TWO MEN met each other a little way out of Philadelphia. Said one to the other, “Can you tell me how far it is to Philadelphia?”
The other replied, “If you keep right on it’s about 24,000 miles, but if you turn right around about, you’ll be there in half an hour.”
The man was walking away from Philadelphia instead of towards it. Had he kept on in that direction he would have found himself at the edge of an ocean gulf which he could not span. His need was to turn right around. Only by doing so could he reach his destination.
And this is conversion in simple terms — a complete turn about; from unbelief to faith; from sin to the Saviour, from darkness to light, from the power of Satan unto God. There is no other way to obtain salvation, and one who thinks there is any other way is all wrong.
Dear reader, in which direction are you pointed? Are you ready for eternity? “If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.” Rom. 10:99That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (Romans 10:9).
ML-09/10/1972