Many boys and girls seem to think that, because they have not committed any very great sins, they do not need to be saved.
Because they do not swear, or tell lies, or steal, they fancy they have a good chance of getting to heaven.
When traveling down the line recently, I noticed a quantity of coal loaded into coal trucks according to the size of the lumps. Some were very large pieces, others small, and some almost like dust. But though the pieces differed in size, it was all coal.
This reminded me of our sins. Some of us commit a few very big sins, others commit a great many small ones, and some people think their sins are so small that they are scarcely sins at all.
But, boys, now think for a moment. God says,
How many foolish thoughts do you have in one hour? Multiply that by the number of hours in one day, and then again by the number of days in one year.
Again, God says that when we do our own will, it is sin. Now, how many times do you do what you like to do, instead of what you are told to do? God says this is sin.
Yes, we must all own that what God says about us is true; that is, we have “all sinned,” You may have dear, loving, godly, and Christian parents or friends, but that will not get your sins put away. You must have to do with Christ yourself.
Then do open your eyes. Christ is coming soon. He may be here tonight. If He had come last night and found you in your sins, you would have been lost forever. But God tells us of one way by which all our sins may be forgiven and forgotten; but there is only the one way, and that is by believing in our hearts on the Lord Jesus Christ.
Let me advise you, dear readers, not to go to sleep tonight unless you know for a certainty that all your sins are forgiven. Then if Christ were to come while you sleep, you would be among that number that rise to be with Him forever. If you do not rise with that company, you will join that awful coany of lost, weeping, and wailing souls that shall have their part in the lake of fire.
ML 01/25/1942