"Why can't they let us alone? They never come to the house without tormenting us about our souls. I don't see the fun of it at all." So said a proud, unconverted young man to his mother. And possibly you, my reader, have thought the same, even if you have not said it.
Just think of that wretched man in his terrible misery, saying to the only One who could deliver him —and who came for that purpose—"Let us alone!"
And yet men follow his example to this day!
Reader, if still unsaved, thank God you have a body out of the grave, and a soul out of hell! Do not say to Him any longer, "Let us alone," lest He answer your prayer.
Perhaps you dare to say, like many, "No hurry; I can take salvation at any time." Oh, what a delusion of the devil this is! His first device is—"Let us alone!" When that fails, he says, "Plenty of time, plenty of time." He is a liar from the beginning, and a murderer, too. No, my reader, no! You cannot be saved when you like.
Listen to the cry of One who was "left alone" that you might never be left alone. "My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?... O My God, I cry... but Thou hearest not." Psa. 22:1, 21<<To the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David.>> My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? why art thou so far from helping me, and from the words of my roaring? 2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent. (Psalm 22:1‑2).
Jesus was forsaken of God. And why? Because He was bearing our sins. He was on the cross as the Victim making atonement for our sins, and God, the Holy One, could not look upon sin. He must turn His back on Jesus.
O my friend, consider how holy God is, and how sinful sin is; read its terrible judgment in the cross of the Lord Jesus Christ. And then, if your heart trusts that Savior, read, likewise, your complete deliverance from its tremendous curse and shame, by the death of the Son of God.
Blessed be God! Jesus is no longer on the cross or in the grave. Sin was atoned for, and God was glorified in its perfect payment by His Son at the cross.
The believer's sins, too, were put away forever, so that God can say to each, "Their sins and iniquities will I remember NO MORE." Heb. 10:1717And their sins and iniquities will I remember no more. (Hebrews 10:17).
And God has proved His complete satisfaction in that wondrous work by raising Christ from the dead (Acts 13:3030But God raised him from the dead: (Acts 13:30)). Yes, Jesus is risen, and exalted to the right hand of God. He is not left alone now. The glory of God shines in His face (2 Cor. 4:66For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ. (2 Corinthians 4:6)). What a proof that the sins are gone! And whose sins? Every believer can say, MINE.
All that believe, (not all who work, or pray, but) all who believe on the Lord Jesus Christ raised from the dead, are (not hope to be, or ought to be, but are) justified from all things (not a few, or the greatest part, but) are justified from all things. Yes, forgiveness and justification are the portion of every believer.
And not only so. Christ is their righteousness, and they stand ever and always before God in Christ. "As He is, so are we in this world." 1 John 4:1717Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world. (1 John 4:17). Christ is made unto them "wisdom, righteousness, sanctification and redemption" (1 Cor. 1:3030But of him are ye in Christ Jesus, who of God is made unto us wisdom, and righteousness, and sanctification, and redemption: (1 Corinthians 1:30)).
Seeing, then, that God has such blessing for believing souls, do not say to Him, "Let us alone"! Accept Christ at once, and seek in humility of heart to live for Him, and serve Him, while you await His return from heaven.