THE LAST NIGHT ON PLANET EARTH.
Please share this lesson with your family, friends, Facebook pages, and all who you can, for the expansion of the Kingdom of GOD.
"Evil on evil says the Lord, the Eternal ... it is coming, the hour is striking, and striking at you, the hour and the end. Your doom has come." Ezekiel 7:5-7.
Based on this startling text, our attention is drawn to the most solemn message ever heard by human ears. It is a warning to each person alive on this planet today, because every individual must pass through their last night on earth. What will it be like to begin living that final 24 hours of time?
The last night on earth in the book of Genesis. A city was to be wiped out of existence because of its total unabandonment, to the perversions of iniquity.
On the eve of its destruction, LOT made a final visit to his daughters and their Sodomite husbands, who had made their home in the midst of the doomed city. But his urgent pleas were ridiculed as groundless fears. The Bible records that "he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law." Genesis 19:14.
They actually laughed at the old man as he wept over their unconcern. How different it would have been had they known that it was indeed a judgment message from God. Eagerly they would have responded and hastened out of Sodom had they truly believed that it was their last night on earth.
But they didn't know, and they didn't believe. Most of us will never recognize when that fatal moment approaches in our own lives. Many are snatched by sudden accident and death without a second's notice, much less a 24-hour alert.
But suppose you did know that you had exactly two months, or two weeks, or two days. I've heard people say, "Oh, if I had that knowledge ahead of time, I could easily give up all my bad habits and make my decision to follow Christ fully."
Of course, but the truth is that none of us are privy to that information, and unfortunately for many who are reading this message, that last night is much nearer than we can think or imagine.
How very clever Satan is, in exploiting this personal area of the unknown in each one of us. He well recognizes, that procrastination is his most effective weapon in causing people to be lost.
The longer the decision is postponed, the easier it is to wait a little longer, until finally the putting off process turns into a lethal addiction. The will waxes weaker, and weaker, as delay saps the initiative, and makes it less and less likely that the individual will act before it is too late.
The Bible has some very sobering things to say about this subject of lingering over the call of God. When Paul reasoned with Felix about righteousness, and judgment, we are told that the governor trembled and promised to call for Paul when he had a more "convenient season."
That better time never came, and as far as we know, Felix went down into a Christless grave at the end of his life. King Agrippa was also deeply convicted as he listened to Paul's testimony about Christ. He cried out, "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." Acts 26:28.
What a tragedy that, with all the trembling and conviction, neither of those Roman rulers actually moved to obey what they knew to be right. "Almost" is not enough.
It is sometimes the case that individuals are faced with choices that must be made within a few minutes, which will affect the entire future direction of their lives. In these rare instances (and perhaps they are not as rare as we think) that golden moment of opportunity flashes into focus, remains only a few precious moments, and then disappears forever.
It seems patently true that Felix and Agrippa faced the most significant and favorable opportunity to choose life over death, and they blew it. They waited too long, and their conviction faded and disappeared.
Men and women do the same thing today. They wait for a more convenient circumstances - a different job, retirement, or financial security. They make promises to themselves, and others that they will surrender to Christ and obey the truth just as soon as the time is right.
Somebody else - Satan - hears those promises, and he immediately begins to manipulate events that will make that right moment impossible. Those people keep waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and, many of them will be waiting when the water turns to blood, and probation's door has closed on the human race. It's no wonder, the Bible declares that "Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation." 2 Corinthians 6:2.
Please share this lesson with your family, friends, Facebook pages, and all who you can, for the expansion of the Kingdom of GOD.
"Evil on evil says the Lord, the Eternal ... it is coming, the hour is striking, and striking at you, the hour and the end. Your doom has come." Ezekiel 7:5-7.
Based on this startling text, our attention is drawn to the most solemn message ever heard by human ears. It is a warning to each person alive on this planet today, because every individual must pass through their last night on earth. What will it be like to begin living that final 24 hours of time?
The last night on earth in the book of Genesis. A city was to be wiped out of existence because of its total unabandonment, to the perversions of iniquity.
On the eve of its destruction, LOT made a final visit to his daughters and their Sodomite husbands, who had made their home in the midst of the doomed city. But his urgent pleas were ridiculed as groundless fears. The Bible records that "he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law." Genesis 19:14.
They actually laughed at the old man as he wept over their unconcern. How different it would have been had they known that it was indeed a judgment message from God. Eagerly they would have responded and hastened out of Sodom had they truly believed that it was their last night on earth.
But they didn't know, and they didn't believe. Most of us will never recognize when that fatal moment approaches in our own lives. Many are snatched by sudden accident and death without a second's notice, much less a 24-hour alert.
But suppose you did know that you had exactly two months, or two weeks, or two days. I've heard people say, "Oh, if I had that knowledge ahead of time, I could easily give up all my bad habits and make my decision to follow Christ fully."
Of course, but the truth is that none of us are privy to that information, and unfortunately for many who are reading this message, that last night is much nearer than we can think or imagine.
How very clever Satan is, in exploiting this personal area of the unknown in each one of us. He well recognizes, that procrastination is his most effective weapon in causing people to be lost.
