GOSPEL LIGHT #712

"That's the Man Who Died For My Sins" 

True Story 

There was this boy who was mentally handicapped with a speech impediment. He could only speak two words at a time. There was this Christian who worked with handicapped children, who took notice of the boy. 

He noticed that the boy, where ever he went, kept carrying with Him a picture of the Lord Jesus knocking on the door. And so, he sat beside him and asked him about the picture: "Who is the Man in the picture?" 

"A Man" was the reply.

"Yes, I know it's a Man, but what Man?" he probed.

"You know," the boy replied.

"But tell me who is the Man?" he insisted. 

"You know," said the boy with a speech impediment.

After several attempts to try to get the boy to articulate to him who was in the picture exactly, finally, the boy replied: "That's the Man that died for my sins."

When it comes to almost everything else, he could but utter two words, but, when it comes to this Man, he was finally able to say "That's the Man who died for my sins." 

How about you my friend? We all have a handicap, a spiritual one. Do you know this Man? Can you say, with faith in your heart "That's the Man who died for my sins?" 

 

GOSPEL LIGHT #711

I Would Rather Owe My Salvation To Christ Than To Myself 

Salvation is by faith alone and not by works. A sinner does not work for salvation but from salvation. That's that.

However, even if there hypothetically existed two ways of being saved—one based on one's works and the other through faith solely in Christ's work on the cross — I would unequivocally opt for the salvation that's freely received through faith in Christ. 

Why? I want to owe everything to Him. I want all the glory to go to Him. I want all the credit to go to Him when it comes to the salvation of my soul. I want to be in a heaven where He is glorified 100%. 

He gave everything for me and left nothing for Himself on the cross of Calvary when He died for my sins. Thus, it is only but right that all the merit and recognition for my soul's salvation should be attributed to Him.

That's how God wants it in salvation. Do you want the Lord Jesus to be glorified 100% in your salvation? Trust in what He did on the cross alone for your salvation.