“Safety First!” is a good motto, but many seem to say, “Safety Last!” If you saw a man sleeping on the railway track, would you not do your best to save him? But one need not lie on the railroad line in the way of a train to be near death, for what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away. And, it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment.
It is possible to act on the motto “Safety First!” as far as life and property are concerned, taking every available precaution to preserve both, without giving one thought to the soul’s eternal welfare. As to that, “Safety Last!” is Satan’s motto and his most successful device to lure men and women into hell. He has no objection to your believing in heaven so long as you take no steps to get there.
If “Safety First!” is a good principle to act on where the welfare of your body is concerned, how much more so should it be concerning your soul. The soul must exist forever, either in heaven or in hell, and you must choose where you will spend that vast forever: eternity.
Hell is out of date with many people, but it is not out of the Bible. God said, The wicked shall be turned into hell, and all the nations that forget God. Which are you choosing: eternal bliss in heaven, or eternal torment in hell? If you will trust in Christ’s redeeming blood, you will have a place of safety from the wrath of God. Safety is of the Lord, as we find in Proverbs 21:3131The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the Lord. (Proverbs 21:31).
The way of life and the way of death are set before you. Choose life now—make sure of your eternal safety first.
I have set before you life and death,
blessing and cursing:
therefore choose life.
I will say of the LORD,
He is my refuge and my fortress:
my God; in Him will I trust.