The time is short! (1 Corinthians 7:29.)
How short? Have you the answer? No, man does not have the answer to that question. God alone controls time, 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 Corinthians 6:2.)
That is why God invites: Come now, and let us reason together. (Isaiah 1:18.) That is why the Holy Spirit pleads and warns, To-day, if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts. (Hebrews 3:15.) Oh, the time is short!
How short? Who knows? Who can tell? Not you - not I. But we can be sure of one fact: TIME is shorter than we think. What God calls “short” cannot be made “long”. No man can stretch out his appointed life span, and it is disastrous to attempt to evade the final issue.
TIME IS SHORT! It is shorter than you realize. It is too short to be wasted in sin and wickedness. 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 to say “Yes” to Jesus and to enter into the happiness that if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature. (2 Corinthians 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.) v