TOO
LATE
READ:
Hebrews
4:1-11
Therefore,
since a promise remains
of entering His rest, let us fear lest
any
of you seem to have come short
of
it. –Hebrews 4:1
It happens nearly every semester. I tell my freshman college writing class
often that they need to keep up with the numerous writing assignments in order
to pass the class. But nearly every
semester some don’t believe me. They’re
the ones who send me frantic emails after the last day of class and give me
their reasons for not taking care of business.
I hate to do it, but I have to tell them, “I’m sorry. It’s too late. You have failed the class.”
That’s bad enough when you’re a college
freshman and you realize you’ve just wasted a couple thousand dollars. But there is a far more serious, more
permanent finality that comes at the end of life if people haven’t taken care
of business with God about their sin. In
those cases, if people die without having put their faith in Jesus Christ as
Savior, they face an eternity without Him.
What a terrible moment it would be to
stand before the Savior Himself and hear Him say, “I never knew you; depart from Me!” (Matthew 7:23). The
author of Hebrews warns us to make sure we don’t “come short” (4:1) of
the eternal rest offered by God. The
good news is that it’s not too late.
Today Jesus freely offers to us salvation and forgiveness through Him. – Dave Branon
If
you’d like to know the love of God the Father,
Come
to Him through Jesus Christ, His loving Son;
He’ll
forgive your sins and save your soul forever,
And
you’ll love forevermore this faithful One. –Felten
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Calvary
reveals the seriousness of our sin
and
the vastness of God’s love.
INSIGHT
In
today’s passage we read: “But the word
which they heard did not profit them, not being mixed with faith in those who
heard it” (v.2). The word translated “mixed”
means to “comingle, to unite one thing with another.” The promises of God were proclaimed, but only
those who believed and acted upon the promise profited by them.
Have a blessed day.
God Our Creator’s Love Always
Unity & Peace3
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