Come Now!

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A short time ago I was shocked to hear an old man, 82 years old, say: "Oh, I have plenty of time! Some day I'll prepare to meet God!"
Imagine anyone at the age of eighty-two thinking he has time to prepare to meet God! Why, he was already living on borrowed time!
Though their lives may be filled with all good things for the present, and rich with promise for the future, yet many drift on to a Christless eternity, simply because they think they have much time before them.
Their thought may be, "As long as there is breath in my body I still have hope of becoming saved and made fit for heavenly glory." God says: "To-day if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts." Hebrews 4:7. "Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation." 2 Corinthians 6:2. Elsewhere in Scripture we are told, "the night cometh, when no man can work." John 9:4.
"Come now, says God in Isaiah, chapter 1 verse 18. There is still room for you. Believe on Him whom God has sent to be the Savior of all those who will receive Him. Take your rightful place before God, as a sinner, and "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." Acts 16:31.