{"id":183,"date":"2014-03-13T09:52:57","date_gmt":"2014-03-13T14:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bibletruthpublishers.com\/evangelism\/?p=183"},"modified":"2017-02-09T14:37:41","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T20:37:41","slug":"his-last-chance-color-tract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bibletruthpublishers.com\/evangelism\/?p=183","title":{"rendered":"His Last Chance&#8211;Color Tract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Send the text of this tract to a friend today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/bibletruthpublishers.com\/evangelism\/?p=183&amp;wp_email=1\" title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-EmailIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/bibletruthpublishers.com\/evangelism\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-email\/images\/email_famfamfam.png\" alt=\"Email This Post\" title=\"Email This Post\" style=\"border: 0px;\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bibletruthpublishers.com\/evangelism\/?p=183&amp;wp_email=1\" title=\"Email This Post\" rel=\"nofollow\">Email This Post<\/a>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"su-document su-u-responsive-media-no\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/docs.google.com\/viewer?embedded=true&url=http:\/\/bibletruthpublishers.com\/evangelism\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/His-Last-Chance-1288-web.pdf\" width=\"480\" height=\"680\" class=\"su-document\" title=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-default\" style=\"font-size:2em\">S<\/span>ome years ago in Russia, a man was traveling on foot through a desolate part of the country, and at dusk he found himself in a dense forest. He knew there were many wild animals roaming about and realized that his life would be in danger unless he kept a fire going all night. He\u2019d be safe as long as he stayed beside the fire.<\/p>\n<p>Searching through his pockets he found his matches\u2014just three left. Then having gathered together a pile of dead leaves and dried wood, he took the first match from his pocket and carefully lit it. The fire began to burn a little, then smouldered, and finally went out. Very carefully, he lighted the second match, but to his dismay a sudden puff of wind blew it out as he held it. He was down to his last chance\u2014just one match between himself and death!<\/p>\n<p>THE LAST MATCH<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s pause! Haven\u2019t you had opportunities to hear the gospel and be saved? Do you realize that, just as that man\u2019s life depended on those three matches, so your eternal destiny depends on how you treat these opportunities? As you read this, you can\u2019t tell if it\u2019s your last chance to be saved.<\/p>\n<p>How that man\u2019s hand shook as he held the last match and struck it with the utmost care! Then carefully shielding it with his other hand, he put it to the dried leaves, and trembling he watched to see if it would burn. What relief to see the flames begin to shoot up! He knew as he stood by the fire that he was safe from the wild predators.<\/p>\n<p>The traveler had three chances and he didn\u2019t treat any of them casually. He fully intended to light his fire with the first match, he was still more anxious with the second, and he was in dead earnest with the third, knowing it was his last chance.<\/p>\n<p>YOUR LAST MATCH?<\/p>\n<p>How have you treated these opportunities of salvation that God has given you? The Bible says,\u00a0\u201cGod speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not\u201d\u00a0(Job 33:14). This traveler knew his danger and he was not thoughtless or indifferent to it. He was really concerned. How many men and women are in a more serious position than he, yet they\u00a0\u201cperceive it not.\u201d\u00a0God has spoken to them not only once or twice, but many times, and they have closed their ears and hearts, refusing to listen to His voice of love.<\/p>\n<p>But God still speaks, just as He is speaking to you today, unsaved one. It may be your last opportunity. Judgment\u2014far worse than being torn to death by wild animals\u2014is coming. God says,\u00a0\u201cAfter [death] the judgment\u201d\u2014the lake of fire forever. How dreadfully solemn this is!<\/p>\n<p>SAFETY FROM JUDGMENT<\/p>\n<p>Would you like to be safe from this judgment? God has provided a way of escape for you. His own beloved Son left heaven\u2019s glory and came down to earth that He might\u00a0\u201cgive His life a ransom for many.\u201d\u00a0At Calvary\u2019s cross, God poured out upon Him the full judgment of all who believe on Him by faith. After bearing it all, He said,\u00a0\u201cIt is finished\u201d\u00a0(John 19:30). The work of redemption was gloriously completed. And just as the traveler stood by the fire in safety, so you, as a sinner, can stand under the shelter of the blood of Christ and be safe for all eternity.<\/p>\n<p>Don\u2019t be thoughtless or indifferent. God wants to bless you. From heaven He offers you salvation. It may be your last chance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is but a step between me and death\u201d\u00a0(1 Samuel 20:3).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cVerily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth My word, and believeth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life\u201d\u00a0(John 5:24).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bibletruthpublishers.com\/gospel-tract-his-last-chance-full-color\/g-f-pentecost-believe-now-story-dont-delay\/pd1288\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-3d\" style=\"color:#0e0e0e;background-color:#c4551f;border-color:#9d4419;border-radius:8px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#0e0e0e;padding:7px 22px;font-size:17px;line-height:26px;border-color:#d68863;border-radius:8px;text-shadow:none\"><i class=\"sui sui-shopping-cart\" style=\"font-size:17px;color:#FFFFFF\"><\/i> Purchase or Free Printable Version<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Send the text of this tract to a friend today. ome years ago in Russia, a man was traveling on foot through a desolate part of the country, and at dusk he found himself in a dense forest. 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