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WE ALL NEED A SAVIOUR
It was a cold January Sunday morning. As the young man walked down the street he pulled up his collar against
the cold and dipped his head against the snowstorm. He soon realised that he was not going to make it to his destination he was too far away and time was running short. Young Charles was on his way to church as was
his custom but this week because of the snow he would have to go to another church instead of his usual one. So he entered another little chapel near by. There were not so many people there and no spoke to Charles.
Charles sat in that church unhappy because even though he was on 15 he knew there was something wrong with him morally. No one would have known Charles' concern for he lived a very righteous life yet he knew that
the Bible said that he was a sinner and he also knew by experience that was true. He knew he wasn't what he should be; he knew God was good and holy and he knew he needed God's forgiveness.
That night in a chapel he didn't expect to attend, while listening to a preacher who was not suppose to preach
(the original preacher didn't turn up because of the snow) young Charles sought and received God's forgiveness. From that moment on he was a different man for he knew his sins had been forgiven, he knew that night
that Christ had died on the cross to pay for his sins. Charles became a preacher and by the time he was 20, Charles Haddon Spurgeon was pastor of a large and growing church in London. He became the most famous
preacher of his day, preaching to thousands every week until he died in 1892.
The interesting thing about this story is that there were many people who didn't believe he needed forgiveness.
He had always been a churchgoer; he lived a righteous moral life. Yet Charles knew that it wasn't enough and God was too holy to accept him as he was. He needed a Saviour. We too need a Saviour whether we are
outwardly righteous or as bad as one can be. The good news is that that God sent his Son to the Saviour of the world. Those who seek his forgiveness will receive Jesus Christ as their Saviour. If you receive Jesus
as Saviour then your life will be changed forever and your eternal destiny sealed. Will you do that?
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