One Sunday evening a young girl of seventeen went to a gospel preaching in the town of B—. She had often heard a message from God in that same hall before, but never till that evening had she felt how easy it was to be saved—how she only had to trust Jesus and believe what the Bible says. John 10:2828And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. (John 10:28) was the verse that brought Emma peace that night: “I give unto them (My sheep) eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of My hand.”
“Dear Emma,” said a Christian friend to her, as they walked home together after the meeting, “God says, ‘I give.’ What will you answer? Can you, dare you say, ‘No; I won’t take it?’ or will you just answer in faith, and say, ‘I will take it’?”
For a few moments the two friends walked on in silence in the still night under the thick trees which surrounded the gospel hall. Then Emma said, “I will take it, and I do believe it is mine through Christ Jesus.”
O, how simple! She believed, and is saved, for time and eternity. She can rejoice in the knowledge, that she is going to spend eternity with the. clear Savior who has given her this great gift, and praise Him as she cannot now.
Dear young friend, do you know Emma’s Savior as your own? Can you say truthfully, “I have taken the gift of God?” If not, will you believe now, and you will be as safe and happy as Emma was, knowing that your sins are all forgiven—washed away by the precious blood of Jesus.