SOME years ago, a class of boys in one of the Sunday schools was reading the third chapter of the Gospel of John.
A boy about twelve years of age had to read the fourteenth verse,
"And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up"; but when he came to the words "Son of man" he stopped.
His teacher desired him to go on, but he said he could not.
"And why not?" asked his teacher. "Because Jesus was lifted on the cross for my sins."
It had just come home to him that it was for his sins, among others, for which Christ had died.
"You feel then that you are a sinner?" said his teacher.
"O yes!" the boy replied, "but I hope Christ will pardon me."
"But how do you know you are a sinner?"
"Why you have often told us so yourself, but last Sunday evening the preacher said that he was afraid there were some there who, if called to appear in the presence of God, were not prepared to meet Him, and I felt that he meant me, or at least that his words would apply to me."
"Well, what did you do?"
"I felt I could do nothing but go home and pray to God for forgiveness."
"But do you not see, my dear boy, that if you finish reading this verse, it will just meet your case? Let me read it for you.
`That whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have eternal life.'"
That boy soon found the truth of these words, that through faith in Christ as his Saviour, he might know that all his sins were pardoned and that he should never perish, but have everlasting life.
Dear reader, have you yet been brought to know the same blessed portion of seeing Christ as the One who can meet all your need? He has first met all God's claims against you on account of your sins, and that is why He can now offer you life and salvation.
0, that you would turn to Him the eye of faith, trust Him as your loving Saviour, and then you can truthfully sing:
"Jesus, I do trust Thee,
Trust Thee with my soul;
Guilty, lost and helpless,
Thou hast made me whole."
Messages of God’s Love 12/11/1932