A WHILE ago two persons were engaged in conversation on the street and when they parted, the one called out to the other, “Don’t forget.”
What they were talking about I knew not but the two words they spoke at parting reminded me of the way many are forgetting God and neglecting the salvation of their souls. Dear children, there are four things you ought not to forget. Let me remind you of them.
Don’t forget that you must live forever. Your circumstances will change but your soul will never cease to exist. The body may grow old and decay; not so the soul. “I must live forever.” What a solemn thought! “I shall never cease to exist.” What an affecting fact! But where shall I live? What shall I be?
What a solemn, what an awful fact! Surely you should not forget it.
Don’t forget that you may be saved. There is no need for you to be lost forever. The Lord Jesus came down from the glory that He might save sinners. (1 Timothy 1:1515This is a faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation, that Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. (1 Timothy 1:15)). God so loved a world of lost sinners that He gave Jesus, that who so ever believeth in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (John 3:1616For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. (John 3:16).) Will you not, as a poor sinner, just take what God in love offers you, a Saviour?
Don’t forget that tomorrow may be to late for salvation. The Scriptures say, “Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.” “Behold, now is the accepted time, behold, now is the day of salvation.” While Jesus is saying “Come”; (Matt. 11:2828Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. (Matthew 11:28)) will you not say, “Lord Jesus, I come”?
ML 02/01/1903