at the door [of your heart] and knock. If any man [or woman] hear my voice and open the door, I will come in.” That’s what happened to me years ago in young adulthood. Jesus Christ came to dwell in my heart by His Holy Spirit. The Saviour keeps what I commit. If I hang onto it my self, with my struggles, my wor ries, my fears, what peace will I enjoy? I ’ve committed to the Sav iour the whole question of my sin. I received His own wondrous sac rifice, His own shed blood. I’ve com mitted- to Him the penalty of my sin. He took it and gladly bore it on the cross through His own precious blood. I have committed to Him my past. I have committed to Him my future. What will happen when I die? Christ has said to me, “Let not your heart be troubled; ye believe in God, believe also in me. In my Fa ther’s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you . . . that where I am, there ye may be also.” But then I have committed to Him the present, too. I know He indwells my heart. He will never leave me. It’s so wonderful to know that today He is going to keep me step by step. Do you have to ask questions, or do you know? The Lord Jesus wants to become real at the cross for you, as well as day by day for all through life. If you’ve never been to the cross, why don’t you make Jesus real in your heart? Let Him meet the whole question of your sin, guilt and penalty of sin. God grant you may do so for His name’s sake. Piety means letting God bend your will, not just your knees. There’s plenty of room at the top, but not to sit down. The kind of wealth most of us need is not dollars as much as sense.
Bill Stump from Albuquerque, New Mexico, is this year's president of Biola's Phoenix affiliate, the Arizona Bible Colege. A junior, Mr. Stump is seek ing the Lord's will for his future along with the other students of the Arizona Bible Colege.
Mr. Robert Bowles (seated), business manager of Biola's Phoenix affiliate, the Arizona Bible Colege, meets with Mr. Vernon Doerksen, director of Public Relations for ABC. Although confined to a wheel chair, Mr. Bowles' testimony and ministry for the Lord has been greatly blessed in the Phoenix operation. Both Mr. Bowles and Mr. Doerksen are graduates of Talbot Theological Seminary pos ess ing master of theology degrees.
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