A Message To Lost
Sinners
Ephesians 5:14
There are some things
lost, dead, spiritually impotent sinners can and must do for themselves. You
cannot save yourself. You cannot redeem yourself, put away your own sin,
justify yourself, or give yourself eternal life. You are spiritually dead. But
there are some things you can do. And what you can do you must do.
Was the Ethiopian
eunuch lost? Was he dead in sin? Indeed he was. Yet, he did not neglect his
soul. He did what he could. Indeed, he did all that he knew to do. He walked in
the light God gave him. I hold the eunuch before you as an example of what you
must do, if you care for your soul, if you would escape the wrath of God -
(Read Acts 8:26-40!).
That Ethiopian BOUGHT A
BIBLE AND BEGAN TO READ IT. You can do that. If you would find the Pearl of
Great Price you must search for him in the field where he is hidden, the Word
of God (John
The eunuch EARNESTLY
SOUGHT THE LORD. You can do that too. He went up to the temple at
Though the eunuch did
not find the Savior at first, he was not deterred from his pursuit. When he
left
WHILE HE WAS SEEKING
THE LORD WITH ALL HIS HEART, GOD SENT HIM A GOSPEL PREACHER! Philip, by the
arrangement of Divine providence, came and preached Christ to the eunuch. When
he heard the gospel, he believed. When he believed, he was baptized. "And
he went on his way rejoicing!" He walked in the light God gave him, did
what he knew he could do and had to do, and God gave him more light. God saved him by his matchless grace. Here is God's
word to you: "Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give the light!"
Don Fortner