Will you come along, Sandy, to the tent for an hour, and hear the Word of God?” said a Christian girl to an aged fisherman, whom she had known from her childhood.
“I will, my lassie, if you can show me where the evidences are that the Bible is the Word of God. I have never yet met anybody who could do that,” said the old man, who prided himself in being sceical.
“What is the best evidence that a banknote is genuine, Sandy?” asked the girl.
“When you get the money for it,” said the old man, “Well, Sandy, God promises salvation to the sinner who believes on His Son, and I have it,” said the girl, adding, “Come along and get it too.” The aged fishean seemed amazed. He could have aued and discussed “evidences” long enough, but here was a living person who had “cashed” the note, and was in actual possession of salvation. That was more difficult to deal with.
Yes, unbelievers, old or young, may reason and argue against the “plan” of salvation, as people call it; and they may ask for evidences that the Bible is true. Here is an “evidence” that no unbeliever can get rid of. God says in His Word, that if a sinner believes on His Son, He becomes a possessor of everlasting life. I take Him at His word, and prove it true. God gives what He says, and everlasting life is mine.
And it will he yours likewise on the same conditions, for the Word says it is for “whosoever”. This is surely clear and simple enough, is it not? There is no mystery about it. God says that the sier who believes on His Son, then and there becomes a personal possessor of everlasting life. If you want to be sure that it is yours, just take God at His Word.
ML 01/25/1942