“I COULD never tell you,” said a man to I me the other day, “what a power in my life that little word ALL has been. That word first awakened me to a sense of my lost and depraved condition before God. Then through that I got peace, rest, and joy in Him, and all the way through it has been the sheet-anchor of my soul. I will give you the verses,” he continued; “they will tell their own tale.
“(1) ‘All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.’ I was included in that ‘all,’ and sin could never enter heaven. Sin is punished with death, but, blessed be God, the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin.
“(2) ‘All we like sheep have gone astray,’ but the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all, and whosoever believeth on Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. Then cometh all grace, all sufficiency, all things. The human mind cannot grasp what is included in that ‘all’ things. Oh, these alls of Christ,” he exclaimed, “they are beautiful.”
Reader, are they beautiful to you? Your first need is salvation; salvation from the condemnation and power of sin; salvation through the finished work of Christ. All blessings are offered you now, free and full. Remember, there is a day coming when we must all appear before the judgment-seat of Christ.
K. R.