A GREAT many years ago a family of the above name had to flee for their lives from the power of Galeazzo Visconti, Duke of Milan. They had to travel slowly, as they had to walk, and Mrs. Carrara was sick, and the only way they could take her was on a mule, so it was with great difficulty they went on their journey, secluding themselves as much as possible by taking by-ways where they would not be noticed. They anxiously watched, and had some guards with them keeping watch too, and would, no doubt, have done their best to protect them if the enemy had come upon them.
These people were wise in seeking to get to a place of safety, and one is not surprised that they were filled with anxiety till they reached that place.
Do you know, dear children, that there is a terrible judgment coming on this world? The Scripture tells us that John the Baptist said to some Pharisees and Sadducees, who came to him to be baptized, “Who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come?”
They were wanting the outward appearance, but were not real. They did not believe in the depths of their hearts that judgment was coming, but the Carrara family fully believed their judgment was come, and their fleeing was real.
Are you like the Pharisees, or like the Carrara family? If you are like the latter, I can tell you the only place of safety to flee to is Christ. He is the One who came from the glory to this poor world and bore the judgment that we deserved, and all who put their trust in Him will be saved from the coming wrath.
“God commendeth His love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by His blood, we shall be saved from wrath through Him.” Rom. 5:8, 98But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. 9Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him. (Romans 5:8‑9).
Then another verse, written to those who were believers in the Lord Jesus, lets us know that Jesus delivered us from the wrath to come. (1 Thess. 1:1010And to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead, even Jesus, which delivered us from the wrath to come. (1 Thessalonians 1:10).) He is the only place of safety, as these scriptures show, and if you are wise, you will flee to Him now, if you have not already done so.
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