it is said:

` He knew all men, and needed not that any should testify of man: for He knew what was in man'

(John 2:24,25).

He sees inside and knows every thought, and while men may deceive one another with externals, there

is no deceiving Him. Apart from this, as one looks around and considers the present appalling condition

of world affairs with its mounting armaments and gigantic weapons of destruction, its terrible threat of

war, suffering and death, one would have thought that these things of themselves would prove that there

is something radically wrong with the human mind. There can be no doubt that salvation is a necessity

and it was for this express purpose that Christ came. A sinner needs a saviour whether he knows it or

not, but this saviour must be the one of God's providing, and the one He has provided is the Lord Jesus

Christ. Saving the lost is His business. He has never failed nor can He fail.

There are no exceptions in connection with sin and failing for `All have sinned, and come short of the

glory of God' (Rom. 3:23) therefore all need a Saviour and that includes YOU. Do not turn away because

this does not pat you on the back and flatter you. Do not indulge in wishful thinking, but be absolutely

honest with yourself in this matter. You can settle the question of your own salvation by answering the

following questions: Is the Lord Jesus Christ my personal Saviour? Do I as a sinner belong to Him?

Have I put my trust in Him and in Him alone? If the answers are `YES', you are saved, because you are

linked by simple faith with Him who is the only Saviour of mankind. If the answers are `NO', you are

lost and the final condition of the lost is one of condemnation and perishing eternally.

` For 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).

` I am come that they might have LIFE' (John 10:10).

` He that believeth on Him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already'

(John 3:18).

So, in all solemnity, it is a question of LIFE or DEATH and that eternally. To be linked with Christ

means life eternal for you; to be divorced from Him means eternal death. Note that salvation comes to

you from Him by the avenue of faith. You are not saved by faith itself--it is the object of faith, the Lord

Jesus Christ that saves. Your faith is merely the channel by which His salvation reaches you and becomes

your own possession. Faith, belief and trust mean the same thing. If you have faith in a man, you trust

him. If you trust him you have faith in him. If you have faith in the Lord Jesus Christ you have all that

God requires of a sinner in order to be saved.

It may be asked--is there no other way of salvation? In the words of Christ Himself the answer is

` I am the door: BY ME if any man enter in, he shall be saved' (John 10:9).

` He that entereth not by the door ... but climbeth up some other way, the same is a thief and a robber'

(John 10:1).

` I am the WAY, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but BY ME' (John 14:6).

Men may talk of working out their own way of salvation, but all such efforts in the light of these

words must end in deception and death because they ignore the only way God recognises, i.e., Christ

There is a further question that may be put: How can God save me through Christ? It is entirely

beyond the capabilities of the finite mind to grasp this in all its fulness, but the Apostle Paul summed it up

when he said: