SHE WAS WARNED
of the coming judgement and told to escape in plenty of time. God had sent a special message to Lot and his family to get away from the place, so that they would not be destroyed.
Now the Bible teaches, that as soon as you believe on the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour, God does not look at you as a part of the world that has His wrath abiding on it, though you are in it; and you will not be judged with it. How safe you little ones are who trust in Jesus. No harm can befall you. How thankful you should be, that God has sent you a warning in time for you to escape the judgment that is so soon coming upon this world. Though Lot’s wife was warned of approaching danger in plenty of time to escape it, yet
SHE LINGERED.
This is very often the way that Satan deceives children. He tells them they are young yet and have plenty of time to be saved. He tells them to wait until they get older and they will understand things better. Then if they listen to him and put off accepting Christ until they are big boys and girls, he still says to them there is plenty of time, wait until you are a man or woman and that will be time enough. If they wait until then, he will then say they have too much work to do and too many things to worry and think about, so they had better wait a little while yet. And last of all he will tell them that they have left it too long, and now they can’t be saved. Dear children, don’t wait any longer before you put your trust in Jus as your Saviour. “Him that cometh unto Me I will in no wise cast out.”
One more thing about Lot’s wife,
SHE PERISHED.
Though she was warned, and prayed for, she lingered, and at last she perished. She might have been saved, but she was not. How sad!
We have tried to warn you, little readers, in time, of danger to come, and beg of you not to linger any longer. Our prayer is that the Lord will incline your hearts to believe on Him as your Saviour, to-day.
ML 08/20/1899