"I have done what my hand found to do, and done it with all my might for Thee." What He said to His disciples of old, He is saying now and saying it to each of you: "Watch and be ready." And to you who are not saved! Let me warn you not to be living in a fool's paradise. This world in which you are living is no holiday world, and it is no holiday answer you will be called to give for living here; no easy account to render for all the benefits He has bestowed upon you, and the grace in which He has dealt with you. You must meet and answer to the living God. You must meet Him in the person of the cross rejected Son of God. He is coming back, not only to recompense those who own His cross as an altar of sacrifice whereon He died for men, He is coming back to avenge that cross, and charge it as a crime against all who do not own and confess His name. You must meet Him either as an Avenger or a Redeemer, as Saviour or as Judge. Let me beseech you to hear the sounds of warning that are coming down the gale, in the tumult and the storm, and the gathering blackness as it lowers on the rim of a startled and astonished world. Turn to God's Christ and now in this hour of His waiting and grace, claim redemption and the saving shelter of His blood-before too late. |