How sad religion without Christ is. You may believe that there is an eternal God in heaven and may attend religious meetings, yet not have received Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.
For many years I had just enough religion to make me miserable. Now I know Jesus as my Savior, and having Him, I am really happy. I wonder what your religion does for you.
A man I had met several times was always so gloomy. So one day I said to him: "Not many years ago I had enough religion to make me miserable, but not enough to make me happy! How is it with you?"
"That is my case exactly," he answered, surprised into confession by my own experience being so like his own.
Another time, soon after my conversion, a friend came to see me. As she entered the door she exclaimed: "Something has taken ten years from your face since I last saw you!"
"Oh," I replied, "the years from my face are as nothing to the burden the Lord Jesus has taken from my heart."
Friend, is the burden of unforgiven sins still weighing upon your heart? Do you know HIM, "Who His own self bare our sins in His own body on the tree"? The apostle Peter adds, "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).
Friend, there is rest and peace in knowing the deep meaning of these wonderful words, By His stripes I am healed.
Whatever your past experience has been, accept the Savior now, and in the future you will have Christ to make you happy in all conditions, and under all circumstances.