The fire was quietly burning in the fireplace. Sparks and cinders drifted up the chimney as Sunday dinner was being prepared. The smell of dinner filled the house with odors that only made the family more hungry. With the warmth from the fireplace and the smell of dinner on the stove, no one realized the danger that awaited them and their home.
There is danger ahead for this world too, and its so-called peace. Peace and safety seem so sure and endless, but God has condemned this world. All that are in the world — sinners such as ourselves — need a Saviour. There is only one Saviour for sinners, the Lord Jesus Christ.
Four boys were walking home from Sunday school. As they came closer to the house, they saw that the roof was on fire. They were spell bound! They sat down across the street to watch the flames!
Inside, the family was enjoying their Sunday dinner unaware that the fire that was slowly burning in the fireplace had sent a spark up the chimney and had set their roof on fire! The harmless fire in the fireplace that sent sparks and cinders quietly up the chimney had turned their home into a burning torch! The fire on the roof grew larger, unnoticed by the family while the four boys across the street watched the fire rage. Finally one of the members of the family sensed something was wrong. He raced out of the house only to discover that their home was engulfed in flames.
Thankfully the family escaped safely and no one was hurt. But they lost their home and everything they had, while the four boys sat across the street watched the fire grow into a burning blaze and never warned the family!
Today there are sinners quietly going on to a lost eternity, not knowing that judgment is coming to this world and everyone in it lost in sin. “How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation.” Hebrews 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). Right now the Lord Jesus is warning you to escape for your life! He loves you and does not want anyone to die in their sins. He is not sitting watching you head for eternal judgment. He shed His precious blood, died, and rose from the dead that we might not die in our sins, but have everlasting life. Won’t you accept Him as your Saviour right now?
ML-03/23/1986