The Captain of Our Salvation
by Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
Years ago a man of God was asked to preach at the
funeral of a young soldier whose parents were unsaved.
During the course of his message the preacher sought
to impress upon his hearers the basic fact that “the wages of
sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life, through Jesus
Christ our Lord” (Rom.6:23).
This greatly upset the parents. After the service
they complained: “This is embarrassing. Our boy was not a sinner.”
The truth was that shortly before his death this
young man had done what every true, born-again Christian has done. He
acknowledged himself to be a lost sinner and, trusting Christ as his
Savior, had been so gloriously saved that his parents were mystified
that he could be so happy in the face of death.
The simplest believer in Christ understands all
this. He knows that for the “old man” the death of the body is
indeed a “dishonorable discharge” for laws broken, orders
disobeyed, responsibilities unmet, and trusts betrayed. But for the
“new man the death of the body is the vestibule through which he is
ushered into the blessed presence of “the Captain of our
Salvation,” the One who “by the grace of God tasted
death for every man” that He might “bring many sons unto
glory” (See Hebrews 2:9,10).
This is why we read in Hebrews 2:14,15:
“Forasmuch, then, as the children [of Adam] were partakers of flesh and blood, He [Christ] also Himself likewise took part of the same; that through death He might destroy him that had the power of death, that is, the devil;
“And deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.”
No wonder St. Paul’s simple message of salvation
was: “Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved”
(Acts 16:31).
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