The longer the decision is postponed, the easier it is to wait a little longer, until finally the putting off process turns into a lethal addiction. The will waxes weaker, and weaker, as delay saps the initiative, and makes it less and less likely that the individual will act before it is too late.
The Bible has some very sobering things to say about this subject of lingering over the call of God. When Paul reasoned with Felix about righteousness, and judgment, we are told that the governor trembled and promised to call for Paul when he had a more "convenient season."
That better time never came, and as far as we know, Felix went down into a Christless grave at the end of his life. King Agrippa was also deeply convicted as he listened to Paul's testimony about Christ. He cried out, "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." Acts 26:28.
What a tragedy that, with all the trembling and conviction, neither of those Roman rulers actually moved to obey what they knew to be right. "Almost" is not enough.
It is sometimes the case that individuals are faced with choices that must be made within a few minutes, which will affect the entire future direction of their lives. In these rare instances (and perhaps they are not as rare as we think) that golden moment of opportunity flashes into focus, remains only a few precious moments, and then disappears forever.
It seems patently true that Felix and Agrippa faced the most significant and favorable opportunity to choose life over death, and they blew it. They waited too long, and their conviction faded and disappeared.
Men and women do the same thing today. They wait for a more convenient circumstances - a different job, retirement, or financial security. They make promises to themselves, and others that they will surrender to Christ and obey the truth just as soon as the time is right.
Somebody else - Satan - hears those promises, and he immediately begins to manipulate events that will make that right moment impossible. Those people keep waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and, many of them will be waiting when the water turns to blood, and probation's door has closed on the human race. It's no wonder, the Bible declares that "Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation." 2 Corinthians 6:2.
THE LAST NIGHT ON PLANET EARTH.
Please share this lesson with your family, friends, Facebook pages, and all who you can, for the expansion of the Kingdom of GOD.
"Evil on evil says the Lord, the Eternal ... it is coming, the hour is striking, and striking at you, the hour and the end. Your doom has come." Ezekiel 7:5-7.
Based on this startling text, our attention is drawn to the most solemn message ever heard by human ears. It is a warning to each person alive on this planet today, because every individual must pass through their last night on earth. What will it be like to begin living that final 24 hours of time?
The last night on earth in the book of Genesis. A city was to be wiped out of existence because of its total unabandonment, to the perversions of iniquity.
On the eve of its destruction, LOT made a final visit to his daughters and their Sodomite husbands, who had made their home in the midst of the doomed city. But his urgent pleas were ridiculed as groundless fears. The Bible records that "he seemed as one that mocked unto his sons in law." Genesis 19:14.
They actually laughed at the old man as he wept over their unconcern. How different it would have been had they known that it was indeed a judgment message from God. Eagerly they would have responded and hastened out of Sodom had they truly believed that it was their last night on earth.
But they didn't know, and they didn't believe. Most of us will never recognize when that fatal moment approaches in our own lives. Many are snatched by sudden accident and death without a second's notice, much less a 24-hour alert.
But suppose you did know that you had exactly two months, or two weeks, or two days. I've heard people say, "Oh, if I had that knowledge ahead of time, I could easily give up all my bad habits and make my decision to follow Christ fully."
Of course, but the truth is that none of us are privy to that information, and unfortunately for many who are reading this message, that last night is much nearer than we can think or imagine.
How very clever Satan is, in exploiting this personal area of the unknown in each one of us. He well recognizes, that procrastination is his most effective weapon in causing people to be lost.
The longer the decision is postponed, the easier it is to wait a little longer, until finally the putting off process turns into a lethal addiction. The will waxes weaker, and weaker, as delay saps the initiative, and makes it less and less likely that the individual will act before it is too late.
The Bible has some very sobering things to say about this subject of lingering over the call of God. When Paul reasoned with Felix about righteousness, and judgment, we are told that the governor trembled and promised to call for Paul when he had a more "convenient season."
That better time never came, and as far as we know, Felix went down into a Christless grave at the end of his life. King Agrippa was also deeply convicted as he listened to Paul's testimony about Christ. He cried out, "Almost thou persuadest me to be a Christian." Acts 26:28.
What a tragedy that, with all the trembling and conviction, neither of those Roman rulers actually moved to obey what they knew to be right. "Almost" is not enough.
It is sometimes the case that individuals are faced with choices that must be made within a few minutes, which will affect the entire future direction of their lives. In these rare instances (and perhaps they are not as rare as we think) that golden moment of opportunity flashes into focus, remains only a few precious moments, and then disappears forever.
It seems patently true that Felix and Agrippa faced the most significant and favorable opportunity to choose life over death, and they blew it. They waited too long, and their conviction faded and disappeared.
Men and women do the same thing today. They wait for a more convenient circumstances - a different job, retirement, or financial security. They make promises to themselves, and others that they will surrender to Christ and obey the truth just as soon as the time is right.
Somebody else - Satan - hears those promises, and he immediately begins to manipulate events that will make that right moment impossible. Those people keep waiting, and waiting, and waiting, and, many of them will be waiting when the water turns to blood, and probation's door has closed on the human race. It's no wonder, the Bible declares that "Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation." 2 Corinthians 6:2.
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