Time No Longer

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God has told us in His Word that there is a time for every purpose and for every work (Ecc. 3:1). He further says that "now is the accepted time: behold, now is the day of salvation." 2 Cor. 6:2. He lingers in patience, beseeching men to repent. He sends warning after warning by the solemn catastrophes which, for the moment, shock the mind; but too often they pass unheeded. "The Lord is... not willing that any should perish." 2 Peter 3:9.
The day of grace—God's NOW—is still lengthened out. Again He sends a message of invitation, saying: "Yet there is room." Luke 14:22. The house is not yet filled; the door is not yet closed. God is still saying, "Come.”
But even as God has appointed a time for every work He has also "appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom He hath ordained." Acts 17:31. Solemn thought! When that day has come, when that hour has struck, there will be "time no longer." Rev. 10:6. No more delay, no more lingering in grace. No more an open door, no more room. NOW God offers eternal life and forgiveness to "whosoever will" on the ground of the work accomplished on the cross by His own beloved Son whose blood "cleanseth from all sin." THEN it will be too late. Now is the "accepted time." Then there will be "time no longer.”
"Soon that voice will cease its calling;
Now it speaks, and speaks to thee;
Sinner, heed the gracious message,
To the blood for refuge flee!
Take salvation—
Take it now and happy be.”