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YoU KNOW
YOU ARE
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ARE RIGHT?
@ A sailor speaking to a passenger on one of
the Great Lakes steamer a few years ago
said, “There are about 1500 religions in the
world; how do you know you’re right?”
“How does your Captain know he’s right
when he wants to steer a straight course for
port, but owing to a heavy fog he can’t see
the harbor lights?” I asked in reply.
“Why, he goes by the chart and compass.”
“Just so, and on this one vital point as to
how a man can be just before God, and know
that he is sure of eternal salvation, we may
know that we are absolutely right. God has
not left us to find our own course across the
sea of time without a chart to guide us. The
Word of God is a lamp to our feet and a light
for our path, Without it we would grope in
darkness, like a ship that has lost its rudder
on a starless night. It is both a revelation
from God and a revelation of God, showing
us our true condition as sinners before Him,
and His great love in sending ‘His only be-
gotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have everlasting life’
(John 3:16) .”
There are many shades of “religious be-
liefs” in this poor storm-tossed sea, but we
must set them all aside as worthless and as the
ways of men, which Scripture says are the
ways of death (Proverbs 16:25). The Lord
Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the
ife: no man cometh unto the Father, but
by Him (John 14:6). His death upon the
cross has opened the way for sinners to come
to God, and this is the only way; there is no
other.
We may differ on other points of greater
or less importance, but we must agree on
this main issue, that “the blood of Jesus
Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin”
(I John 1:7), if we expect to anchor in the
haven of eternal peace.
Faith believes what God says, and what
God requires, and receives the blessing. The
captain of a steamer once told me that he
did not know why he pulled his ship from
what seemed to be the right course, when a
heavy fog prevented his sighting an island in
Lake Superior; but that action saved his ves-
sel from’ being wrecked, and I suggested that
God is the Preserver of all men, specially of
those that believe (I Timothy 4:10). But he
thought he was on the right course, and had
he remained there, seeking to “reason it out”
with himself and his mates, it would have
resulted in the loss of the ship and probably
of all its precious crew.
It is not a question of “opinion,” dear
reader, but what saith the Scriptures? That
Chart is accurate; it has never led any astray;
never caused any to make shipwreck of their
lives, but has brought life, péace, joy and
happiness to countless thousands. Took it
over, read it, believe it, and you'll not be
troubled with the question, “Who is right?”
“He that believeth on the Son hath ever-
lasting life: and he that believeth not the
Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God
abideth on him” (John 3:36).
GOOD NEWS PUBLISHERS, Westchester, Ill. 1T01
A world-wide, nonprofit Christian literature ministry “,=.°
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YoU KNOW
YOU ARE
vou [CT-sig You
ARE RIGHT?
@ A sailor speaking to a passenger on one of
the Great Lakes steamer a few years ago
said, “There are about 1500 religions in the
world; how do you know you’re right?”
“How does your Captain know he’s right
when he wants to steer a straight course for
port, but owing to a heavy fog he can’t see
the harbor lights?” I asked in reply.
“Why, he goes by the chart and compass.”
“Just so, and on this one vital point as to
how a man can be just before God, and know
that he is sure of eternal salvation, we may
know that we are absolutely right. God has
not left us to find our own course across the
sea of time without a chart to guide us. The
Word of God is a lamp to our feet and a light
for our path, Without it we would grope in
darkness, like a ship that has lost its rudder
on a starless night. It is both a revelation
from God and a revelation of God, showing
us our true condition as sinners before Him,
and His great love in sending ‘His only be-
gotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have everlasting life’
(John 3:16) .”
There are many shades of “religious be-
liefs” in this poor storm-tossed sea, but we
must set them all aside as worthless and as the
ways of men, which Scripture says are the
ways of death (Proverbs 16:25). The Lord
Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the
ife: no man cometh unto the Father, but
by Him (John 14:6). His death upon the
cross has opened the way for sinners to come
to God, and this is the only way; there is no
other.
We may differ on other points of greater
or less importance, but we must agree on
this main issue, that “the blood of Jesus
Christ His Son cleanseth us from all sin”
(I John 1:7), if we expect to anchor in the
haven of eternal peace.
Faith believes what God says, and what
God requires, and receives the blessing. The
captain of a steamer once told me that he
did not know why he pulled his ship from
what seemed to be the right course, when a
heavy fog prevented his sighting an island in
Lake Superior; but that action saved his ves-
sel from’ being wrecked, and I suggested that
God is the Preserver of all men, specially of
those that believe (I Timothy 4:10). But he
thought he was on the right course, and had
he remained there, seeking to “reason it out”
with himself and his mates, it would have
resulted in the loss of the ship and probably
of all its precious crew.
It is not a question of “opinion,” dear
reader, but what saith the Scriptures? That
Chart is accurate; it has never led any astray;
never caused any to make shipwreck of their
lives, but has brought life, péace, joy and
happiness to countless thousands. Took it
over, read it, believe it, and you'll not be
troubled with the question, “Who is right?”
“He that believeth on the Son hath ever-
lasting life: and he that believeth not the
Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God
abideth on him” (John 3:36).
GOOD NEWS PUBLISHERS, Westchester, Ill. 1T01
A world-wide, nonprofit Christian literature ministry “,=.°
Write for FREE samples and information