" THERE'S NO HURRY ! "

 

     A man once had a vision in which he seemed to be standing in the midst of an assembly of evil spirits. On the throne sat their ruler, Satan, grasping the scepter of wickedness in his hand. 

     Summoning his subjects about him, Satan said in a loud voice, "Who will go to Earth and persuade man to accomplish the ruin of their souls ?"

     One of the attendant spirits said, "I will go."

     "And how will you persuade them ?" asked the grim monarch.

   "I will persuade them," was the answer, "that there is no Heaven."

     But Satan replied, "No, that will not do. You will never be able to force such a belief on the most of mankind. That conviction of a better life to come is too deep-seated in the hearts of men."

     Then a second spoke up and said, "I will go."

     "And how will you persuade them ?" asked Satan.

     "I will persuade them that there is no Hell."

     But again Satan answered: "That will not do. You will never persuade most men that that is so. Man's conscience will witness against you and defeat your ends. We must have something else, something which will appeal to all classes and ages and dispositions and which will be acceptable to the human race as a whole."

     Thereupon a dark spirit glided forward and said, "Satan, I will go."

     "And what will you tell them ?" asked Satan.

 

    "I will tell them, answered the spirit, that there's no hurry -- no hurry to be saved, that tomorrow will be soon enough !"

     He was the spirit chosen to go -- and still he is abroad in the Earth whispering to the hearts of men: There's still sufficient time for religion -- later. There's no hurry. Just have fun while you can. "Eat, drink and be merry . . ." !

     BUT it is not so ! Each passing moment brings new souls going out into Eternity -- many very suddenly -- without the least warning. And then -- The Final Reckoning. The Bible says:

"How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation ?" (Hebrews 2:3) We know the answer. We shall not escape ! Therefore, "Today if ye will hear HIS voice, harden not your heart . . ." (Hebrews 3:15).

Rev. Julius Vanden Hoek

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     "For GOD so loved the world, that HE gave HIS only begotten SON, that whosoever believes in HIM should not perish, but have everlasting life. For GOD sent not HIS SON into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through HIM might be saved. He that believes on HIM is not condemned: BUT he that believes not is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten SON of GOD." John 3:16-18

Your servant in CHRIST,

Julie

". . .: BEHOLD ! NOW is the accepted time; BEHOLD ! NOW is the day of salvation." (2nd.Corinthians 6:2b