In this sermon Results Of Calling On The Name Of The Lord, by combining both the Old and New Testament meanings, we find that when someone is delivered, or saved, he enters into some great and wonderful promises.

The terms of salvation are easy. Even a child can be saved if he will breathe out a broken-hearted petition to the God of heaven. Those who end up lost will have only themselves to blame. The terms of salvation could be made no easier; and man can ask for nothing simpler.

In an important sense God is equally near to us at all times. But there are influences more favorable for seeking him at some periods than others. For example, God comes near to us in the preaching of his word, when it is strikes the conscience with convicting power. God is near when we languish in sickness; he is near us when others nearby are being blessed; he is near when a saved friend pleads with us.