You may do as you please with God now. It is permitted. God placed Himself in men’s hands when He sent Jesus Christ into the world as perfect God and perfect Man in one Being. He was then in men’s hands. They cursed Him and spit on Him. They called him a devil. Finally men arrested Him, gave Him a mock trial, flogged Him, nailed Him to a cross, and hung Him between earth and heaven. And God allowed it.

Today you can ignore Christ. You can ignore the Bible and His church. You can laugh at His blood-bought salvation, curse His followers, and laugh at Hell. It is permitted. The eternal Christ may knock at your soul’s door, calling you to give up sin and prepare for Heaven. You may refuse Him, spit on Him, call Him a devil, or curse Him. It is permitted. You may take His name upon your lips in oaths and curses if you choose. He is in your hands—now.

On the other hand, you may seek His favor, humble yourself before Him and beg His mercy, implore His forgiveness, forsake your sins, and surrender your whole life to Him. He has said, “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me” (Revelation 3:20).

It is your choice. The latch is on your side of the door. You may choose the rat race of seeking happiness and success—or the rest of soul that comes from knowing Jesus. You may choose the world’s noise and tinsel—or the quietness of communion with God. You may choose the continual craving for pleasure—or the joy of Holy Spirit empowered living. The choice is yours: God is in your hands, now.

God has already set the day when you will be in His hands. What He does with you then depends on what you do with Him now. If you have abused Him, it will be a “fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God” (Hebrews 10:31).

In the Day of Judgment, God will have only two verdicts: “Depart from me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and his angels” (Matthew 25:41), or “Enter thou into the joy of thy Lord” (Matthew 25:21). The verdict you will hear then depends on what you do with Christ now.

Jesus Christ is the only shelter in the day of God’s wrath. Jesus Christ is the expression of God’s love to us, demonstrated in His life, death, and resurrection. Through the touch of the Holy Spirit, He expresses His love, moving upon our human spirits and prompting our consciences. He longs to restore us to fellowship with God. The Bible tells us there is only “one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus” (1 Timothy 2:5). You may try to be neutral, but that is delusion. You may want to postpone decision. But, to God, postponement is a flat “no.”

Today is your day. He is in your hands. In God’s day, when you are in His hands, there will be no postponement of sentence, no neutral place between Heaven and Hell, and no more mediator between God and man.

No mediator! For Jesus, who is now Mediator, has already been appointed to be Judge in that day.

Friend, listen! If you want mercy and pardon, you will have to get it now.

—Harold Brenneman, adapted

What to pray for salvation:

Dear Father,

I confess that I am a sinner, and that I need Your forgiveness. I believe Your Son Jesus died on the cross to save me from my sins. At this moment, I invite Him to come into my heart as my own personal Saviour. I am willing, by God’s grace, to follow and obey Him as Lord of my life, and I thank You for saving me from a life of sin.

In Jesus’ name. Amen.

Christian Light Publications, Harrisonburg, VA 22802 Phone (540) 434-0768

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English

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4

Autore

Harold Brenneman

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Christian Light Publications

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