MAN thinks and says, Tomorrow will do just as well as to-day to be saved. GOD says, Today; but where does He say, Tomorrow?
Today the arrow of death is abroad, and it is calculated that every hour one thousand immortal beings pass into eternity.
If death came to you where you are, as you are, and just now, and laying his icy finger upon your pulse, stopped its beating, and laying his hand upon your heart, stopped its throbbing, and breathing upon your now warm blood, froze it in your veins, ARE YOU READY?
“Today" the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ may take place; and if it should,
He would raise the bodies of all “the dead in Christ," and change the living bodies of all who have eternal life in Him, accomplishing all "in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye" (1 Cor. 15:5252In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (1 Corinthians 15:52)). 1CO 15:5252In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. (1 Corinthians 15:52)
Should the second coming of the Lord take place whilst you are reading this little paper, ARE YOU READY?
None of those, NO, NOT ONE, that have heard the gospel of salvation "TODAY," and have been guilty of rejecting it, will have the shadow of a chance of being saved after Christ has been and taken His own blood-redeemed ones to glory (see 2 Thess. 2:10-1210And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (2 Thessalonians 2:10‑12)). 2TH 2:10-1210And with all deceivableness of unrighteousness in them that perish; because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved. 11And for this cause God shall send them strong delusion, that they should believe a lie: 12That they all might be damned who believed not the truth, but had pleasure in unrighteousness. (2 Thessalonians 2:10‑12)
The Holy Ghost says, in Psa. 95:7, 87For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, 8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: (Psalm 95:7‑8) PSA 95:7-87For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice, 8Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness: (Psalm 95:7‑8)
“TODAY, if ye will hear His voice, harden not your heart "; and Jesus says, in Luke 19:55And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zaccheus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house. (Luke 19:5), LUK 19:55And when Jesus came to the place, he looked up, and saw him, and said unto him, Zaccheus, make haste, and come down; for to day I must abide at thy house. (Luke 19:5) "MAKE HASTE, and come down, for TO-DAY I must abide at thy house.”
“TODAY," life, light, and glory forever are offered thee in the gospel, for only believing, as a lost and helpless sinner, in the person and work of Christ.
“Tomorrow," may be death, darkness, and damnation forever should you refuse. Which is it to be?
God grant it may be the first, and not the last! May it be said of you, dear reader, as it was said by the Lord Jesus of Zacchæus, “This day is salvation come to this house"; for “behold, NOW is the accepted time; behold, NOW is the day of salvation.”
“Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth”
H. M. H.