2-7-10-sixpressingreasonswhyyoushouldbesavedtodayIII

1.Jesus said in John 3:18: "He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God."

It is not that one who dies without Christ will be condemned; one who is without Christ is condemned already "because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God." Already condemned! Already headed for Hell! That is the condition of every unconverted sinner.

2.John the Baptist said in John 3:36: "He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life: and he that believeth not the Son shall not see life; but the wrath of God abideth on him."

The anger of God abides, stays on, every unbelieving, Christ-rejecting sinner! If you have not believed in Christ, that is, have not trusted Him to be your own Saviour, nor depended on Him to forgive your sins, then the wrath of God abides on you this day!
What a terrible truth—God’s anger mounts up every day, all the day, and never forgets the insult you do Him! God never for a moment is pleased with you who reject His Son; rather, His wrath is on you day and night!

3."If any man love not the Lord Jesus Christ, let him be Anathema Maran-atha," says I Corinthians 16:22.

The word anathema means accursed. If you do not love the dear Lord Jesus, you are under the curse of God! How God must be grieved over your rejection of His Son! To eat God’s food, breathe God’s air, live on God’s bounty, exist, even, by His mercy, yet reject His dear Son! Not to love the Lord Jesus, the most lovely of all the universe! Not to repent of your sins and receive Him into your heart! Such sin deserves and has on it the curse of God.

You who do not know the Lord Jesus, do not love Him, do not have Him as your own Saviour, are accursed of God. And God’s wrath mounts up against you.

4.Psalm 7:11 says the same thing again in these words: "God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry with the wicked every day."
If men were sensible, surely they would be terrified at the thought that "God is angry with the wicked every day." Are you wicked? Well, in God’s sight you are terribly wicked if you reject His Son, if you do not repent of your sins and will not trust Him to save you. And God is angry with you every day.

These Scriptures press upon our hearts the thought that God’s wrath and His anger keep mounting up and growing hot against Christ-rejecting sinners. No wonder so many are cut off suddenly without time to repent! No wonder God turns people over to a reprobate heart that they might believe a lie and be damned! No wonder God’s Holy Spirit ceases to call and leaves men to their own doom and destruction! No wonder God has a Hell for Christ-rejecting, impenitent, unbelieving sinners!

Because of God’s wrath on all who reject Christ, you are urged to be saved today. Today is the day of salvation. Today if you will hear His voice, harden not your heart.

Here are six forceful reasons, reasons that must appeal to any sensible man or woman, boy or girl. Do they not convince you that you ought to be saved today? Do they not remind you that your best chances may be soon gone? Do you not feel the call of the Spirit of God? Today, I urge you in Jesus’ name, trust Christ and be saved.

I do not ask you to pay for your sins. You could do that only by going to Hell. I ask you to turn your heart from sin and trust Jesus Christ to save you. He died on the cross for you. He loves you. He is ready to receive you today. John 3:16 tells you, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." Then will you trust Him today and have this everlasting life and not perish?

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