God Speaks

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Dear friend, as you read this, perhaps you may be brought to realize the rapid passage of TIME. This year is fast slipping by—it is nearly gone—and ETERNITY lies just ahead.
The great question to be settled in each mind and heart is: SAVED or LOST? "God... now commandeth all men every where to repent." Acts 17:3030And the times of this ignorance God winked at; but now commandeth all men every where to repent: (Acts 17:30). If saved, your eternal destiny for heaven is happily assured. "Our Lord Jesus Christ, who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him." 1 Thess. 5:9,109For God hath not appointed us to wrath, but to obtain salvation by our Lord Jesus Christ, 10Who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him. (1 Thessalonians 5:9‑10). If you continue to refuse the Lord Jesus Christ, your sad future is just as sure. "The wicked shall be turned into hell." Psa. 9:1717The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. (Psalm 9:17).
Throughout the life span of every soul on earth God by His Spirit seeks to turn all men to Himself (2 Peter 3:99The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9)). Have you responded to His pleadings? In many ways He speaks, and proves that He does indeed, by rod or by staff, reprove the wayward, and lead His own along.
When you look back over that part of life which you have passed, do you not see how God has, according to His Word, spoken to your heart and sought to bring you into the right way? "For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not." Job 33:1414For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not. (Job 33:14). He still pleads, and He calls to your heart. Will you not answer while it is yet the day of grace? "Today if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts." Heb. 3:7,87Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if ye will hear his voice, 8Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness: (Hebrews 3:7‑8).
"For God so loved the world,
that He gave His only begotten
Son, that whosoever believeth in
Him should not perish, but have
everlasting life.”