Are You Saved?

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“NOT I, time enough yet; I want to see a little of life first. You know I have not sown all my wild oats yet; when I have I shall turn; it’s a long lane that has no turning, and my turn will come to be serious, I suppose, some day.”
Listen, young men and young women, who “mean to enjoy life,” God says, “Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes; but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment.” (Eccl. 11:99Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. (Ecclesiastes 11:9)).
“Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.” (Eccl. 8:1111Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil. (Ecclesiastes 8:11)).
But do not deceive yourselves, for “He that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.” I know of only one turning in the broad road on which you are walking.
“What is that?”
“The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God.” (Psa. 9:1111Sing praises to the Lord, which dwelleth in Zion: declare among the people his doings. (Psalm 9:11)).
God warns you today—speaks to you today, invites you today, but put off your soul’s salvation until tomorrow, and you may be lost forever. “For in such an hour as ye think not the Son of Man cometh.” When the world is saying, “Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them.... and they shall not escape.” (1 Thess. 5:33For when they shall say, Peace and safety; then sudden destruction cometh upon them, as travail upon a woman with child; and they shall not escape. (1 Thessalonians 5:3)).
“For if they escaped not who refused Him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from Him that speaketh from heaven.” (Heb. 12:2525See that ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away from him that speaketh from heaven: (Hebrews 12:25)).
H. N.