The Bible says, “He that hath the Son hath life . . . and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.” It’s just as simple as that. Today, it is obvious from political speeches that men are looking in vain for peace. Jeremiah of old wrote con cerning those who would arise say ing, “Peace, Peace, when there is no peace.” The heart of the man who does not know Christ as Saviour lacks satisfaction and contentment. He is constantly craving something and in the turmoil of frustration is miser able without that which only Christ can give . . . peace with God and the peace of God. These are two entirely different priceless commodities. Always it has been a mark of the times that the less peace there is in the world, the more people talk about it. It is a good theme for the politi cian and the diplomat. We talk about a “national purpose” which is care fully wrapped in the hopeful blanket of peace. But still there is no peace. Everyone is in favor of peace; we are willing to obtain it at almost any price. Evidently, from the promises we have heard, it is more important than home and liberty. As a nation, we have tried to protect ourselves against disaster, war, poverty, reces sion, old age, ill health, abuse of civil rights and even death itself. Still the man who is not on the Saviour side of the cross lacks peace of heart and satisfaction of purpose. As our friend, Vance Havner, so adequately ex pressed it: “If you want to know what we have the least of, listen to what we talk the most about!” And he is right. This is true of religion generally. It is easy to talk about religion. The magazines and books are full of it. It makes a good “punch- 13
A m e r ic a ’ s g r e a t h e r i t a g e was made strong through the deter-, mined courage and faith of our founding fathers. There is a great dividing line here in our country; a line that is even finer in its demar cation than that which will be noted at the polls. The dividing line does not come from one’s social standing, or the color of his skin, or even the political party or affiliation when the final “X” made on the ballot. The thing which puts a person into one group or the other is not an X—but a cross, the cross of the only Saviour of this world, the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible is a divider: it separates all peoples into two groups. The Lord said that His gospel of truth would separate even families. The problem today is that men do not realize, or perhaps they would like to forget such words as, “He that hath the Son [the Lord Jesus Christ] hath life, and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life, but the wrath of God abideth on him.” Humanity wants to relegate and to categorize individ uals, not according to biblical prin ciples, but according to political affili ations. We have many wonderful Demo crat listeners today, as well as many in the Republican party. But a stand for a party platform, a resolve con cerning one’s distaste for any at tempt to combine church and state, even a positive feeling toward doc trines of our particular denomina tion, are not the things that put men on one side of the cross or the other. This is decided rather one hundred percent by a man’s individual rela tionship to Jesus Christ. Whether or not by faith he has received the Lord as his own personal Saviour from sin, is the sole determining factor.
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