We are travelers on the road of Time; each tick of the clock marks a footstep, each rising and setting sun is a milestone on the way. Soon we shall reach our journey's end, and all the trifles and shams of Time will give place to the realities of the coming ETERNITY.
When the first missionary who went to England arrived in Kent, he presented himself before the king to solicit permission to preach the gospel in his dominions. After long deliberation, the king was about to refuse, when an aged counselor, with his head silvered with grey hairs, rose, and by the following speech obtained the permission which was requested.
"Here we are," said he, "like birds of passage; we know not whence we come or whither we are going. If this man can tell us, let him speak."
That missionary brought with him the Word of God, with all the certainty of its blessed and solemn unfoldings of the future, and his visit was the morning star of the day of gospel light, which has shone so long and so brightly on that favoured land. There is no excuse now for ignorance as to the future.
God's word declares "It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment." Hebrews 9:2727And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: (Hebrews 9:27). But the Lord Jesus Christ Himself said, "He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life!' John 5:2424Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. (John 5:24). This is the sure way to escape the certain judgment which lies before all those who refuse to listen to God's offer of salvation.
Messages of the Love of God 6/1/1975