JIM WAS spending a day at Muskrat lake, north of Grand Rapids, Michigan. He brought his dog Tippy along, for both were good friends, and he knew that Tippy was a good protector.
All of a sudden Jim and Tippy saw a rattlesnake in the grass. It was about to strike at Jim, when Tippy attacked the snake, and instead of biting Jim, the snake bit the dog. Soon after the snake was killed by neighbors.
How thankful Jim was that Tippy had saved his life. He rushed the dog to a veterinary, who helped him rover from his wound. Tippy is fine now, and no master is more pleased with his dog than Jim. Tippy even had his picture in the newspaper, with Jim looking on!
How thankful we should be, too, that the Lord Jesus took our punishment on the cross. He suffered there for your sins and mine so that we wouldn’t have to bear our punishment in hell. What a wonderful Saviour He is! “Who His own Self bare our sins in His own body on the tree... by whose stripes ye were healed.” 1 Peter 2:2424Who his own self bare our sins in his own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness: by whose stripes ye were healed. (1 Peter 2:24).
I hope that everyone reading this little paper can say, “The Son of God, Who loved me, and gave Himself for me.” Galatians 2:2020I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me. (Galatians 2:20). The Lord Jesus died for everyone, but can you say, He died for me? We must make it a personal matter, for Jesus is a personal Saviour; we must make Him our own.
ML-01/19/1969