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“FOR ME TO LIVE IS CHRIST”
F. R. Turner
This scripture has just come to me, beloved, as to what our
brother would have spoken about if he were yet with us, I am
sure he would have spoken about the Person of our Lord
Jesus Christ, the Saviour, I believe, of most in this room, I
hope of all.
Paul, the beloved man who wrote this epistle, was converted
on the Damascus road; he was under the power of Satan and
sin, the power of this world, and a light shone from the
brightness of heaven round about him, and a voice said, “I am
Jesus, whom thou persecutest”, Acts 9: 5. I wonder if every
one in this room knows Jesus as his, or her, Saviour.
Wonderful theme!—the theme of which our brother loved to
speak, the theme of most of us here, that Jesus has died for
our sins. He went to Calvary’s depths of woe; He who knew
not sin suffered for sins. He who was God Himself, yet here in
lowly humanity, came to die for us. Do you know Him as your
Saviour? Do you know Him as your Lord?
This beloved man who wrote this scripture said, “What shall I
do, Lord?”, Acts 22: 10. Have you come to that, beloved, that
your life is now to be for Him who died, who shed His precious
blood to save you? Do you know Him? Have you confessed
Him? Have you confessed Jesus as Lord? Have you given
your, heart to Him and are you prepared to own your full
allegiance to Him and come into a life that is all gain? Paul
says—“For me to live is Christ”. What a life! But what a terrible
life without Him, leading on to eternal doom.
Although rejected in this world, the Lord Jesus had His own
world and there were those He loved in Damascus who were
in the light and joy of it. Saul was directed to them; they were