AUGUST 29
COME, FOR JESUS WARNS YOU.
more
tolerable for the land of Sodom
in the day of judgment than for
you!"
Matthew 11:24
Ponder on these solemn words.
There is a day of
judgment;
for God has appointed a day in which
he will judge the world in
righteousness,
by that man which he has ordained.
That man is Jesus; Jesus who
so lovingly invites
you to come to him, that you may have life.
You must face
Jesus.
He will be on the throne of judgment, and
you must stand immediately
before him.
Your eye must meet his eye.
You must give an account of yourself to
him.
You must tell him why you refused to accept
his invitation, why you treated
him
with such rudeness and contempt.
What account will you give?
What can you say?
Can you say that you never heard
of him?
That you never received his invitation?
Will you tell him to his face
that you
did not believe his word?
Or, that you preferred this poor,
miserable
world to him?
Sodom and Gomorrah were never
invited to Jesus, you are.
Your
light is tenfold clearer than theirs.
You have more difficulty in forcing
your way
to Hell than they had.
O think of "the lowest Hell!"
"The
greater damnation!"
What do such words embody?
What ideas are they
intended to convey?
More tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah,
than for you!
What
can this mean?
Beloved reader, let me beseech you not
to risk the
possibility of knowing.
If the cup of wrath is once put into thy hand,
it will never be taken out again.
If the sentence is once passed,
it stands
unrepealed for ever.
so shall you be safe in
the day of God's fierce anger;
so shall you stand bold before
so shall you stand bold before
the throne of judgment;
so shall you shine forth as
so shall you shine forth as
the sun in glory for ever!
"How shall we escape,
if we neglect so great
salvation?"
Hebrews 2:3
James Smith 1855
James Smith 1855
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