What Shall the End Be?

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A question which is often repeated today!
We all wish, for instance, to inquire: What will be the end of present upheavals? As to their immediate result who can tell? If, however, we inquire as to their ultimate issues, the Bible will tell us. The overturning will not permanently cease until He comes whose right is the crown. He our Lord Jesus Christ will institute authority and judgment in the earth, and He is worthy to do it. (Read Ezek. 21:2727I will overturn, overturn, overturn, it: and it shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it him. (Ezekiel 21:27)).
What will be the end of modern schemes for the abolition of war amongst the nations, and the betterment of men in general? Exactly the same as the end of all previous schemes: Failure! For success men must be fundamentally altered in their very natures—must be born again, and no human scheme has ever proposed to effect this.
And, supposing that you as a solitary individual attempt to improve yourself, until you are so good that God will accept you, what shall the end be? Failure again! You are without strength to accomplish any such thing.
It is indeed good then to read, "When we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly." Rom. 5:66For when we were yet without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. (Romans 5:6).
What amazing grace! What divine love!
The believer in Christ is "justified by His blood" (verse 9), he is "reconciled to God by the death of His Son" (verse 10).
This is an end well worth reaching—is it not? Make sure that you secure it. The only road that leads to this end is that of faith in Christ; not mere head belief, but the heart acceptance of Him as Savior and Lord.
And now for a last question. "What shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God?" 1 Peter 4:1717For the time is come that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if it first begin at us, what shall the end be of them that obey not the gospel of God? (1 Peter 4:17). Let that ring in your conscience. What is it likely to be?
What will be the end of the sick man who will not obey his doctor's instructions? Or of the shipwrecked man who will not get into the lifeboat? What then shall be the end of the man who refuses the only real remedy ever offered for sin?
"The Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, in flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ." 2 Thess. 1:7, 87And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, 8In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: (2 Thessalonians 1:7‑8).
Here you have the divine answer. Take care that such an end never comes upon you. Obey the gospel from your heart today!