Not long ago, a steamer was sunk, and in the hold of the ship there were things of great value, including a large sum of money, which the owners wanted to save. So a diver was sent down to the sunken steamer in his heavy diving-suit and helmet to try to save the money and the other things they wanted.
Now if these valuables were to be saved, there was only one thing to be done. They could do nothing to save themselves — the diver had to go down where they were. And if we poor sinners were ever to be saved, the blessed Son of God had to come down to where we were. And so “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.” In His death He came where we were. He gave Himself up to God as an offering for sin and bore the judgment that our sins deserved.
God is willing and able to save all who come to Him through the Lord Jesus, and yet how many refuse to come. Not every sinner is saved, Nevertheless we know the chief of sinners is saved and now in the glory (1 Tim. 1:1515This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. (1 Timothy 1:15)), and God also says in the Bible that “Whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved.” Rom. 10:1313For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall be saved. (Romans 10:13).
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