Willie’s, had been amused in very early days through the Holy Spirit’s gracious work. He knew that he was a sinner, and unfit to spend eternity in heaven.
A dream further alarmed him. He thought he was being pursued by Satan who wished to bring about his eternal ruin. Glad he was when he woke up to find himself in his bed, and that the day of salvation was not yet past.
The truth of the coming of Christ for His own before His reign, was spoken of as well, and the words of verses 15 and 16, of 1 Thessalonians were quoted.
“For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first.
Then we which are alive and remain, shall be caught tip together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
The speaker said that the glorious event might take place at any moment. That the Lord might come and call the saved ones to be with Himself.
“If He came to-night,” he said “many saved fathers and mothers would be caught up and taken away from their unsaved sons and daughters, and many saved sons and daughters would be caught up and taken away from their unsaved fathers and mothers.”
He showed that those who were left, would be exposed to the judgment of God, and that if they died in their sins, they would come up to stand before the great white throne.
Willie knew well that his father and mother were saved, and was sure that if the Lord. Jesus came then, they would be taken away. He felt sure, too, that he must be left behind, and that the judgment would fall upon him because of his sins.
After the meeting he hurried home, weeping bitterly and sought to hide himself from everybody. Then going to bed, he buried his head under the bed-clothes and began to plead with God to save him.
Soon some words which Willie had seen quoted in a gospel leaflet, came to his mind,
It was like a message from God to the boy. But could it be true? Could it be for him?
“Lord, how am I to know it?” he asked.
“For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should. not perish but have everlasting life.”
Willie knew that whosoever meant anyone, therefore, it must mean him.
“I believed it and I was saved, are his words as he tells the story.
Many years have passed by, but Willie still lives and seeks to serve the One who died for him.
The judgment to come has no terror for him: He knows that the Lord Jesus bore the judgment he deserved, and that He is His deliverer from the wrath to come.
How is it with YOU?
Come now to Willie’s Saviour, and He will save you too.
Turn now to Him, the Saviour of sinners. Receive Him as your Saviour and Lord, and present and permanent salvation shall be yours. Then will you be happy in His presence, and a blessing to others.
ML 02/18/1940