Salvation Is The Very Blessing That We Need.

Salvation!
(James Smith, "The Voice of Mercy in the House of Affliction!" 1855)

Salvation is . . .
the greatest blessing that GOD can bestow;
deliverance from the greatest misery;
exaltation to the greatest happiness;
the greatest change in man's state and
character which can possibly be effected;
the greatest display of the love, wisdom,
grace, and power of GOD!

Salvation is the very blessing
that you need. The blessing
which you must receive--
or be eternally undone!

Salvation is a blessing for
the PRESENT, for it is deliverance . . .
  from the guilt of sin--
which makes you miserable;
  from the power of sin--
which makes you unholy; and
  from the love of sin--
which proves you to be GOD'S enemy.

Salvation is a blessing for
the FUTURE: it secures to you
safety and happiness in time--
and glory, honor, immortality, and
eternal life when time shall be no more!

Salvation is a blessing which
comprehends every other blessing.
If the man is saved--
then all good things are his.
If the man is lost--
then nothing good is his.

To be saved, is . . .
  for the soul to be restored
to a right relationship to GOD;
  to be put in possession
of unsearchable wealth;
  to be raised to the highest honor; and
  to be entitled to eternal glory!

No word is as sweet as salvation--
as no word is as dreadful as its opposite,
damnation! Reader, there is no intermediate
state between these two extremes.

 
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GraceGems has published William Steven's precious short article,
"The Christian Leaning on JESUS' Bosom".