“WHAT MUST I DO TO BE SAVED?”
By A. Smith
“ALL have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.” Rom. 3:23. If all have sinned, I am certainly one of the number. But “Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners” (1 Tim. 1:15); and since I am a sinner, Jesus came to save me. “God so loved the world, that He gave His only-begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life.” John 3:16. Therefore God so loved me that He gave His Son to die that I “should not perish, but have everlasting life.” But what must I do to be saved?—“Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved.” Acts 16:31. But I am so wicked that I am not fit to be a Christian. “O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?” Rom. 7:24. “Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord; tho your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; tho they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool.” Isa. 1:18. “Let not conscience make you linger,
Nor of fitness fondly dream;
All the fitness He requireth
Is to feel your need of Him.” I do feel my need of Jesus, but how can I go to Him? where shall I find Him? “The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon Him, to all that call upon Him in truth.” Ps. 145:18. “Before they call, I will answer; and while they yet are speaking, I will hear.” Isa. 65:24. God is faithful; He will do just as He promises. Then will I ask Jesus to bring all the sins of my life to my remembrance, so that I may confess them and be forgiven. “Just as I am, without one plea
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
And that Thou bidst me come to Thee,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
“Just as I am, and waiting not
To rid my soul of one dark blot,
To Thee, whose blood can cleanse each spot,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
“Just as I am, Thou wilt receive,
Wilt welcome, pardon, cleanse, relieve;
Because Thy promise I believe,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!
“Just as I am, Thy love I own
Has broken every barrier down;
Now to be Thine, and Thine alone,
O Lamb of God, I come, I come!” The repentant sinner says: “O Lord, I confess that I have grievously sinned against Thee, What more can I do? Forgive me.” “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” 1 John 1:9. Then can he say: “I believe Thou hast forgiven me, and that I am Thine. I will rejoice in Thy salvation.” A. SMITH.