p. 11 | Salvation in a Look

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 14, 1903

Salvation in a Look

God says, “Look unto me, and be ye saved.” Salvation is in a look. “There’s life in a look.”

When the children of Israel were dying of the bites of venomous serpents, “the Lord said unto Moses, Make thee a fiery serpent, and set it upon a pole: and it shall come to pass, that every one that is bitten, when he looketh upon it, shall live. And Moses made a serpent of brass, and put it upon a pole, and it came to pass, that if a serpent had bitten any man, when he beheld the serpent of brass, he lived.” Num. 21: 8, 9.

“And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.” John 11: 14, 15. Looking in faith saves us. “We all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory.” “For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory; while we look not at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen.” 2 Cor. 3: 18; 4: 17, 18.

While we look at the Lord, he looks at us, and the light of his countenance saves. The light of the knowledge of the glory of God shines in the face of Jesus Christ. When Peter denied the Lord with cursing and swearing, Jesus turned and looked upon Peter, and immediately Peter received repentance and forgiveness. No one can possibly be lost while he is steadfastly looking unto Jesus.—Selected.