0323. THE GREAT QUESTION.

THE GREAT QUESTION.

"What must I do to be saved" (Act_16:30)

This is, perhaps, the most important question that can come from the lips of mortal man. A great work has been wrought in him when he is constrained to ask it. Christ Himself is God’s only answer to this cry of man’s deepest need, but the manner of appropriating this gift is differently expressed in the Scriptures of Truth.

I. Believe on Him and be Saved. "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved. "He was born a Saviour, He died to save, He lives to save. "Believe ye that I am able to do this?" (Mat_9:28).

II. Receive Him and be Saved (Joh_1:12). He is God’s gift to a perishing world. Every perishing man may take Him. "The gift of God is eternal life" (Rom_6:23).

III. Come to Him and be Saved (Mat_11:28). Your good works are like broken cisterns that can hold no water; they are physicians of no value. "Him that cometh unto Me I will in no wise cast out" (Joh_6:37).

IV. Trust in Him and be Saved (Psa_2:12). Trust not in feelings, emotions, nor the striving arm of flesh. Trust not in your own righteousness, nor in your own understanding. Only trust Him.

V. Hear Him and be Saved. "This is My beloved Son, hear ye Him." Hear, and your soul shall live.

VI. Look unto Him and be Saved (Isa_45:22). "As Moses lifted up the serpent, so must the Son of Man be lifted up" (Joh_3:14). "The wounded looked, and straight were cured." Look and live.

VII. Yield to Him and be Saved. "Yield yourselves to God" (Rom_6:13). Yield to His Word, to His will, to His way. Let go every self-supporting twig, and fall, body, soul, and spirit, into the arms of Jesus. Let your will to Him be given. "Ye will not come to Me that ye might have life" (Joh_5:40).

Autor: James Smith