YOUNG man was deeply convicted of his sins. A Christian asked him to receive Christ that hour, hot the young man replied, “No, I will attend to that matter when I am through hauling lugs. I have exactly one month of work yet.” Exactly one month later, this young man got a tramp while swimming, screamed for help, and sank to the bottom. He went into eternity a lost soul. He was one month too late!
A Scottish woman was greatly distressed about her soul. She could not sleep, but paced up and down her room. Finally, she wrote in her diary, “Next week, I will attend to the salvation of my soul.” Just two days later, she became very ill, and shortly before her death, she uttered these tragic words, “I am one week too late! I am lost!”
At a gospel meeting, a worldly young woman was spoken to about her soul’s salvation. But she answered, “I will seek the Lord tomorrow night.” The next night came, but the young lady prepared to go to a dance, despite her mother’s objections. She told her mother, “I will go if I die.” When the young lady’s escort came to call for her, the mother found her daughter before the mirror, but she was dead! One night too late!
Years ago, at a revival meeting, a Christian aunt spoke to her niece about accepting Christ. The young lady refused the kind invitation. On the way home from the meeting, the vehicle, in which the young lady was riding, overturned. She was instantly killed. Another lost soul went into a dark eternity. She was one hour too late.
These are true stories which show that the day of salvation is not at some future time, but NOW. “Today if ye will hear His voice, harden not your hearts,” Heb. 3:15.
Every heartbeat, deity reader, brings you nearer to eternity. You cannot escape. Where will you spend eternity? Whether you accept or reject Christ will decide the destiny of your soul.
“Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” 2 Cor. 6:2. Satan says, “Tomorrow.” God says, “Today.” What will your decision be? Don’t be even one hour too late. Make this your hour of decision for Christ.
“How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?” Heb. 2:3.
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