Ignoring The Warnings

"Just as man is destined to die once, and after that to face judgment." - Hebrews 9:27 (NIV).


I read about a Cop who stopped a woman driver for going 15 miles over the speed limit. After handing her a ticket, the driver asked him, "Don't you give out warnings?"


"Yes, ma'am," he replied. "They're all up and down the road. They say, "'Speed Limit 55.'"


I can imagine that many people—who have rejected God all their life and failed to accept his forgiveness for their sins—when they stand before God at the end of life's journey and are required to give an account of their life and receive God's judgment are going to want to say the same as the lady above: "Don't you give out warnings?"


I can imagine God saying, "Yes, sir/madam, my Word, the Bible, is filled with warnings from cover to cover to prepare for life after death. And every year of your life you were reminded of my offer of forgiveness and eternal life at both Christmas and Easter."


And this is what they will hear God say to them: "I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!" - Matthew 7:23 (NKJV).

Faith Without Works

"Faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead."
- James 2:17 (NIV). 


Napoleon Hill says that, "Whatever the mind can conceive and believe can be achieved." While this statement sounds rather grandiose there is certainly a measure of truth in it. It's pretty much the same as what Jesus said two thousand years earlier: "According to your faith be it unto you." - Matthew 9:29. But as James, the brother of Jesus, explained, without action faith is useless.


As the old saying goes, you can't steer a ship or a bicycle anywhere until they're moving. Zig Ziglar in his book, See You at the Top, put it this way: "The largest locomotive in the world can be held in its tracks while standing still simply by placing a single one-inch block of wood in front of each of the eight drive wheels. The same locomotive moving at 100 miles per hour can crash through a wall of steel reinforced concrete five feet thick."


The important thing is that we get moving! As James said, "Faith without works is dead." 


Some people are sitting around waiting for some kind of special call or revelation from God before they get involved in his work. It's not likely to happen because God has already given us lots of
instructions in his Word regarding what to do. All we need to do is read them ... and start moving.