No Time For God?
By Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
Those
who have no time for God should consider what their circumstances would
be if He had no time for them; no time to paint the sunsets, no time to
send the warm sun’s rays or the refreshing showers, no time to make the
crops and flowers grow. We doubt that any thinking person would
actually want nothing to do with God.
Cain
despised God’s authority and finally murdered his brother, but when he
was driven from the presence of God he said: “My punishment is greater
than I can bear” (Gen. 4:13).
One
of the saddest sentences in the gospel records is our Lord’s prediction
that He would have to say to some: “I never knew you; depart from Me,
ye that work iniquity” (Matt. 7:23).
Just
what it will mean to be “cast into the lake of fire” (Rev. 20:15), we
pray God none of our readers will ever find out, but the Scriptures do
clearly indicate that those involved will be cast forever out of the
presence of God.
Thank
God, it is not He who desires this. He paid for our sins at Calvary to
reconcile us to Himself (Eph. 2:16). St. Paul declares that God has
called believers “unto the fellowship of His Son” (1 Cor. 1:9) and that
at His coming for them they shall “ever be with the Lord,” adding:
“wherefore, comfort one another with these words” (1 Thes. 4:17,18).
“Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us; we pray you in Christ’s stead, be ye reconciled to God” (II Cor. 5:20).
God has demonstrated His love for us in Christ. Why not respond by gratefully trusting Christ as your Savior?
Les Feldick Ministries
30706 W. Lona Valley Rd.
Kinta, OK 74552
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