EVEN among the poor brute beasts there is such a thing as luxury and poverty. Just look at that fat dog sitting on the top of the wheelbarrow! He has been well cared for, and everything eatable seems to be eaten up. The poor, hungry, half-starved dog is looking so wistfully at the empty plate in the basket, and would say, if he could,
"I would like one bite, as I .am so hungry!"
Have you ever thought why it is that there is such a condition in this world? God's Word is where we get the answer.
All this has come in through sin. It is not that the brute beasts have sinned, but man, who was made head, sinned, and the whole creation under him consequently suffered as the result.
What a terrible thing sin is! It always has its had results, and the worst result is—those who have their sins upon them must be finally banished from God, because God could not allow sin in His presence.
But there is good news for us all, and that is, God is love as well as holy, and in His wonderful love He gave His only begotten Son to take our place under the awful load of our sins, and He bore the dreadful penalty on the cross. That is why the Lord Jesus said, when hanging there,
“My God, My God, why hast Thou forsaken Me?”
Can you answer by saying, "It was on account of my sins being laid upon Him, and God who is more holy than to behold iniquity, could not look upon the Lord Jesus Christ, my Saviour"? If you can say this, you have the great remedy for the awful, eternal result of your sins.
May you rejoice in that Saviour as yours, who has delivered His own from eternal wrath.
When the saved ones go to heaven,
Messages of God’s Love 12/18/1932