Salvation Principles Taken From Events In Life
Clair scanned the small secluded bathroom he was accidentally confined in. The door just refuses to open.
His hands were clammy and a trickle of cold sweat can be seen on his forehead. His heart raced and skipped a beat. The walls around him seemed to close in on him as he struggled to catch his breath.
Trapped, alone, isolated and helpless he frantically called out for help but no one could hear his cries as it was drowned by the deafening noise outside. A band was playing, filling the place with war music.
His efforts to extricate himself were to no avail. He could not do anything at all. The situation was beyond him. Forever went by and then help finally came. But one by one, they proved to be no match to the situation. They were all not equal to it. He was still tightly shut in and jammed as he was.
Deliverance only came when a carpenter was called in who skillfully undid the door knob.
What we have here is nothing less than a picture of salvation. Man as a sinner is jammed and shut in by sin. He could never free himself from the penalty, power and presence of sin. He is totally helpless.
Man-made helps like religion, morality and other self-help schemes could never pull him out. Deliverance could only come from the Carpenter from Nazareth, the Lord Jesus Christ. It is He alone who can undo sin and who can successfully pull you out from the spiritual rot and detention you are in.
