place for you . . . if it were not. so, I would have told you.” How wonderful to be able to trust His unchanging words. Don’t ever say you have lost a loved one if he has known the Sav iour. You know where he is if he is in Christ. You are still united in the Lord. I used to urge in my preaching, “Get ready to live,” rather than, “Get ready to die.” (I thought that sound ed pretty smart.) When you are ready to die, however, you are actu ally ready to live. We need to concern ourselves with how we may get in touch with Jesus Christ. Almost everybody believes that there was a person by the name of Jesus Christ as well that He died. Few people really believe that He arose again from the dead. It is one thing to believe about these facts and another thing to believe “in” them! Christ died for our sins. Our faith is not based on feelings, but rather upon facts. “Faith cometh by hear ing and hearing by the Word of God.” This is the age of the demytholo- gizers who tell us that the resurrec tion, as an example, did not really happen; it is just the beauty of the thought that is important. The Bible prophesies that in the last days men will turn from the truth to teach myths and fables. Don’t be mystified by these false teachers. The sad thing is that men can know the Scriptures but yet not know the Saviour. I t is not enough to believe that the Bible is the Word of God and that Christ is His Son. I could declare that I believe this bank is a dependable one, yet that won’t keep my money. There must be a deposit made. Paul testi fied, “I know whom I have trusted. (I know where I have made the de posit.) I am persuaded that He is able to keep it.” I think of a woman who was given her first check to cash. She had never done this before. When she took it to the bank, the teller told her she would have to endorse it. Following 20
instructions she turned it over and penned in, “I heartily endorse this check.” How much this is like so many who say that they believe that the Bible is the Word of God and heartily endorse it. This in itself, however, won’t save anybody. Each of us must sign on the “dotted line.” When you make the deposit of your faith, the Lord will also make His deposit with you. We are to keep that which has been committed. We have been given this treasure in earthen vessels. The privilege of wit nessing is our high and holy calling. Come just as you are, on the ground of His shed blood and you will find in Him the answer to every question for time and eternity. NO TIME You’ve time to build houses, and in them to dwell, And time to do business . . . to buy and to sell, But none for repentance, or deep earnest prayer, To seek your salvation you’ve not time to spare. You’ve time for earth's pleasures, for frolic and fun, For her glittering treasures now quickly you run, But care not to seek the fair man sions above, The favor of God or the gift of His love. You’ve time to resort to woods, mountains, and glens, And time to gain knowledge from books and of men, But no time to search for the wis dom of God; But what of your soul when you’re under the sod? For time will not linger when help less you lie; Staring death in the face, you will take time to die! Then, what of the judgment? Pause, think, I implore! For time will be lost on eternity's shore.
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