October 3

"He that heareth my word, and believeth him that sent me, hath eternal life." John 5:24

The Epistle to the Romans tells us in much detail about the way of salvation, and from a study of it we can learn a great deal about the doctrine of redemption; and yet it was written for the saved. John's Gospel gives no doctrine in any systematic form; and yet it was written for the world. We would have arranged things the other way round; and we should have been wrong!

If your house is on fire, with you on the top story, and if the firemen come and set you up a ladder to save you, will you say, "Not so fast! Tell me first why your ladder does not have to lean on anything. And what materials are your clothes made of that they do not catch fire?" No, you will allow yourself to be saved, and afterwards you may inquire all about the fire escape and the firemen's uniforms and anything else that that interests you.