The evening gospel meeting was over, and we were walking slowly home with our little seven-year-old son. Suddenly we noticed the sky in the distance was glowing red. Our little boy noticed it first, and wanted to know if it was the Lord Jesus coming bad again.
“Daddy, I do wish the Lord Jesus would come right now and take us to heaven. I’m ready to go, for I have taken the Lord Jesus as my Saviour.”
The light in the sky was the reflection from a very had fire, and it made us think and speak of the fire of God’s judgment which will soon fall upon this poor world. The Word of God tells us, “The heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. The heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.” 2 Peter 3:7,107But the heavens and the earth, which are now, by the same word are kept in store, reserved unto fire against the day of judgment and perdition of ungodly men. (2 Peter 3:7)
10But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up. (2 Peter 3:10).
If your town should begin to burn and the fire were coming nearer and nearer to your home, would you frightened? I know you would, and you would be very glad for a safe place to go. And when the storm of God’s fire and judgment falls on this poor world, only those who are safe in fir Lord Jesus Christ will be in the glory where no storms can ever reach us. Are you safe in Christ? Are you ready to go?
ML 09/24/1950