DO YOU BELIEVE IN HIM?
By William O. Beecher
THERE is no other way of being saved than by believing in Christ. But understand this, that believing in Christ means to put confidence in Him. He is supreme in every respect; implicitly confide in Him. He is also a jealous God. By yielding to His service we know Him. If we know Him we will love Him. If we love Him we will obey Him; "for this is the love of God, that we keep his commandments; and his commandments are not grievous." Reader, according to His words, do you know Him? Do you love Him? Are you walking in His footsteps? He says, "He that saith he abideth in Him ought himself also so to walk, even as He walked." What about this? can you do it while following the creeds of men! When examining the things that they teach, do you find that they are in harmony with the Word of God? Does the belief which every or any human creed sets forth make God a liar? There is only one way of salvation, and that is the way of "Thus saith the Lord." Any way that has not "Thus saith the Lord" all along the path is not the way. "Hear O Israel, the Lord our God is one Lord. And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thine heart and with all thy soul, and with all thy might." There is "one Lord, one faith, one baptism." May you believe in God and therefore be guided by His chart—the Scriptures—so that you may reach heaven. There is no other way but through Christ, the Word of God, who is the way, the truth, and the life. "Be not deceived." "Prove all things; hold fast that which is good." "And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ." WM. O. BEECHER.
Port Maria, Jamaica.