By Lou K. Coleman | WSS News Contributor
Because the repetition of “listen” and “hear” underscores the urgency and necessity of heeding divine guidance. Give ear and hear My voice, listen and hear My words you deaf; and look, you blind, that you may see. Heed, instruction and be wise, and do not neglect it. If you do your ears shall hear a word behind you, saying; This is the way, walk in it, when you turn to the right or when you turn to the left. – [Isaiah 28:23; Isaiah 30:21; Isaiah 42:18; Proverbs 8:33]. For when the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth, for he will not speak on his own authority, but whatever he hears he will speak, and he will declare to you the things that are to come [John 16:13]. So, watch out! Don’t let your hearts be dulled by carousing and drunkenness, and by the worries of this life. Keep alert at all times. And pray that you might be strong enough to escape these coming horrors and stand before the Son of Man.” [Luke 21:34-36].
For the water is boiling, and the pot is about to explode. You have got to choose and choose NOW! It is the last hour! Receive the saving grace of God. Waiting any longer is like playing with fire while soaked in gasoline because you never know when your time in this world is up. The day is near; It will be a day of clouds, a time of doom for the nations. [Ezekiel 30:3]. No more procrastination, you have got to choose and choose NOW! For the trumpets are sounding; the mountain is engulfed and smoking; the earth is quaking; thunders are clapping; lightning is flashing; people are trembling [Exodus 19:19–20].
O earth, earth, earth, hear the word of the Lord! [Jeremiah 22:29]. Listen to God’s warnings and instructions [Isaiah 28:23].
Why do you play so loose with your life? Not this physical life but the one coming after – the eternal life. Consider today with some urgency your eternal life. Choose Christ NOW, for NOW is the acceptable time, NOW is the day of salvation [2 Corinthians 6:2].
Understand the value of time. The brevity and uncertainty of life: [James 4:14]. The importance of making the most of every opportunity: [Ephesians 5:16]. The consequences of wasted time and missed opportunities: [Proverbs 10:5]. The danger of procrastination: [Proverbs 27:1]. The eternal implications of temporal decisions: [2 Corinthians 4:18].
Turn to God before it’s too late [Hebrews 9:27] because God is about to turn up the heat. He has sent an eagle to fly above the earth and send out one last warning before a period of unexampled warfare, distress and suffering come upon this troubled world. Give your life to Christ NOW before the Rapture to avoid the horrible tribulation period, which includes the Antichrist, Armageddon, and the Final Judgment. For the tribulation period will be the most horrible, horrible time for those who are not saved.
Understand, Jesus said something really tough for us to hear. He said, “you can be sure that if you don’t turn back to God, every one of you will die.” [Luke 13:5]. Choose Christ NOW! Don’t wait until it’s TOO LATE! The matter is URGENT! NOW is the time for repentance!
When God Repeats Himself Over and Over ?We Better Listen!
Five Cries from Hell –
The Rich Man – “In Hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. And he cried… I am in agony in this fire” [Luke 16:23-24].
Cain cries again and again, “My punishment is greater than I can bear” [Genesis 4:13].
The people in Noah’s day crying, “Let us in! Let us in!” But it was too late for them to enter in! [Genesis 7:16].
Judas screaming over and over, “I have betrayed…innocent blood” [Matthew 27:4].
King Agrippa crying, “He cries out, “Almost! Almost! Almost thou persuadest me!” The Apostle Paul witnessed to him, but he rejected Christ. He was almost converted, but he waited too long. [Acts 26:28].
You too have been almost persuaded. You say in your heart, “Someday” but there is great danger in saying, “Someday.” Satan has told you to wait a little longer. The Devil knows that he will get you if you keep waiting and putting off your salvation. But one of these days death will slip up on you. You won’t be ready, and it will be too late forever.
These people had resisted the call of God too long. They fiddled and played and procrastinated. They put off their salvation too long. They forgot that “it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” [Hebrews 9:27].
Oh, if God grows impatient, the sweet Spirit offended, if no longer He calls you, doom is yours when He’s gone. Then how sad facing judgment you’ll recall with no mercy, that you tarried and lingered till the Spirit was gone; what reproaches and mourning, if when death finds you hopeless, you have tarried and lingered and have waited too long. [If You Linger Too Long” by Dr. John R. Rice ?1895-1980].
Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision! For the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision [Joel 3:14].
“Take away from Me the noise of your songs; I will not even listen to the sound of your harps [Amos 5:3].
And just as He called and they would not listen, so they called and I would not listen,” says the Lord of hosts [Zechariah 7:13].
So awful and terrifying was the [phenomenal] sight that Moses said, I am terrified, aghast and trembling with fear [Hebrews 12:21].
They refused to listen. They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might [2 Thessalonians 1:9]. Throw them into the fiery furnace. In that place there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. [Matthew 13:50]. For they refused to listen to the Lord their God and obey Him [2 Kings 18:12].
I Tell You, When God Repeats Himself Over and Over, We Better Listen!