WE had had a most stirring gospel preached one Sunday evening, and as the people were leaving the hall, a young woman, who knew what it was to rejoice in the Lord as her salvation, noticed a girl coming down the aisle, looking, oh ! so miserable!
“Dear friend," asked the Christian," have you decided for Christ Jesus; and can you say He is your Savior?"
“No," she replied, in a very sad tone.
“Then will you not come to the Savior tonight? Jesus is waiting to receive you, and longing to bless you. Do come now, just as you are."
“No," again she replied,” I will not decide tonight; perhaps some other time."
And she passed on, with her sad face, and heavy heart, and her soul unsaved!
SOME OTHER TIME—NOT TONIGHT."
And the Lord Jesus heard that deliberate refusal.
Dear unsaved one, have you ever put off accepting Jesus as your Savior? If so, just think of it for a few minutes. “Boast not thyself of tomorrow, for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth." (Prov. 27:11Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth. (Proverbs 27:1).) “Tomorrow " is the devil's word.” Today “is God's.
“Tomorrow " is a day you will never see. Have you ever thought that when it comes it is again “today“? And Satan will still whisper, “Oh, never mind today, tomorrow will do!”
Before another twenty-four hours, the Lord may have come; for we read in Matt. 24:4444Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh. (Matthew 24:44), "Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh; " and there will be no TOMORROW then.
Before another day dawns you may be stricken down by fever, and be unconscious of anything going on around you; and you cannot come to Jesus then. Before another day is passed your heart may have ceased to beat, and you lie dead.
Listen no more to Satan's suggestions about tomorrow, for he will make you put off coming to Jesus, and delay salvation, until it is too late. He will tempt you on and on, till he lands you in hell, and you are lost for eternity. On the other hand is salvation, and if you trust in Jesus as your Savior, you are saved, and saved for ever. Which is it to be? Jesus or Satan, heaven or hell, saved or lost?
M.