There is an old story told of how a man and his wife began to read the word of God. After the first few days' reading, the man exclaimed, "Wife, if this book is true, we are wrong!" After a few more days' perusal, he said, "Wife, if this book is true, we are lost!" After a further continuance in the study of the Word, he exclaimed, "Wife, if this book is true, we may be saved!”
God's Holy Spirit thus convicted them of their need as lost sinners, but they were not left there. Seeing how they could be saved they accepted, gladly, God's way of salvation as they found it so plainly shown in His Word. Dear reader, do you say, as you read this, that you do not think it is very plain?
Men have made it difficult by their reasoning and theories, but God's Word makes it very simple to those who have ears to hear, and hearts to accept it for it says, "All have sinned and come short of the glory of God" (Rom. 3:2323For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:23)).
So we may surely say, "If this book is true (and it is), we are lost.”
But now, listen to the other side and then turn to it and read for yourself.
So, if we truly believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and His finished work, we can say with the greatest joy, "If this book is true, we may be saved," but, better still, "we are saved," and, to make it personal, "I am saved." If it be so, then thank the Lord Jesus for saving you, and seek to live for Him and for His glory.