A fellow Christian long known to me went to a hospital a short time ago to visit a dying man. In health, this sick man had lived in total forgetfulness of God.
"You are very near to eternity now," said my friend the visitor. "Can you tell me where you are going to spend it?”
"Heaven," was the simple utterance of the dying man.
"I'm so glad to hear you say that! But tell me," continued the visitor, "upon what authority do you expect to enter heaven? What is your passport there?”
"Jesus," was the sole reply.
"That's right," answered the visitor. "Cling to that name, the name of Jesus. For 'there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.'”
Yes, Jesus went down into death, and there met all the claims of divine justice in regard to sin.
Have you, my reader, as a lost, helpless, guilty sinner, bowed the knee to Jesus? And have you in heart as well as by mouth owned Him as your Savior and your Lord?
Bow the knee now in this day of God's grace. It will mean "eternal salvation" to you. If you wait until the day that's coming, it will mean "eternal judgment.”