The Warning Word

From: Echoes of Grace: 1962

• 2 min. read • grade level: 4

To a city of old came two messengers. They had serious information to impart. They had been sent to warn some of the inhabitants that the city was to be overthrown with terrible judgments because of its many sins and thorough wickedness. It seemed incredible; it appeared improbable; and those who heard the message seemed to doubt.

After some time the messengers seized their hearers and hurried them out of the doomed place, crying: "ESCAPE! Escape for thy life." Gen. 19:17¹⁷And it came to pass, when they had brought them forth abroad, that he said, Escape for thy life; look not behind thee, neither stay thou in all the plain; escape to the mountain, lest thou be consumed. (Genesis 19:17). Some of them—three out of the four—did so. But one looked back at the doomed city, stopped, and was caught by God's descending wrath.

"Remember Lot's wife." Luke 17:32³²Remember Lot's wife. (Luke 17:32).

Today, the message comes to us that this world is soon to be judged. It is under condemnation for its sins. The murder of the Son of God lies at its door as yet unavenged. But many say: "Oh, things go on now as ever. Judgment will never touch us." The Lord Himself warns us of this, saying: "As it was in the days of Lot, so shall it be in the days of the Son of Man. They bought, they sold, they planted, they builded, until the day that Lot went out of Sodom." (Luke 17:28, 29²⁸Likewise also as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold, they planted, they builded; ²⁹But the same day that Lot went out of Sodom it rained fire and brimstone from heaven, and destroyed them all. (Luke 17:28‑29).)

Sinner friend, I warn you, the Judge is at the door. "Flee from the wrath to come." Matt. 3:7⁷But when he saw many of the Pharisees and Sadducees come to his baptism, he said unto them, O generation of vipers, who hath warned you to flee from the wrath to come? (Matthew 3:7).

But you need not perish. The Lord Jesus Christ is waiting to receive you. He loves you. He died for you. Flee to Him. He is a shelter in the time of storm.

"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 3:36³⁶He 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).

"The wages of sin is death;
but THE GIFT OF GOD is
eternal life through JESUS
CHRIST our LORD.”

Rom. 6:23²³For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)

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