I MET a girl to whom I said, “Do you know that Jesus loves you?” Her face lit up with a happy smile of confidence, and the ready answer came, “O, yes, sir.”
“How do you know that?”
“Because the Bible says so.”
“But the Bible tells us that we have all sinned and come short of the glory of God, and that there is none righteous, no, not one.”
“But Jesus said, ‘Suffer little children to come unto Me,’” she said.
“But you are a sinner. You have done many bad things. What makes you think He would receive you?”
“The Bible said He died for sinners, and therefore He died for me.”
“But this is a very great thing for you to say. How can you be so sure about it?”
“Because the Bible says so.”
“The Bible also says that Jesus will come again and take His people up from the earth in a moment someday. What will become of you then? How would you feel if He were to come now, while you and I are talking?”
“I would be very happy, because He would take me up to be with Himself forever.”
“And how long have you been able to say this?”
“For some time, sir.”
This was true faith, and I found that she showed by her ways that the confession of her life was a genuine reality.
ML 11/07/1909