GOSPEL NUGGET # 108

1Pe 1:19 "...the precious blood of Christ..."

One time a Christian guard was meditating on the preciousness of the blood of Christ while he was in his watch. He was guarding this honeycombed structure made of corridors and many different interconnected passageways.

Suddenly an officer came out of the darkness and demanded from him the password:

"The password?!!?" the officer asked authoritatively.

He was so surprised and startled and overcome that mindlessly he mistakenly blurted out what was on his mind and said: "The precious blood of Christ." And realizing his mistake, he then corrected himself and gave the correct password.

But you know those words ("the precious blood of Christ") winged its way to the inner passageways and corridors and fell on the ears of a sinner having soul trouble somewhere in that place. He was convicted of his sin and realized for the first time in his life who he was in God's eyes---a sinner in need of salvation.

He heard those words, trusted in the shed blood of Christ and he got saved right that moment.

That is why I never tire of telling people over and over again that Christ died for our sins and rose again from the dead for our salvation, in the hopes that some precious soul, having soul trouble, under the conviction of the Holy Spirit would hear this Good News of a message, trust in Christ and find salvation.

My prayer is that God would arrange events and situations that me as a preacher would be placed within earshot with those who are prepared by the Holy Spirit by conviction of sin.