A young Christian was sounding forth the "old, old, story" in a busy street in a northern town. Suddenly he was rudely interrupted by someone on the outside of the crowd, who hurled the question at him,
"Where's hell?"
"At the end of the broad road that unbelievers tread," was the reply.
After the speaker had finished, the interrupter asked if he could have a word with him, when he again asked a question. This time it was very personal.
"Am I on the road to hell?
The answer was not, "Do you go to, church?" or "Do you read your Bible?" but, "Do you know the Savior?"
"I don't," he said.
"Then according to God's Word you are on the broad road that leads to everlasting destruction."
"God moves in a mysterious way," and so it was in this case. Both men, it appeared, had lived in the same street, in the same town, and knew all the old familiar places.
The preacher had started life selling newspapers, though a youth in years, deep in sin and sorrow. But he had learned that Jesus was the Savior of sinners, and was led to trust Him, and was saved and satisfied for time and eternity.
The other had wandered astray, and had ignored the tender voice of the Shepherd calling the lost ones home. As a young man he had been left an orphan, and had chosen his own paths, and gone his own way, which made him as he was that day—a poor, miserable, self-convicted sinner. He was tired and sick of all that the devil and the world had to offer, a poor slave of sin and Satan, seeking peace and liberty.
The preacher told him in plain and earnest words what the Lord had done for himself. How he had been "plucked as a brand from the burning;" and that Jesus was waiting to save him, too. And there upon the street this weary, way worn, tempest-tossed soul found a haven of rest in the blessed Savior.
Dear reader, no matter who you are, what you are, or where you are, God says,
"All we like sheep have gone astray." Isa. 53:6, and
"All have sinned and come short of the glory of God" Rom. 3:23.
That "ALL" takes you in, whether you realize it or not; if unsaved, you are on the broad road that leads to "everlasting destruction." but
"God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, should not perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16. God's blessed "whosoever" takes every lost one in. Come to the Savior now, and trust Him for your soul's eternal welfare.
"Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved." Rom. 10:13. Call now and be saved, and when the roll is called in glory, you'll be there.
"Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." Acts 16:31.
"Behold, NOW is the accepted time; behold, NOW is the day of salvation." 2 Cor. 6:2.