*wBibk andbcck {Formerly known as ,fPocket Bible Handbook ”) Book OF a Lifetime . . . FOR a Lifetime Loved alike by . . . Young and Old Widely Used in Colleges and Seminaries Highly Commended by leading Magazines Specially Useful for S S Teachers Invaluable for all Bible Readers It is an Abbreviated Bible Comm entary, with Notes on Books of the Bible, their Historical, Geo graphical and Chronological Backgrounds, with 75 Illustrative Maps: A m a z in g A r c h a e o lo g ic a l D is c o v e r ie s , Confirming or Illustrating Bible History, with 78 Authentic Photographic Reproductions: Related H istorical D ata from the Annals of Babylon, Egypt, Assyria, Persia, Greece and Rome, touching the Bible Story: How W e Got the Bible, Formation of Old and New Testaments, Apocryphal Books, Manuscripts, and Early Christian Writings: An Epitom e o f Church H istory, Connecting Bible Times with Our Own; Early Church Fathers, Persecutions, Rise of the Papacy, the Popes, Luther, and the Reformation. There is nothing published, of its size, that has anything like as much practical Biblical information. {Further particulars sent on request} Now in its 20th EDITION In this Edition, the Two Books, POCKET BIBLE HANDBOOK and BEST BIBLE VERSES are Combined into One, the HANDBOOK now containing Best Bible Verses. It has the same appearance and page size as the 19th Edition, except it is about a quarter of an inch thicker, being 4 x 6V4 x 1% inches. 956 Pages Cloth Bound $3.00 {Two $2.00 books combined into One, at $3-00. As books now sell, it is still a genuine bargain.} Order from your Bookstore or H. H. HALLEY, Box 774, Chicago 90, III.
So Great Salvation
A great deal has been written on the impor t ant subject of salvation. Poems have been composed about it; songs have been sung about it; whole libraries of books have unfold ed its merits and expounded its mys teries. Yet people continue to cry in their perplexity, “What must I do to be saved?” The term salvation is found about 45 times in the New Testament and sets before us two major ideas, that of being rescued from a lost estate of sin with its penalty of spiritual death, and that of being brought into a saved estate of harmony with God and union with Christ. Salvation is actually a broad summary term, in cluding every divine undertaking for the believer from his deliverance from the penalty of sin unto his final pre sentation in glory, conformed to the image of Christ. It stresses the fact that it is possible to enter into a right relationship with God, eternally free from the guilt and the penalty of one’s sin. Without salvation, men are spiritually “lost,” devoid of righteous ness, with no grounds upon which to approach a thrice holy God. For our knowledge of salvation we are shut up to the, Scriptures. The heavens may declare the glories of God, but they do not teach us how to be saved. The Bible makes it plain that salvation is a work God per forms for man; it is not a work man performs for God (Rom. 4:5; Eph. 2: 8,9; Titus 3:5). It is therefore impos sible to merit salvation by the per formance of good deeds, acts of char ity and the like; even the best within us fails miserably when it comes to satisfying divine justice or when of fered as a means of commending our selves toward God (Isa. 64:6). Nor is salvation inherited by birth or breed ing, nor gained by religious •attain ments and exercises. Salvation is a gift from God and is granted in re sponse to a new and vital relationship to Christ. “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among
men, whereby we must be saved” (Acts 4:12). The way of salvation boils down to three chief ingredients, a need, a provision and a response. Obviously, the human need is the fact that “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God;” and that “the wages of sin is death” (Rom. 3:23; 6:23). Let all who desire to be saved first recog nize their lost estate and the just condemnation of God. A man’s first real step toward salvation is to recog nize his helpless and hopeless condi tion. Next is the knowledge, through the Word, of the divine provision, namely, a crucified Saviour. The sin and penalty which was rightfully ours was borne by a sinless Substi tute, the Lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world (John 1: 29). He who knew no sin was made sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him (2 Cor. 5:21). To stop here, however, would be to know the facts without knowing the Saviour. There must be a personal response to these truths, an acceptance by faith of Christ as Saviour. “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name” (John 1:12). Sinners who, in faith, come to Christ for salvation will in no wise be cast out (John 6:37), but will receive the gift of God which is eternal life (Rom. 6:23). The author of Hebrews, meditating upon this great theme, was forced to exclaim, “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?” (Heb. 2:3). Salvation is great because of the love which provided it; it is great because of the price which was paid for it; it is great because of the mighty transformations wrought by it; great, because of the multitudes redeemed by it; great, because of the blessings which are included with it. Let all who read these lines be sure they are saved. Without Christ there is no salvation and no escape! END.
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