A little group waited in the prayer-room after the Gospel meeting. They were an aged miner, a care-worn younger woman, and a little girl about ten years old. First, I sought to bring before the two older ones the good news of God's offer of salvation and the urgent need of their acceptance before it was too late. Then I turned to the little girl, saying, "And would you like to be saved, too?"
With a happy smile she replied, "I am saved, sir! I am just waiting till Mother is saved, too."
I thus became aware that the happy child was the daughter of the anxious woman whom I had been pointing to the Savior.
"And how do you know that you are saved?" I addressed this question to the child, desiring that might tell in her own simple manner the way of life, so that these two seekers could hear it. I knew she could tell it in a way that they would understand.
"It says in my Testament that Jesus died for sinners. That is what I am, so I know He died for me. And it says that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. I believe, and so eternal life is mine."
I turned to the old man and the woman and said: "Do you hear that? That is God's way of salvation, told by a little child who possesses it. Are you willing to be saved in the same way?"
By this time both were in tears, and I believe that, realizing their need of a Savior, both of them came to Him as sinners and received His salvation. The child rose with a beam of joy on her face. First, she threw her arms around her mother. Then, to my surprise, she kissed the aged man. He was her grandfather! All three went away rejoicing in Christ: yes, three generations saved by believing in the same Jesus in the same way—by simply trusting Him.
Are you saved, my reader? You can be right now; for this same Jesus waits to welcome you as He did those three. Come to Him now just as you are, for "This Man receiveth sinners." Luke 15:22And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. (Luke 15:2).