02.07. The moment to decide
The moment to decide Christ invites you to repent, believe on Him, be born again, and find rest (Matthew 11:28).
Make no mistake about it, you are either for Christ or against Him (Matthew 12:30). If you are against Him, you take your place with mass murderers, terrorists, rapists, pedophiles, and other sexual deviants. Hardly a desirable circle of companions for eternity, is it?
Why you should trust Christ and be saved Four compelling facts call for a positive response to the call of Christ: Your present happiness depends on it. Your forever welfare depends on it.
You have everything to gain and nothing to lose.
There is no risk.
Why you should do it now The present moment is the only time of which you can be sure. God says that now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation (2 Corinthians 6:2).
Life is uncertain. Every day people rise and go to work, little realizing that before evening they will have met God. Today some will leave Planet Earth due to a heart attack, an accident, or criminal assault. The possibilities of sudden death are legion. The coming of the Lord is near. Jesus may come at any moment. Those who are saved will meet Him in the air and return with Him to the Father’s house in heaven (John 14:1-3). Those who are not saved will remain for a fearful time of judgment on the earth (Matthew 24:21) and a lost eternity (Revelation 20:14-15).
You’ve already kept Him standing outside the door for years. You don’t treat others that way. Why do you treat your God like that? Let Him in.
God has made an unchangeable decree that every knee will bow to Jesus and every tongue will confess Him as Lord (Php 2:10-11). It is better to do it now voluntarily and be saved than to do it by compulsion later on and be lost eternally.
It is later than it has ever been before. A little boy counted off the chimes on the grandfather’s clock when it struck on the hour in his grandmother’s house. One day it was out of order and it chimed 13, 14, 15 times. The boy ran in to the kitchen and said, “Grandma, Grandma, it’s later than it’s ever been before.” The day of opportunity is almost over.
Someday you will stand before God and the question will be “What did you do with my Son?” Your final destiny will depend on the answer. He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abides on him (John 3:36).