The Most Important Thing in Life -- By: William W. Orr
Journal: Bibliotheca Sacra
Volume: BSAC 105:420 (Oct 1948)
Article: The Most Important Thing in Life
Author: William W. Orr
BSac 105:420 (Oct 48) p. 492
The Most Important Thing in Life
(Concluded from the July-September Number, 1948)
How to become a Christian. God has made the way very simple and plain. He has already solved all the difficulties. When you accept God’s plan, all the problems are automatically answered. Let me list four steps to help you understand. (1) Take your rightful place as a sinner. Do you honestly question the universal prevalence of sin? Cannot you clearly see its ruin and havoc all around you? Do you know that you too are born in sin? That as you read these pages you are under condemnation because of your sinful heart? The Bible emphatically states: “There is no difference, for all have sinned and come short of the glory of God” (Romans 3:23); “If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us” (1 John 1:8); “If we say we have not sinned, we make Him [God] a liar” (1 John 1:10); “There is none righteous, no, not one” (Romans 3:10).
Will you pause to remember that these are the solemn words of God? And of the consequence of sin He states: “The soul that sinneth, it shall die” (Ezekiel 18:4); “The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23); “He that believeth not is condemned already” (John 5:24).
(2) Turn to Christ as the One who can save you. If you could save yourself, there was no need for Christ to die. But God knew that it was impossible for man, who was dead in trespasses and sins, to ever live unto righteousness without divine help. Here is indeed the gospel, the good news. There is salvation for lost sinners. “Christ died for our sins” (1 Corinthians 15:3); “Who His own self bare our sins in His own
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body on the tree” (1 Peter 2:24); “All we like sheep have gone astray, we have turned everyone to his own way, and the Lord hath laid on Him the iniquity of us all” (Isaiah 53:6); “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life” (John 3:16).
God, who is absolutely righteous in all His dealings, must be just as He deals with sin. Sin equals death, and must always do so. But God has pro...
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