A fire was raging in a large building. It was thought that all had escaped when suddenly someone saw a man hanging by his hands from a window in an upper story. They quickly brought a ladder, but it was too short to reach him. A fireman climbed up as far as he could and called to the man to drop down to him. But he did not answer—alas, he was deaf and dumb.
How sad to be so near certain death, and yet deaf to the offers of salvation!
But there are many boys and girls and older folks, too, who are deaf to the offers of salvation for their souls. Are you one of them, dear reader? The man in our story needed to be saved from a burning building; you need to be saved from a burning hell. He needed salvation for his body; you need salvation for your soul. Do not turn a deaf ear any longer to the voice of the Spirit, but hear the warnings of love and be saved.
With great difficulty a brave fireman climbed up so that he could touch the foot of the poor man and attract his attention. Praise God! He was saved just in time!
The fire of God’s judgment is before those who die in their sins, but God has provided a way of escape.
“How shall we escape if we neglect so great salvation?" Heb. 2:33How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; (Hebrews 2:3). One must own himself a guilty sinner deserving punishment and believe that the Lord Jesus came down from heaven and bore his sins on Calvary’s cross.
Believe and you will be saved, dear reader—saved from an endless hell, and saved to spend eternity with that precious Saviour who loved you and gave Himself for you.
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