"The time is short"! 1 Cor. 7:29.
How short? Have you the answer? No; man has not the answer to that question, nor is the answer to be found in the Bible. God alone is TIME'S arbiter, and "our times are in His hands." That is the only possible answer. That is why the Word of God so urgently states the great truth that, "Now is the accepted time: behold, now is the day of salvation." 2 Cor. 6:2. That is why Almighty God invites: "Come now, and let us reason together." Isa. 1:18. That is why the Holy Spirit pleads in notes of solemn warning: "Today if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts." Heb. 3:15. Oh, beloved, the time is short.
How short? Who knows? Who can tell? Not you—not I. But we can be sure of this solemn fact: TIME is shorter than we think. What God by the Spirit calls "short" cannot be made "long." No man can "stretch out" the span of his appointed life-period, and it is disastrous to attempt by denial, presumption, or procrastination to evade the final issue.
"Time is short"!... So says Scripture. It is shorter than you realize. It is too short to be wasted in sin and ruined in iniquity. But it is just long enough for your soul to turn in "repentance toward God, and faith toward our Lord Jesus Christ." Acts 20:21. It is just long enough for that soul to say "Yes" to Jesus and to enter into the blessedness of "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature." 2 Cor. 5:17. TIME and LIFE are far, far too short for anything less than that!
"He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him." John 3:36.