Reader, if unsaved, you are lost. Hoping to be saved is a sad delusion. Have you, then, reached that point in soul and conscience, lost? Have you taken the place of one lost—hence needing a Saviour? If you have, there is salvation for you; for the Saviour and salvation are for the lost. Have you grasped the weighty truth of Scripture as to your condition? From what point did the prodigal commence his journey to his father and home? Why, from this—the discovery that he was lost.
A servant of Christ traveling in the country overtook a fellow-traveler, and at once entered into conversation with him about his spiritual condition. The man said, “Sir, do you know who I am? I’m the worst man in the village of—.” “Well,” answered the servant of God, “you are most certainly in for it.” “In for what?” asked the man in some surprise. “In for salvation,” was the answer. Reader, what is your state? Are you willing to be saved? If so, you are “in” for salvation. It is God’s salvation to the lost and ruined.