Good Morning Friends,
God told Noah to build an ark and Noah did as
God told him to do. It took a long time to construct the ark that God had
commanded to be built. Noah worked on it for 120 years. During those years Noah
preached to the people around him, urging them to repent. But no one, except
Noah’s own family, listened to Noah’s preaching. Then Genesis records:
“Then the LORD shut him in.” (Genesis 7:16)
All during the days of building the ark the
opportunity to repent and be in the ark when the flood came was available to
the people of the world. That entire period of 120 years was a period of grace.
God was offering the chance for anyone to be saved.
But the period of grace ended and the day came
when it was no longer possible to enter the ark. When the rains started, God
shut the door of the ark. His patience with the world had run out and judgment
came upon them. It was too late for repentance, too late to get into the ark.
Jesus says, ‘Just as it was in the days of
Noah, so also will it be in the days of the Son of Man. People were eating,
drinking, marrying and being given in marriage up to the day Noah entered the
ark. Then the flood came and destroyed them all.” (Luke 17:26-27)
The days in which we live are days of grace. God
offers the opportunity for anyone to be saved. The door into the ark is open!
But judgment will come upon the earth again. God is patiently waiting now for
people to repent. The opportunity is available for anyone to be saved from the coming
destruction. God wants the people to repent. But the day will come when
repentance will no longer be possible. The days of grace will end and judgment
will come. The chance for repentance will be over.
That is the urgency in the preaching of the
Gospel.
His, by Grace,
Steve
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