"I am lost! I am lost! But I always meant to be saved!" These were the last words heard from one who had to meet death suddenly when his boat upset on one of the Great Lakes.
How many others will say the same? "I always meant to be saved" must be the final words of many a dying soul who has put off acceptance of God's mercy until too late.
God freely forgives the repentant sinner who comes to Him, but Satan's whisper too often prevails: "Time enough—death for you is a long way off." And, with the fullest intention of being saved sometime, it is put off for the present. Then days, weeks, months, and years pass quickly by, and at last death comes to claim its victim.
Oh, if only there had been the turning to God for His forgiveness before it was too late! Now there is only a lost eternity, the going "forth into a night of sorrow, a stranger ever to His saving grace."
Now, NOW is the time to turn to God; you may never have a tomorrow. Oh, the terrible risk of "I always meant to be saved," resulting in "I am lost—it is too late!"