Today's Daily Bread
A Sure Salvation
A story is told that Queen Victoria of the UK was deeply moved
during a church service. Afterward, she asked her chaplain, “Can one be
absolutely sure in this life of eternal safety?” He did not have an
answer. But an evangelist named John Townsend heard about the Queen’s
question, and after much prayer he sent her a note: “With trembling
hands, but heartfelt love, and because I know that we can be absolutely
sure now of our eternal life in the Home that Jesus went to prepare, may
I ask your Most Gracious Majesty to read the following passages of
Scripture: John 3:16; Romans 10:9-10?”
Two weeks later, the evangelist received this letter: “. . . I have
carefully and prayerfully read the portions of Scripture referred to. I
believe in the finished work of Christ for me, and trust by God’s grace
to meet you in that Home of which He said, ‘I go to prepare a place for
you.’ —Victoria Guelph”
Townsend was confident that in this life we can have assurance of
eternal safety (v.9), and he had a concern for others as well. Consider
what John 3:16 and Romans 10:9-10 mean for your eternal destiny. God
desires to give you the confidence that your sin is forgiven and that
after death you’ll be with Him forever.
Blessed assurance, Jesus is mine!
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood. —Crosby
Oh, what a foretaste of glory divine!
Heir of salvation, purchase of God,
Born of His Spirit, washed in His blood. —Crosby
Lives rooted in God’s unchanging grace can never be uprooted.
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