“LOOK at Him! Look at Him! loves to point Him out!”
It was on one of the small steamers which ply on the river Mississippi, that a poor black man uttered these words with plaintive earnestness.
One of the passengers, curious to know what was the matter, said to one of the sailors, “What does he mean?”
The old sailor smiled and replied, “It was like this mum. One day when old Sam [this was the black man’s name] was painting the ship’s side, he somehow, nobody knows how, fell into the water. We all thought that he would drown, but a captain of a ship nearby immediately plunged off the bridge and saved him. So whenever old Sam sees this captain he cries out like that.”
Dear reader, I have something far more wonderful to tell you about than that—something that should make your very heart rejoice.
It was in one sense a similar case, but FAR FAR BETTER, for not only has one life been saved, but MILLIONS HAVE BEEN SAVED and MILLIONS MORE SHALL BE SAVED!
Reader, have you heard of the wonderful person who has accomplished all this, and, not only a wonderful but a glorious Person!
We point you to the Son of God. He, the perfectly holy Son of God, stooped down from the heights above to save the black man. Do you know who the black man was? No, you may say. Then let me tell you. He was the poor, guilty, helpless, lost sinner. “For God so loved the world, [which means everybody in it] that lie gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” (John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16)).
Like this brave captain, he plunged into the water? Oh! no, something far worse than that. He plunged into DEATH performing the work of salvation on the cross of Calvary. Then He was raised again on the third day, and is now seated at the right hand of God.
This brave captain, when he caught the drowning negro, never let him go until he knew that he was safe in the ship.
So does the Lord Jesus Christ do to all those, who trust in Him as Saviour. He says, “I give unto My sheep eternal life and they shall never perish.” (John 10:2828And I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. (John 10:28)).
So will He do to you, if you but trust Him. He will keep you safe until He puts you into His everlasting home on high.
This little verse illustrates it well.
“He’ll save, He’ll keep you,
He’ll fill your heart with joy,
He’ll drive gloom and sadness away.
He’ll do all this for thee,
He has clone it all for me,
And that’s why I’m happy night and
day.”
Yes, He will save you and keep you, keep you so fast that you will never, never be lost. “That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and 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)).
No one knew why Sam fell, but God knows why man fell. It was through sin.
Do you know, reader, that you are full of sin. Have you ever thought of eternity? Where will you spend eternity? I can tell you, that if you are not washed in the precious blood of the Lord Jesus Christ, you will spend it in HELL!
Do you know what and where Hell is? It is in simple words, “Banished from the presence of God and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
Let the language of your heart be
“Just as I am, without one plea,
And that thou bid’st me come to Thee,
O LAMB of God, I come.”
“Just as I was He received me.”
Can you say those word., reader? I can and I have. Beware! turn to Him ere it be too late.
P. MAC’CORMACK.