In the hospital the other day an old man who was a great grandfather, was telling me what a good mother he had had years ago. He still had the old family Bible she used to read to him when he was a boy. I ventured to suggest that perhaps she loved the Lord and is in heaven now. He felt that she was.
Then I asked, “How about you, Mr. Green, will you be there, too?”
“Oh,” he replied, “I was always good.”
I told Mr. Green that if he would read his old family Bible he would find out differently. For there God says, “There is none righteous, no, not one.” (Rom. 3:1010As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: (Romans 3:10).)
There was only one good Man on earth, and that was Jesus, God’s dear Son. He died for sinners to put their sins away, and the only goodness that God sees among the sons of men is Christ in the hearts of those who trust Him as their Saviour.
ML-04/02/1978