JULIUS CAESAR was handed a letter as he was about to step into his chariot with the word "Urgent" on its cover. It was from a friend warning of a plot to kill him.
Too busy to open it at the time, he thrust it into his pocket. As he alighted a short time after, he fell by an assassin's dagger. The unopened note was still upon him.
Here is a neglected warning that cost him his life. Had it been heeded, he might have been saved, for his friend's message reached him in time.
This reminds one of the folly of neglecting the gospel message that comes to us from God. He has seen our need and danger and in His Word has sent us a message whereby we may be saved, if we take heed to it. The message is most simple too, so that all may understand it and avail themselves of its benefits. A passage that expresses God's offer very briefly and clearly is as follows,
This verse teaches us that it was at a great cost that this message of love and mercy was sent forth. God gave His greatest treasure—His Son; and the Lord Jesus gave Himself in death, that a free offer of salvation might be proclaimed. The work is all done, the price paid by Another, and this glad and wondrous offer is made to whosoever will believe and accept it as a free gift.
As God has sent the good news of salvation to the whole world, so that all might receive it without price, how great would be the folly of neglecting to make it our own.
No doubt Caesar intended to examine the letter very soon, but he put it off just a little too long. Who can tell what hour it may be too late to accept God's offer? If the reader is not saved, do not allow anything to claim your attention until this matter is settled forever. It is a matter of eternal life or eternal death.
Accept Christ as your personal Saviour now and live. Live for Him while you are in this world, and with Him in His bright home hereafter.
Messages of God’s Love 1/10/1932