The Guilt of Neglect

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You would severely censure the merchant who neglected his business; the skipper who neglected his ship; the engineer who neglected his locomotive; but how deep and terrible is the guilt of the man who neglects the salvation of his soul! Think of the magnitude of the guilt! You have broken God's law, and trampled His commands under your feet numberless times.
"The wages of sin is death," Rom. 6:23, and you have richly earned the "wages.”
Instead of punishing you, He has blessed you with innumerable blessings, and says, He has no pleasure in your death (Ezek. 33:11).
Through the sacrifice of Christ, He has provided deliverance for you, from the penalty and thralldom of sin. His beloved Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, "suffered for our sins, the Just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God.”
"He was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities." Isa. 53:5.
By His dying for us, God's righteous demands have been fully met, and all who believe on the Savior, are saved eternally.
"Be it known unto you, men and brethren, that through this Man is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins; and by Him, all that believe are justified from all things." Acts 13:38, 39
"Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on Me hath everlasting life." John 6:47.
"COME UNTO ME,
ALL YE THAT LABOR.
AND ARE HEAVY LADEN,
AND I WILL
GIVE YOU REST.”
Matt. 11:28
"LET HIM THAT
HEARETH SAY, COME.
AND LET HIM THAT
IS ATHIRST COME.
AND 'WHOSOEVER WILL,
LET HIM TAKE THE
WATER OF LIFE FREELY.”
Rev. 22:17