The late Dr. Chalmers lay dying. Knowing that his end was approaching, he said to a friend standing near him: "Now just give me a little bit of naked truth to die upon.”
Dr. Chalmers had often preached the gospel with all the charm of his own natural eloquence. He knew it well; but now he wanted to hear it in all the majestic sweetness of the naked Word of God without any human embellishments. How well he knew that this was the only safe ground upon which the soul may drop its anchor for full assurance of eternal salvation! "The gospel of Christ... is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth." Rom. 1:1616For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. (Romans 1:16).
In such moments as these the false hope of a Christ-less religion is shattered, and infidel theories collapse before the rising tide. When the death wave rolls up to you, unsaved reader, then you will want, and want badly too, what the believer in the Lord Jesus Christ has got. Listen to him singing:
"We have an anchor that keeps the soul
Steadfast and sure while the billows roll;
Fastened to the Rock which cannot move,
Grounded firm and deep in the Savior's love.”
"CHRIST JESUS CAME INTO
THE WORLD TO SAVE
SINNERS.”