WHAT must I do to be saved? Question of all questions! Its importance―who can measure? It will not be asked in eternity―no, dear reader, never, never, save this side of the grave and the judgment. Have you ever earnestly asked―What must I do―I, an immortal being, whose life-journey will so soon be over―what must I do to be saved? Often indeed you have said of friends you know, “Poor! he was cut off in a moment, never a chance to think about his soul.” But you are still spared your strength of mind and body; today, dear friend, is your opportunity. “Now is the day of salvation,” says the Scripture. Thank God for this, and as you do so―oh, get upon your knees and cry to God, What must I do to be saved?
Think of all the sins of your life! you must give an account to God for every one of them. As men live, so men die. Think, as you look around on poverty, sickness, death, what sin has done on earth, and inquire what then must eternity be for unsaved sinners! You cannot retrace one step, or recall one evil word! From the depth of your soul cry to God, What must I do to be saved?
Thus says the Scripture, “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house.” (Acts 16:3131And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:31).) The Lord Jesus is the Saviour; He died to put away sin, He bore the judgment of God against sin. Sinner, believe on Him, and you shall be saved. Repentant sinner, if you have been a persecutor of God’s people, a blasphemer, or have lived like a heathen, whoever, whatever you are, the blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, suffices for all your sins. Believe on Him who shed His blood, and you shall be saved.
Nor shall this blessed salvation be for you alone; your house will become a changed place. Your relations, your neighbors will soon find out that you are no longer a slave of sin; they will see in you a sinner saved, and through you they shall get a blessing. God grant you to cry for salvation, and to find the Saviour now, today, and to be a blessing to others.