"I am the way," says Jesus: the way to God, the way to eternal glory. There is no peace, no joy, no light, no salvation apart from Him. "He that hath the Son hath LIFE." 1 John 5:1212He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. (1 John 5:12).
Reader, do you have Christ? I do not ask if you have religion, or if you have a good character in the world; but HAVE YOU CHRIST? If you have Him, you have all, for time and through eternal day. Without Him, you have nothing, though the wealth of the universe were in your possession. You are unblest still if you have not Christ. You are unsaved still if you have not Christ. You are on your way to eternal ruin if you have not Christ. You are lost if you have not Christ.
Oh, the grace that brought Christ down from the highest glory—down to us in our ruin, so that He, the good Samaritan, might have His way with us. (Luke 10.)
By nature we take our own way. Not only have we, like sheep, gone astray, but we have turned our own way. And oh, what a way it has been! Far from God, from Christ, without hope of salvation, on the dark, dark mountains of sin and of folly.
"There is a way which seemeth right unto a man; but the end thereof are the ways of death." Prov. 14:1212There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. (Proverbs 14:12). Death, that grim monster, man's last enemy, like a mighty detective, waits at the end of man's way and hands him over to judgment.
My sinner-friend, truly the end of the day of grace is at hand. The coming of the Lord draweth nigh. I beseech you, while it is yet "today," turn from your own godless, willful way. It leads only to destruction. "Seek ye the Lord while He may be found." Soon it will be too late. Turn to Him while He is near, for He has said: