Evening Reading for July 24 John 14:1-6 Suggested further reading: Revelation 20:11-15 The Lord Jesus shuts out all ways of salvation but himself. `No man, he declares, `no man cometh unto the Father but by me. `Coming to the Father in this place means coming to him in a friendly relation for peace and comfort now in this life. `By me is literally `through me, as a door, a gate, a road, a path, an entrance. It is an expression which would be peculiarly expressive to the Jews, taught from their childhood to draw near to God only through the priests. It avails nothing that a man is clever, learned, highly gifted, amiable, charitable, kind-hearted and zealous about some sort of religion. All this will not save his soul if he does not draw near to God by Christs atonement and make use of Gods own Son as his Mediator and Saviour. God is so holy that all men are guilty and debtors in his sight. Sin is so sinful that no mortal man can make satisfaction for it. There must be a mediator, a ransom-payer, a redeemer, between ourselves and God, or else we can never be saved. There is only one door, one bridge, one ladder, between earth and heaven — the crucified Son of God. Whosoever will enter in by that door may be saved, but to him who refuses to use that door the Bible holds out no hope at all. Without shedding of blood there is no remission. Let us beware, if we love life, of supposing that mere earnestness will take a man to heaven, though he know nothing of Christ. The idea is a deadly and ruinous error. Sincerity will never wipe away our sins. It is not true that every man will be saved by his own religion, no matter what he believes, so long as he is diligent and sincere. We must not pretend to be wiser than God. Christ has said, and Christ will stand to it, `No man cometh unto the Father but by me. For meditation: Is your name in the Lambs book of life?
Posted on: Thu, 24 Jul 2014 19:55:14 +0000
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