{"id":525,"date":"2016-03-14T08:54:02","date_gmt":"2016-03-14T13:54:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bibletruthpublishers.com\/evangelism\/?p=525"},"modified":"2017-02-09T14:36:58","modified_gmt":"2017-02-09T20:36:58","slug":"i-cant-get-away-from-god-color-tract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bibletruthpublishers.com\/evangelism\/?p=525","title":{"rendered":"I Can&#8217;t Get Away From God&#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=525&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=525&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\/05\/I-Cant-Get-Away-From-God-1598-web.pdf\" width=\"480\" height=\"680\" class=\"su-document\" title=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span class=\"su-dropcap su-dropcap-style-flat\" style=\"font-size:1.5em\">T<\/span>om was a young man who had a job as a chauffeur. He earned a good salary, and his boss was kind to him. But there was one thing in his life that troubled and annoyed him. He had a caring, praying mother who lived in a nearby town, and she visited him frequently. But when she came, she would speak to him about Christ and his need of salvation.<br \/>\n\u201cMother,\u201d he finally said, \u201cI can\u2019t stand this any longer. If you don\u2019t drop that subject for good, I\u2019ll give up my job and move far away where you can\u2019t easily visit me.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cTom,\u201d said his concerned mother, \u201cas long as I can talk, I will not stop telling you about your need of the Saviour, and I\u2019ll always be praying for you.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Escape<\/strong><br \/>\nTom carried through on his threat to move away. He wrote to a friend who lived in a northern town many miles away and asked him to find him a job in that part of the country. He knew his mother could not follow him there, and though he was sorry to give up such a good job, he told himself, \u201cIt\u2019s worth it to have some peace and quiet.\u201d<br \/>\nHis friend did find him another job as a chauffeur, and Tom told his mother that it was going to be a relief to get away from her constant preaching at him. But even though Tom was moving far enough away that his mother could not visit him, he would never get beyond the reach of her prayers.<br \/>\n<strong>Pursued<\/strong><br \/>\nThe first day Tom started his new job, he was to drive Mr. Wells, his new employer, out of town. But instead of getting into the back seat as was customary, Mr. Wells sat in the front seat alongside his new chauffeur.<br \/>\nHe wants to see how I drive, thought Tom. They had just started the trip when Mr. Wells turned and began to talk to him. \u201cTell me, are you saved?\u201d Mr. Wells asked. If a voice had come directly from heaven, it could scarcely have surprised Tom more. He was deeply shaken!<br \/>\nGod has followed me all the way up north here! he cried to himself. I got away from my preaching mother, but I can\u2019t get away from God! Tom wanted to hide somewhere\u2009\u2026\u2009far away. He couldn\u2019t answer Mr. Wells, and he could hardly drive for his trembling.<br \/>\nHis Christian employer went on to tell him of Christ, and again Tom heard the same gospel message that his dear mother had told him many times. But this time it seemed to have new meaning\u2009\u2014\u2009God had indeed followed him and was speaking to him, and the message began to sink in. But it did not seem to be a message of good news to Tom; it was a message of terror and condemnation. He knew it was Christ, the Son of God, whom he had despised and rejected. He understood for the first time that he was a guilty sinner. Before they reached the end of the trip, the terrible guilt and fear that gripped him made Tom physically sick\u2009\u2014\u2009too sick to carry on his chauffeuring job, and so sick he had to go to bed.<br \/>\n<strong>Forgiveness<\/strong><br \/>\nFor some days he could not even get out of bed. But Mr. Wells came to see him, to read the Word of God and to pray. Soon the love and grace of the Saviour he had rejected began to penetrate his heart, replacing the terror and condemnation that had overwhelmed him.<br \/>\nTom saw there was mercy for a person who had ridiculed and despised God\u2019s very own Son and His loving offer of forgiveness. He saw that the blood of Christ is the answer before God even for a rebellious sinner like him, and he now believed in his heart the truth of those wonderful words, <strong>\u201cWe love Him, because He first loved us\u201d<\/strong> (1 John 4:19). He saw that the Lord Jesus had borne the punishment for his sins at Calvary and that, even though he had hardened his heart against God and against his own mother, he was now forgiven\u2009\u2014\u2009without sin or stain in the sight of a loving God who gave up His only Son so that sinners could be saved.<br \/>\nThe first letter Tom wrote to his mother was to tell her the wonderful news: \u201cGod has followed me all the way up north here and has saved my soul! Your prayers have<br \/>\nbeen answered.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cBy grace are ye saved through faith: and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God\u201d<\/strong> (Ephesians 2:8).<br \/>\n<strong>\u201cCome unto Me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest\u201d<\/strong> (Matthew 11:28).<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bibletruthpublishers.com\/gospel-tract-i-cant-get-away-from-God-full-color-tract-love-of-God-believe-story\/pd1598\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" 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. om was a young man who had a job as a chauffeur. He earned a good salary, and his boss was kind to him. But there was one thing in his life that troubled and annoyed him. 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