Once upon a time, in a very wicked city, there lived a man over whom God in mercy had a watchful care. That wicked city was marked for God's judgment; but God's heart yearned over one who lived there-His righteous man, LOT. There He said to him: "Escape for thy life! Look not behind thee; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed.”
Of the rest of the city it is said, "They did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; but the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all." And God says, "Even thus shall it be in the day when the Son of man is revealed." Luke 17:30.
“The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of His power." 2 Thess. 1:7-9.
At that time it shall be said to the mountains and rocks, "Fall on us, and hide us from the face of Him that sitteth on the throne, and from the wrath of the Lamb, for the great day of His wrath is come; and who shall be able to stand?" Rev. 6:17.
Dear unsaved reader, in this highly-favored land, far more guilty than was Sodom, are many who have no thought of future judgment. You may be one over whom God now in mercy lingers. He is not willing that you should perish, but rather that you should come to a knowledge of the truth. In proof of this, He would send you today this warning: "Escape for thy life!”
Friend, you stand in great danger. Judgment hangs over you, for it is written, "All have sinned, and come short of the glory of God.”
If you remain as you are, you will perish eternally. If you pass into eternity under the weight of your sin, you will sink into hell under the judgment of a righteous God—into outer darkness where shall be never-ending weeping and wailing, vain regrets for wasted talents and neglected opportunities.
Escape for thy life! Now! Beware, lest through clinging to the world and its vanities you miss the present opportunity of eternal salvation.
"The world passeth away, and the lust thereof: but he that doeth the will of God abideth forever." 1 John 2:17.