nity. On which side of the Cross is your life today ? How have you voted concerning God’s free gift of salva tion, extended tb you by His grace and mercy at this hour? “How then shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?” “Behold, now is the ac cepted time, behold, now is the day of salvation!” SEVEN MILES FROM SIN This has been an exciting and thrill ing time at Biola with another record enrollment. Because of lack of space, we have had to turn away several hun dred deserving students seeking prep aration for Christian service. There seems to be little need to advertise for students. That’s evidently not true with all colleges. There’s a small one down in the South which used to seek en- rollees by assuring parents of its clean environment. The ad read, “We’re lo cated in the country, seven miles from any form of sin." That’s quite a loca tion isn’t it? Think what it would be like living in such an area. In fact, what would it be like even one mile away from sin? The actual fact of the matter is that regardless where we are, no one can get away from himself. The Bible reminds us that all men are sin ners. In Romans 5:12 we read, “Where fore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned” The truth is that man’s own heart, individually, is deceitful and, above all things, desperately wicked. No one but the Lord can know it. But while one in this life can’t get away from sin, yet he who has Jesus Christ in his heart and has yielded himself to the Lord may live in victory and peace amidst a world of abounding evils and alluring temptations. Moving to the country “seven miles away from sin” is no more help than moving to the delightful atmosphere of a Christian college like Biola. He who is without Christ will fall into iniquity even though he may be far removed from an outlet of organized sin, crime or corruption. Keep in mind this Scrip tural certainty: “He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life” (I John 5:12). 15
bidden fruit, which must be more ap pealing than righteolis living. “Sock it to me” time is more important than the study of God’s Word. The result is moral chaos which has brought our country to the very brink of catastrophe and spiritual bankruptcy. Now, I am not a “crepe-hanger” nor am I a “prophet of doom” but I say to you, that the far-reaching im plications which have been well dis cussed, possibly in your church, will be decided at the polls. Let the Lord’s people stand up and fearlessly vote for the right, regardless of family ties or traditional positions. Then for those in our listening audience who have sought for peace of mind, who have looked almost fruitlessly for satisfaction, realize that the polls don’t divide men. The great division comes when a person accepts or re jects the Lord Jesus Christ as per sonal Saviour — God’s only way of redemption, the only One who can comfort a troubled heart and bring true peace and satisfaction. All have sinned; all need a Saviour. In which group are you to be found today, the “haves” — those who have eternal life through Christ — or the “have-nots” — those who have never believed upon Him for their soul’s eternal salvation ? Let me repeat that simple verse, in the words of the Lord Jesus Christ, Himself: “He that hath the Son, hath life, and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life, but the wrath of God abid- eth on him.” Perhaps your husband, or your wife has persuaded you to vote a cer tain way, but when the time comes to cast your ballot, the choice you make will be known only in the con fines of that polling booth. Perhaps the results can be changed in four years. But the decision you make at this moment, known only in the pri vacy of your own home — there is the kitchen, the bedroom, the car, the office, or the shop — will be settled forever and will count for all eter
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