Will you kindly accept a little book about the Lord Jesus Christ, the Saviour?” said a man as he spoke to a cottage woman, on a mountain side.
“Thank you, sir! I often look at Him,” she answered as she asked him into her home.
“Do you? Where?” he inquired.
Pointing to a picture which was nailed to the wall above the fire-place, she exclaimed,
“There, sir!”
On the picture was an illustration of Christ on the cross. It was to this that she referred.
“Ah, but He is not there to look at. He was there once, blessed be His Name; but He is not there now. He was there to do the work of redemption. He is not there now, because the work is done. He is at the right hand of God.”
It seemed a strange sound to her ears. The meaning of the blessed truths, that the work of Christ is finished, and that He is risen and glorified, was unknown to her.
She doubtlessly believed the fact that Christ was risen. But the teaching connected with that fact she knew not. The apostle Paul says,
“If Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.” 1 Corinthians 15: 17.
But Christ is risen. Our faith is not vain. We are not in our sins. To us who believe, His resurrection is the blessed proof that our sins are blotted out Forever.
“Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; He was buried, and He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures.” 1 Corinthians 15: 3, 4.
ML 11/29/1931