn-books through the building, and singing lustily at his work.
“Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear My voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with Me." Rev. 3:2020Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me. (Revelation 3:20).