A French nobleman was suffering from what appeared to be a mental disorder. Seeking a cure he went to a noted doctor. After a thorough examination the doctor said, “I can find nothing wrong in your body which would cause Your trouble.”
“Doctor, help me if you can! This depression and sadness will make me lose my mind.”
The doctor then turned his attention to the nobleman’s life. His questions brought out that the man was very pleased with himself, that he had no enemies and that peace and love reigned in his family circle. With one more question from the doctor, he acknowledged that he did not believe in Christianity. He said too that one of the teachings of Christianity always haunted him; it was fear of judgment to come. Thereupon the doctor, taking from his bookcase a well-worn Bible, said, “I have an old Book which captains the remedy for your trouble.”
Turning to Isaiah, chapter 53, he handed the Bible to his patient, requesting him to read it aloud, line by line. As the reading went on, the doctor told the nobleman that it was Jesus who was spoken of by Isaiah the prophet. As he sat reading that wonderful chapter, the cure was expected. The sick nobleman became the believing nobleman. His fears of judgment to come were all gone now.
If you do not know the Lord Jesus Christ as your own personal Saviour, you should certainly be afraid of judgment to come. But you can be saved now by simply trusting in the finished work of the Son of God.
“As it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many.” Heb. 9: 27,28.
ML 10/08/1967