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Too Late!, December 21
While it is said, Today if ye will hear his voice, harden not your
hearts, as in the provocation.
Hebrews 3:15
.
Oh, who will describe to you the lamentations that will arise when at
the boundary line which parts time and eternity the righteous Judge will
lift up His voice and declare, “It is too late.” Long have the wide gates of
heaven stood open and the heavenly messengers have invited and entreated
“Whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely” (
Revelation 22:17
).
“To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your heart.” But at length the
mandate goes forth, “He that is unjust, let him be unjust still: and he which
is filthy, let him be filthy still: and he that is righteous, let him be righteous
still: and he that is holy, let him be holy still” (
Revelation 22:11
).
The heavenly gate closes, the invitation of salvation ceases. In heaven
it is said, “It is done.” Such a time is not far distant. I plead with you to
make sure work for eternity, to lay hold on the hope set before you in the
gospel. Strive to enter in at the strait gate, for if you merely seek, you will
not be able.
The world is loaded down with the curse which sin brings. It is literally
deluged with sin, with violence and corruption, as in the days of Noah.
And yet at this fearful period of our world’s history many are asleep. They
cease to make efforts to become Christians....
Honesty, nobility, purity of soul, fellowship with God and angels,
the heavenly hope, the eternal inheritance, the joys unspeakable and the
bliss immeasurable, are your birthright, and will you barter away these
treasures for sinful pleasure? ... What shall worldly pleasures avail you
when all the world shall be overwhelmed as was Sodom and destroyed
like Gomorrah? ...
Too late will sinners realize that they have sold their birthright. The
crown that they might have had shines upon the brow of another. The
inheritance which they might have had is lost. Beware how you trifle
with temptation. Beware how you boast of your strength. Christ is your
everlasting strength; confide in God, lay hold of His strength, and He will
bring you off conqueror and you will wear the crown of victory.
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