The Gospel In Mary Jane Veloso's Case
Mary Jane Veloso is a woman sentenced to die for drug trafficking in Indonesia. Only the president of Indonesia could save her. She was at his hands, at his mercy.
At the last hour, the Indonesian president gave her a reprieve. She accepted it and she was spared from certain death.
You see, spiritually speaking, we are all Mary Jane Velosos. We are all sinners and the sentence of death has been issued against us. We are all in death row awaiting our execution.
There is nothing we could do to save ourselves. Absolutely nothing! We are at God's mercy. Only His benevolence could save us from eternal death in the lake of fire.
Then God came to us, offering us His forgiveness and salvation in Christ. He says to us as it were: "You are a guilty sinner. But I am here to offer you deliverance from condemnation. My Son died for your sins and rose from the dead for you. Will you accept the pardon that I am offering to you?"
And everyone who trusts and relies on Christ and what He did on the cross for our salvation has accepted the pardon and is now free from judgment and damnation.
Have you accepted God's reprieve? Have you trusted in the Savior for salvation?
