God Has Provided So Great a Salvation That We Should Never Neglect
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God Has Provided So Great a Salvation That We Should Never Neglect ㅡ
“How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him;” (Hebrews 2:3)
“Remember Lot’s wife.” (Luke 17:32)
While her body was upon the plain, her heart clung to Sodom, and she perished with it.
She rebelled against God because His judgments involved her possessions and her children in the ruin.
Although so greatly favored in being called out from the wicked city, she felt that she was severely dealt with, because the wealth that it had taken years to accumulate must be left to destruction.
Instead of thankfully accepting deliverance, she presumptuously looked back to desire the life of those who had rejected the divine warning.
Her sin showed her to be unworthy of life, for the preservation of which she felt so little gratitude.
We should beware of treating lightly God’s gracious provisions for our salvation.
There are Christians who say, “I do not care to be saved unless my companion and children are saved with me.”
They feel that heaven would not be heaven to them without the presence of those who are so dear.
But have those who cherish this feeling a right conception of their own relation to God, in view of His great goodness and mercy toward them?
Have they forgotten that they are bound by the strongest ties of love and honor and loyalty to the service of their Creator and Redeemer?
The invitations of mercy are addressed to all; and because our friends reject the Saviour’s pleading love, shall we also turn away?
The redemption of the soul is precious. Christ has paid an infinite price for our salvation, and no one who appreciates the value of this great sacrifice or the worth of the soul will despise God’s offered mercy because others choose to do so.
The very fact that others are ignoring His just claims should arouse us to greater diligence, that we may honor God ourselves, and lead all whom we can influence, to accept His love.
(Patriarchs and Prophets 161, 162)
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