WHAT a wonderful statement! All of God, and all about Christ—Who He is, and what He has done! And oh! how wonderful its effect on those who receive it. It was to be preached among all nations; and no wonder, for through this gospel when believed the kindness of God is felt, the bonds of sin are dissolved, Satan is defeated, the sinner saved; and at the same time Christ as Saviour endeared to the poor sinner’s heart. Then it is that the unsearchable riches of Christ fill up and satisfy the soul as nothing else can do.
Sure I am that others are exposed to the like dangers that surrounded me. Some may even now be seeking to free themselves from the sins that allure them on in darkness, as I so often had done, only to find things growing worse, until the redemption that is in Christ shined upon my soul. Then it was that as I believed I felt the power of God for me, and over me, for good. My eyes were now opened. I began to see that the very God against whom I had sinned—and whose word I had so neglected—not only cared for me, but was, in His love to me, setting forth in this good news the death of His own Son as the propitiation for my sins. There I saw that the forgiveness of sins was freely offered me—the sinner—through the sufferings of Christ on the cross for me. I began to see that the dreadful thing in me called sin—sin the flesh—had been condemned in the sending of the Holy Son of God as a sacrifice for sin on the cross. What a change; nothing seemed before me now but love. In this way the kindness and love of God our Saviour toward man overpowered me, and from thence my desire has been that others too may know Jesus as their Saviour. As a man among my fellows, I do so long for others to know, and taste the love that led Jesus to die.
My dear reader, whatever men may say, or do, or think, “the true light is now shining,” and in this blessed gospel of God’s grace Christ and His work are set forth by God clearly. As the sun in the heavens shines free for all, so is Christ the Saviour now evidently set forth. Nothing but His own precious blood could have paid the price of our redemption. This has been done—eternal redemption has been obtained—and God now comes forth as the Justifier of all those who believe in Jesus, and this freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ. I do trust that you, my friend, may see light in God’s light. Oh! that you may know the gift of God—of eternal life—and what Christ is to those who receive Him as the Saviour of the lost. This is the love that God still commends, and that this love may be your portion and joy is the writer’s earnest desire.
E. T.