Lights of Warning

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My friend, Jack, and I were driving back to school after spending the weekend at Jack’s parents’ home. We had stayed there longer than we should have, and now it was past midnight.
We were moving right along on the almost-deserted, two-lane road when I saw a small white light up ahead. Is it a flashlight? I wondered. Suddenly a wave of terror swept over me and I slammed on the brakes. We screeched to a halt only feet away from two cars that had had a head-on collision. The small light turned out to be the dome light inside one of the cars. It had been our only warning.
If it had not been for that small light our car would have been added to the wrecks already on the road, but God had allowed that little light to keep burning to warn us of danger ahead. And God has His little lights burning in this dark world, warning people of danger
ahead. His warning lights are people who belong to Him. They are warning people everywhere of the danger of dying in their sins. The Bible says that your sins will keep you out of heaven and take you to destruction. “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” (John 3:3636He 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. (John 3:36)).
All three of the people in that collision died. I don’t know if they were ready to die or not. Jack and I stayed there with our car headlights shining on the wreck and our red blinkers flashing until the police and ambulance arrived. Meanwhile, several other cars came down the road, but stopped in time. They were safe because they had seen our lights.
If God has saved you from your sins, you belong to the Lord Jesus Christ. He says, “[You] are the light of the world.  .  .  .  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven” (Matthew 5:14-1614Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid. 15Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house. 16Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven. (Matthew 5:14‑16)).
It is not God’s will that anyone should perish, but that everyone should repent and be saved from their sins by trusting in the precious blood Christ shed for the cleansing from sin. Jesus said, “I am the light of the world: he that followeth Me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life” (John 8:1212Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (John 8:12)). The Bible also warns us that “the god of this world [Satan] hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ  .  .  .  should shine unto them” (2 Corinthians 4:44In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them. (2 Corinthians 4:4)).
Jesus loves you, and He longs for you to be saved so He can bring you into His light. “While ye have the light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light” (John 12:3636While ye have light, believe in the light, that ye may be the children of light. These things spake Jesus, and departed, and did hide himself from them. (John 12:36)).
Are you one of His lights in this dark, dark world?
ML-04/09/1995