A missionary traveling in Korea heard of some Christians living away up in the mountains. He found a guide and after a long and dangerous climb they came upon a lonely cabin. When they had entered, and these Koreans knew that their visitor was a servant of the Lord they were delighted.
The missionary was anxious to hear how they had heard the gospel and had been saved. They told how, eight years before, they had received a copy of the gospel of Matthew from an English missionary. They had read its life-giving message and believed it in their simplicity. Ever since then they had prayed that God would send them somne to tell them more of the way of life.
How wonderful are the ways of God, for there, far off from the rest of the world, the light of the gospel had shone. What an encouragement to continue to sow the good seed, knowing that God gives the increase!
Yet how many there are in these favored lands who have a Bible but seldom, if ever, read it. They have heard the story of Jesus, but to them it is nothing more than history. Yet the Bible is, in reality, “the word of God, which liveth and abideth Forever.” 1 Pet. 1:2323Being born again, not of corruptible seed, but of incorruptible, by the word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever. (1 Peter 1:23). By it souls are born again, and by it sinners will be judged in the coming day.
Dear reader, have you read and believed this precious volume of truth? Have you seen in it more than mere history? Has it revealed to you your lost and ruined condition in the presence of a holy God? It says, “All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” Rom. 3:2323For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God; (Romans 3:23). It tells of God’s remedy too, for it says, “The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin.” 1 John 1:77But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin. (1 John 1:7). Some people will say, “Oh but it is so hard to undetand!” But the way of salvation is simple and plain. It is not a question of interpreting but of believing exactly what God says in this matter.
ML 01/15/1956