“Let us now briefly sum up the points presented in this all-important question; for every word is full of meaning and in turn wonderfully emphatic.
1. Man is lost in sin; hence the question is, What must I do to be saved?
2. Man can not save himself; hence the question is, What must I do to be saved?
3. Action on the part of man is essential to the enjoyment of pardon; hence the question is, What must I do to be saved?
4. When conviction seizes the heart, man is filled with a sense of his own personal danger and responsibility; hence the question is, What must I do to be saved?
5. Man under conviction feels and realizes the necessity of doing what God requires him to do; hence the question is, What must I do to be saved?
6. Man cannot by his own reason answer this question for himself. On it philosophy deposeth not, science is silent, and all nature is dumb. If answered at all, it must be by a revelation from on high. Man is in ignorance and darkness; hence the question is, What, oh, what must I do to be saved?"
Unfortunately most of the religious world only seem to recognize the first two points; a good start, but only a beginning.
The timeless simplicity of truth is grand in its beauty.