6 Sermon Illustrations on Salvation for All

I thank God for that word "whosoever." If God had said there was mercy for Richard Baxter, I am so vile a sinner, that I would have thought he meant some other Richard Baxter; but, when he says whosoever, I know that includes me, the worst of all Richard Baxters. Baxter.

A man said; “I thank God for that word ‘whosoever.’ If God had said there was mercy for Richard, I am so vile a sinner that I would have thought He meant some other Richard; but, when He says whosoever, I know that includes me, the worst of all.” If I could come to you from the upper sanctuary, with a letter of invitation with your name and address on it, you would not doubt your warrant to accept it. Well, here is the Bible,—your invitation to come to Christ. It does not bear your name and address; but it says, “Whosoever;” that takes you in. It says, “All;” that takes you in. It says, “If any;” that takes you in. What can be surer and freer than that?

Everyone of God’s proclamations is connected with that word “whosoever” —  “whosoever believeth,” “whosoever will.” I think it was Richard Baxter said he thanked God for that “whosoever.” He would a good deal rather have that word “whosoever” than Richard Baxter; for if it was Richard Baxter, he should have thought it was some other Richard Baxter who had lived and died before him; but “whosoever” he knew included him.

I heard of a woman once that thought there was no promise in the Bible for her; she thought the promises were for someone else, not for her. There are a good many of these people in the world. They think it is too good to be true that they can be saved for nothing. This woman one day got a letter, and when she opened it she found it was not for her at all; it was meant for another woman that had the same name; and she had her eyes opened to the fact that if she should find some promise in the Bible directed to her name, she would not know whether it meant her or someone else that bore her name. But you know the word “whosoever” includes everyone in the wide world.