You will notice in our interesting picture today a ship in the distance, tossing on the stormy sea. It looks as though it was in trouble. Perhaps it has struck a rock and is sinking. So some brave sailors have started out from the lighthouse in a big row-boat, hoping to reach the ship before it sinks and to save the people on it. How the people on the sinking ship will welcome the life boat. Can you imagine one of them saying,
“I don’t want to go in to your boat. I can save myself?” No, he knows better than to think he can save himself.
And yet, dear reader, there are many people who think they can save themselves from the storm of God’s wrath, which will surely fall on all who refuse to accept His beloved. Son as their Saviour, by their “good works.”
God’s Word tells us that eternal life is a gift, not something we can earn.
To refuse this gift of God is far more serious than to refuse to be taken into the life-boat, for it means eternal loss and punishment.
Unsaved one, you cannot save yourself. Your good deeds count for nothing with God. Listen to what God says about them in His Word:
“All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags.” Isa, 64:6.
Turn to the Saviour,—your only way of escape from sin and its consequences.
ML 04/19/1936