Because of His love to me,  because of the way He has blessed me here, and because of my assurance of a glorious hereafter, my heart's desire is that you might share in the blessings I enjoy. Christ has done all; I say it reverently; He can do no more. He has borne the penalty of your sin also; He has been raised by the power of God the Father, and now He presents Himself to you. Will you accept Him as Saviour and crown Him as your Lord?

    You are saying: "It seems so mysterious; the mystery of it all baffles me." I do not ask you to understand the mystery of it. I cannot understand its mystery myself, nor can any Christian in this life. But I am not asking you to worry about its mystery. I am asking you to rejoice in its fact. Electricity remains a mystery. We have discovered many of the laws which govern it, but to tell what it really is, we cannot. You and I do not worry about the mystery of electricity as we make use of its benefits.

    You must have known men and women who accepted Jesus Christ as their Saviour and were so changed as to be new creatures in Christ. Will you not let these facts that you have seen for yourself influence you? Yes, it is just as simple as switching on an electric light.

    Come, saying: "Oh, God, I cannot understand the mystery of it all; I cannot understand why Thou didst care for me so as to send Jesus Christ to bear the penalty of my sins; but with all my lack of understanding, I am willing, and I do yield to Thee, absolutely; and trust in the fact of His death for me, and the promise that Thou hast made in John 3:16, that whosoever believeth in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life."

    As you leave the mystery of the current with the engineer, and take the benefits of the light to yourself, leave the mystery of salvation with God, and take the infinite benefits of a personal Saviour to yourself. Yield to Him now - He wants to come into your life. Say and mean it: "I am Thine, Lord Jesus; yielded to Thee, body, soul and spirit and THOU ART MINE."

   Now for the last, but a most important point. If you open your  Bible at Romans 10:9 to 11, you will read: "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised Him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." For the Scripture saith "whosoever believeth on Him shall not be ashamed."

    You say you have accepted Christ - go and tell someone - do not be ashamed to confess Him. Why should you be? Suppose I had fallen over the wharf, inuring myself so that I could not swim, and a laborer working on a coal pile had plunged in and saved me. If a month later you saw me walking down our principal city street and the same laborer, all begrimed with coal dust, coming up, if you saw that I noticed him first and deliberately turned to look into a shop window so that I would not have to stop and shake him by the hand because I was ashamed to be seen talking to him, what you think of me?

THE SOLDIER'S CHOICE

    I was seeking to lead a young soldier to accept the Lord Jesus Christ, but, like most men, he tried to evade the straight issue with the promise, "I'll think it over." "Harry," said I, "let me illustrate. You are out with the boys some night raiding an enemy post, and on the way back you get hard hit. Bill Smith stops long enough to pick you up and carry you back to your own lines, and for his trouble gets two bullets in the back. You are both taken to the hospital, and by tender care are won back from the very jaws of death. Two months later the doctor comes along helping a poor fellow who limps badly and moves with evident difficulty. They stop at your bedside, and the doctor says: 'Harry, I want to introduce you to Mr. Smith, the man who risked his life to save you,' and you fold your arms and say, 'I don't know whether I want to make his acquaintance today or not. I'll think it over.' You wouldn't say that, Harry, would you? You would grasp him by the hand and try to tell him something of the gratitude you felt. I want to introduce you tonight to the Lord Jesus Christ, the man from the Glory, Who not only risked His life, but sacrificed it, to save you, and you propose to turn your back on Him and say you'll think it over." "No," he said, "I'll accept Him"; and together we knelt while he told the Lord that he there and then accepted Him as his personal Saviour.

    Are you "thinking it over," or have you faced the issue squarely and decided aright?