Saturday, May 29, 2021

Yes or No

The following account shows us how simple it is to just say “yes” to the Lord, and come to Him for salvation:

“I wonder, Harry, that you are not afraid to die; I am terribly afraid!” were the words of an old man to a young person, who lay on the bed next to him in a large ward of a city hospital.

Harry’s symptoms were telling plainly that his short life was fast nearing its end.

Mr. Clayton, a Christian visitor, had just been pressing on the old man the need of immediate acceptance of God’s free salvation. “I know it all,” he had replied, “but I do not understand how I can get it, how I can make it my own?”

“How did you get it, Harry?” the visitor asked, turning to the youth.

“Why, when the Lord Jesus said to me, ‘Come unto Me … and I will give you rest’ (Matthew 11:28), I just said with all my heart, ‘Yes, Lord, I come,’ and He was true to His word, and gave me rest. And when He said, ‘Come now’ (Isaiah 1:18), I said, ‘Yes, Lord, now; not tomorrow.’ And when He promised to forgive me freely, to make me His own, and fit me to be with Him forever, I just said, ‘Yes, Lord,’ for I knew He could not break His word. How could I say ‘No’ to Him?”