3. a Present Salvation

But you say, "When am I to get it?" Turn to 2 Corinthians 6:2. There we have another beautiful characteristic, " I have heard thee in a time accepted, and in the day of salvation have I succored thee: behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation." God wants to save you, and the Holy Ghost says, Now. It is a present salvation. What did Zaccheus do that day when Jesus saw him up in the sycamore tree, and said, “Zaccheus, make haste and come down, for to-day I must abide at thy house "? Zaccheus “made haste "; do you the same. He was lost when he was up in the tree, and he was a saved man when he came down to Jesus; and when he got inside the house he knew he was a saved man, for the Lord said, " This day is salvation come to this house " (Luke 19:9). You were a lost man when you began to read this paper, perhaps; but you say, I believe in the Lord, I receive by faith His salvation, I now give my heart to Jesus. If this be so, you may thank God now that you are a saved man.
There was once a religious building, and a babe was brought there in infant clothing; a man stood there, who took up the babe in his arms and said, “Lord, now lettest thou thy servant depart in peace, for mine eyes have seen thy salvation." He had never seen this babe before, and never saw Him that we know of again; but he did what you ought to do, he took the first opportunity he had of receiving Him (Luke 2: 28-30). Oh, sinner, believe it; now is the day of salvation; now, this moment, you may have salvation through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ; and more than this, if you once get it you will never lose it. Why? Turn to Heb. 5:9, there you will find another beautiful characteristic of this salvation.