Wednesday, October 22, 2014

Pray to be Saved Now

In II Corinthians 6:2 the Bible says "Behold, now is the accepted time;
behold, now is the day of salvation." Yesterday and last week are gone
forever. Tomorrow or next week may never come. The time to be saved is
today.

Romans 10:13 says, "For whosoever shall call upon the name of the Lord shall
be saved." During my lifetime I have been in the presence of many people who
prayed a simple prayer of faith inviting Jesus to come into their lives as
they trusted Him. Some of these were in revival meetings, others were in the
privacy of their homes or in a variety of other places. These all prayed to
receive Christ and trusted Him for eternal life. Two elderly gentlemen I
remember in particular were near death's door, one in a hospital and the
other at home. Each received the Savior before it was too late.

There is a story in the Bible of a man who died and when he opened his eyes
he was in torments, obviously dying without being saved. When he arrived
there he prayed two prayers. He requested water in the first prayer to cool
his tongue, and in the second, requested someone be sent to warn his five
brothers lest they also come into this place of torments. Neither request
was granted. It was too late for prayers to be offered or answered. (Luke
16:19-31)

Don't take a chance with your soul and wait till it is too late to trust the
Lord Jesus for eternal life.

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