A DEAR Christian told me this story of how after a gospel meeting he had urged a young man to come to Christ, but he would not come.
The text chosen for the gospel address that night had been, “Because there is wrath, beware lest He take thee away with His stroke.” Job 36:1818Because there is wrath, beware lest he take thee away with his stroke: then a great ransom cannot deliver thee. (Job 36:18). The young man left unsaved.
A few months later he went to his sister’s wedding in a seaport town. Being a good swimmer he went down to the sea for a swim. After swimming a while he was seen to suddenly throw up his arms and sink. Alas, he never rose again. He left no evidence behind that he was saved, but was taken away in his sins by the stroke of God. O unsaved reader, beware!
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