A young officer lay on a hospital cot ill with fever. He was much loved by all who called him friend and much esteemed by the men of his company. He had led a gay and carefree life; but now illness had come to arrest him in the midst of his enjoyment of earthly pleasures.
One night in a dream he saw a great number of men and women passing over a bridge, and suddenly he found himself in the midst of them. Looking ahead, he saw a man sitting on an elevated seat, and just below him was a closed door. When the soldier came to it he attempted to open it; but at that moment the man on the seat above called to him: "Where is your passport? This is the door to heaven. No one can enter here without a passport.”
He awakened, completely changed in his thoughts from what he had been before. He had never seriously asked himself what was to be the end of his gay life. The words, "Where is your passport?" now burned into his soul. What could he answer?
As the days passed his distress increased and deepened into anxiety. He saw that in the sight of God he was a lost sinner. "A passport for heaven! What sort of passport can give a man entrance there?" Over and over he asked himself this question; but he received no answer that would satisfy his soul.
"When I get out of this hospital," he thought, "I will ask leave and go see my old captain. He, I know, is a Christian. He will tell me what this passport is.”
His difficulty was soon solved. His friend told him that Jesus was the sinner's passport to heaven. Faith in His name, and in the precious blood of Christ which was shed for sinners brought peace and joy to the young officer. Trusting in Jesus and His cleansing blood was his passport to heaven.
Dear reader, have you found it? Nothing less will enable you to stand before God; and blessed be His name, He asks nothing more. Jesus of Nazareth can save you. God has attached salvation to His name only.