Covenanter Witness Vol. 55 - Rparchives.org

sinner"sent"new"peace"rest"ECHOES NUMBERBIBLE LESSON FOR THE WEEK OF September 18, 1955witnessVOLUME LV, NO. 9 TOPEKA, KANSAS, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 1955Whom Do You Know?"It's not what you know that counts, it's WHOMyou know!" Ever hear that expression? You smile,of course, for it's what many people give as the reason for their sudden rise !Sometimes it works in the things of this world ;sometimes it doesn't! But take a look at that sentence again; this time from an entirely differentviewpoint. You will discover an amazing spiritualtruth, backed by the Word of God !The only tried, sure way to get ahead spiritually, to have the guaranteed assurance of Heaven atthe end of the way, is to know the Right Person. Inthe spiritual realm, it's not what you know, it'sWHOM you know! You must be on "savingterms"with the Right Person, the Lord Jesus Christ, forHis is the only name under Heaven given among menfor the certainty of that salvation which you so desperately need in order to reach Heaven.Here is the most important question in theworld : "Do you know HIM, Christ Jesus, as Saviourand Lord?" Can you honestly say beyond all doubt,"My beloved is mine, and I am his" (Song of Solomon 2:16) ? Have you personally come under thatassurance, underwritten on Calvary, "I know WHOMI have believed and am persuaded that HE is able tokeep that which I have committed unto HIM againstthat day" (2 Timothy 1:12)? If you cannot, thenalas ! you will have nothing to say, nothing to plead,nothing to point to when you stand before Him injudgment, even though you be a "grade-A religiousdevotee,"having known all the facts, read all thebooks, heard all the sermons, attended all the services. You have really been nowhere spiritually if youhave never met Him personally, upon the basis of repentance and faith (Acts 20:21). He is still waitingfor that earnest plea of your soul, "God be mercifulto me a (Luke 18:13).Peter had the right idea when he confessed,"Lord, to WHOM shall we go ? THOU hast the wordsof eternal life. And we believe and are sure THOUart that Christ, the Son of the living God" (John6:68, 69).How is it with you ? Have you learned that thisis the only way to be certain, to be sure ?A wise man of long ago, said, "Acquaint nowthyself withHIM, and be at (Job 22:21). Thisis the positive prescription for the peace that menpursue with such intensity these days. Yet for all of"peace,"the books, plans, speeches and programs forit is tragically true, "the way of peace have they notknown"(Romans 3:17). They have imagined that itis to be found in religion, while God points only toHis Redeemer. They turn to creeds, while God pleadsfor men to turn to the Cross of Calvary.Has this not been true of you ? For all your longing for inward peace, you have so far lost it. It ishigh time for you to get to know the Right Person.It's not what you know that counts, it's WHOM youknow, according to the sure testimony of His Word :"Therefore if any man be IN CHRIST, he is a newcreature: old things are passed away; behold allthings are become (2 Corinthians 5:17)."This is life eternal, that they might knowTHEE the only true God, and Jesus Christ, whomthou hast (John 17:3). Here alone is the assured avenue, and He bids you enter it: "Come untoME . . . and I will give you (Matthew 11:28)."If the SON [Jesus Christ] therefore shall make youfree, ye shall be free indeed" (John 8:36). Join thehappy ranks of those who by faith have made thegreat crossover.Edwin Raymond AndersonAmerican Tract Society