AT the close of a gospel preaching I asked an old woman, who had evidently passed the allotted time of “three-score years and ten,” this question, “What are your hopes for eternity?”
“Very good,” she replied.
I again pressed her as to what her hopes were on.
“Christ,” she replied.
Dear reader! I ask you, what are your hopes for eternity? Where do you expect to spend eternity? Is it with Christ? Then you must close now, in time, with God’s offer of pardon, through the precious blood-shedding of the Lord Jesus Christ on the cross. Jesus came to seek sinners, Jesus died to save sinners, and Jesus now lives to save sinners. He received sinners when down here. (Luke 15:22And the Pharisees and scribes murmured, saying, This man receiveth sinners, and eateth with them. (Luke 15:2)). And Jesus is the same yesterday, to-day, and forever. (Heb. 13:88Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. (Hebrews 13:8)).
He has been to the cross. He has there suffered, “the Just for the unjust.” He “died for the ungodly,” and above all He has glorified God, and finished the work God gave Him to do.
Again, dear reader, let me put the question, “What are your hopes for eternity?”
E. G.