All the people in the town of Amsterdam had been warned that the dam in the town would soon be breaking. Flood waters rose higher and higher. Soon the mighty raging waters would force their way over and through the dam.
Several weeks went by. Many families heeded the warning and fled from the town with their possessions. Before long the waters rose to the danger point and kept rising.
Late one afternoon many men ran shouting the message of warning through the town. “Run for your lives! The dam can’t last until morning! Run! Run for your lives!”
Many dwellers retorted, “It has lasted this long and soon the flood waters will go down. There is nothing to be excited about. The dam has stood for fifty years!”
Early the next morning distant warnings could be heard, “Run! Run for your lives; The dam has broken!”
Screams rose all over the town. People were crying for help, but it was too late. The dam had broken. Thousands perished in that flood. They did not heed the warning.
How like those today who put off the salvation of their precious, never-dying souls until it is too late. Millions will be cast into outer darkness because they have rejected Christ. God grant that the reader will not be among those who will spend eternity in hell. Escape to the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation and safety ere He comes for His own and you be left behind for judgment.
ML 01/08/1961