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January 12, 2007

Suggested Scripture Reading: II Timothy 1:1-7

The Greater Miracle

"But Jesus said, Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven."
Matthew 19:14

When an old man or woman is saved in our meetings, we think it wonderful and talk about it to everyone; but when a little child is saved, we scarcely pay attention to it. Yet saving a "child" is a thousand times better. I read a story of a discussion in heaven concerning "who was the greatest monument of grace among the heavenly throng." After a long debate in which each stated his case separately and each claimed to have been by far the most wonderful trophy of God's love in all the multitude of the redeemed, it was finally agreed to settle the matter by a vote. Vote after vote was taken, and the list of competitors was gradually reduced until only two remained. These were allowed to state their case again. The first to speak was a very old man. He began by saying that it was a mere waste of time to go any further; it was absolutely impossible that God's grace could have done more for any man in heaven than for him. He told again how he had led a most wicked and vicious life - a life filled up with every conceivable indulgence and marred with every crime. He had been a thief, a liar, a blasphemer, a drunkard, and a murderer. On his deathbed, at the eleventh hour, Christ came to him and he was forgiven.

The other was an old man who said in a few words, that he was brought to Christ when he was a boy. He had led a quiet and uneventful life and had looked forward to heaven as long as he could remember.

The vote was taken; and, of course, you would say it resulted in favor of the first. But no, the votes were all given to the last. It required great grace, no doubt, to pluck that "brand" from the burning. But it required more grace to save the other, as a boy, and keep him from sin through a long lifetime.

When you save an old man, you save a unit; when you save a child, you save the multiplication table. Are your children saved?

MRD

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