GOSPEL NUGGETS
True Story
Dr. Mackay was a Scotsman and respected physician in Edinburgh. In his teenage days, before he left for college, his mother gave him a Bible. She wrote on it her name and his name with a Bible verse in the flyleaf. He went to university and there went with the wrong crowd and lived a licentious and corrupt life.
He became an atheist and was elected as the president of an atheistic society. One day an accident happened and a man was rushed to his care in the hospital. He was so badly and fatally injured that he only had a few hours left in him.
The man asked Dr. Mackay to tell him the truth about his condition and that he was ready to face death. He witnessed to Dr. Mackay that he had trusted in Christ for salvation and said: "Just put me anywhere you want doctor, I am ready to die."
Dr. Mackay told him that he only had three hours to live. "What do you want me to do for you?" the doctor asked. The man replied: "Please send someone to get my paycheck in one of my pockets and send it to my landlady. And tell her to send the book. She will know what book I mean."
Dr. Mackay arranged everything that the man's dying requests might be carried out. He went on with his duties in the hospital but his mind kept on flipping back to the man: "I am ready doctor. Just lay me down easy anywhere. I am ready." For the first time in his life, he was so interested about a patient from a personal standpoint.
He returned and asked the nurse how the man was doing. "He died just a few minutes ago" the nurse replied. "Did the book arrive?" asked the doctor. "Yes, it arrived here shortly just before he died" was the reply. "What was it? Was it a bankbook?" he further queried. "No, it was not a bankbook. He died with it under his pillow." replied the nurse.
Dr. Mackay went to the bedside and reached down under the sheet and drew a Bible from under the pillow. He opened it and there he saw his own Bible which her mother gave her years ago. It had his mother's name and his name on it with the Bible verse.
He lost this Bible by pawning it to get more cash for his drinking spree years ago. And now, it found its way back to him. He went inside a room and there repented of his sins and trusted in Christ for salvation.
