The concept of eternity is a hard one to grasp. The mind has a difficulty in wrapping itself around the idea of time going on forever and ever, with no end in sight.
Think of mathematics for a moment. You can always add 1 to a number that exists. There is no end to numbers. Take the largest number that you can think of, and add 1 to it. Take 1,ooo,ooo,ooo and add a billion zeros to it, and then multiply it by itself, then double that, and on and on it goes. There is no end to a number line, it goes on for eternity.
Charles Finney used an illustration to help in understanding the idea of eternity. Imagine a bird coming to the earth once every thousand years, picking up a grain of sand and flying away. It would take an "eternity" for the earth to be depleted in this way. Now imagine that same bird depleting the entire universe in the same way; one grain of sand at a time in one thousand year intervals. Think of how long it would take as each planet, the moon, and everything else in the solar system was depleted in this way. When it would all be gone, time would still march on with no possible end in sight.
Your soul will live on in eternity, long after your death. For those who reject the claims of Christ, and choose to live for themselves here in this life, it will be an eternity filled with anguish and sorrow, as they suffer the just punishment for their sin.
The old hymn Amazing Grace has a line that goes "When we've been there ten thousand years, bright shining as the sun, we've no less days to sing God's praise, then when we first begun."
This is true. For those who have been born again into the kingdom of God, who have their names written in the book of life, eternity will be a joyous time spent in the presence of Christ Himself. We will go on and on worshipping Him. Time will have no end, and we will not want it to end.
The reverse is true as well. For the unrepentant sinner, time in eternal torment will go on as well. After ten thousand years in the lake of fire, there will be no less days of agony. There will be no end in sight for the wicked. Although they may long for an end, it will never come. Just like that bird coming once every thousand years for a grain of sand, time will agonize on and on and on.........
Eternity, where will you spend it?
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Overcomers.
For this is the love of God that we keep His commandments; and His commandments are not burdensome.
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith.
Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
1 John 5:3-5 NASB
The true believer in Christ is marked by an overcoming life. Look around and you will see people who call themselves Christians, but their lives are filled with sins of all kinds. There is very little to distinguish them from the world around them.
These professed believers make little or no effort to overcome sin, in fact they seem even to enjoy the sinful lifestyles that they engage in. The truth is they love their lives the way they are, and do not desire to live the life of holiness that Jesus Christ calls them to.
In contrast, the one who has placed his trust in Christ Jesus lives a life above this wicked world. By faith, the child of God overcomes sin and temptation, out of love for the one who died for him.
As those who have been born of God, the Christian now draws life and strength in union with Christ, becoming partakers of the divine nature (1 Peter 1:3-4). We have everything we need for life and godliness, in Christ, and the true Christian will walk in this union, by faith, thus overcoming this world and it's evil ways.
Look at the emphasis Jesus places on overcoming in His message to the seven churches, in the book of Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 26-28, 3:5, 12, 21. In essence Jesus is saying if you do not overcome, you will be overcome, by this world, by it's evil ways, and it's false worship.
The one who overcomes has this promise from God.
"He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son.
Revelation 21:7 NASB
This is a wonderful promise to those who have placed their faith in Christ, and by the power of His Spirit, are living a life of victory over sin.
However, the following verse shows the terrible end for those who never come out of their sin. their end is one of untold suffering in the lake of fire (Rev 21:8). Rather than becoming overcomers through faith in Christ, they remain overcome by this world, and go lost for eternity.
What does your life look like? Are you overcome by sin, do you look just like the world around you, or are you set free by Christ Jesus, to live triumphantly over this world and all it throws at you?
Only the overcomers can please God, and only those born of God through faith, can overcome the world.
For whatever is born of God overcomes the world; and this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith.
Who is the one who overcomes the world, but he who believes that Jesus is the Son of God?
1 John 5:3-5 NASB
The true believer in Christ is marked by an overcoming life. Look around and you will see people who call themselves Christians, but their lives are filled with sins of all kinds. There is very little to distinguish them from the world around them.
These professed believers make little or no effort to overcome sin, in fact they seem even to enjoy the sinful lifestyles that they engage in. The truth is they love their lives the way they are, and do not desire to live the life of holiness that Jesus Christ calls them to.
In contrast, the one who has placed his trust in Christ Jesus lives a life above this wicked world. By faith, the child of God overcomes sin and temptation, out of love for the one who died for him.
As those who have been born of God, the Christian now draws life and strength in union with Christ, becoming partakers of the divine nature (1 Peter 1:3-4). We have everything we need for life and godliness, in Christ, and the true Christian will walk in this union, by faith, thus overcoming this world and it's evil ways.
Look at the emphasis Jesus places on overcoming in His message to the seven churches, in the book of Revelation 2:7, 11, 17, 26-28, 3:5, 12, 21. In essence Jesus is saying if you do not overcome, you will be overcome, by this world, by it's evil ways, and it's false worship.
The one who overcomes has this promise from God.
"He who overcomes will inherit these things, and I will be his God and he will be My son.
Revelation 21:7 NASB
This is a wonderful promise to those who have placed their faith in Christ, and by the power of His Spirit, are living a life of victory over sin.
However, the following verse shows the terrible end for those who never come out of their sin. their end is one of untold suffering in the lake of fire (Rev 21:8). Rather than becoming overcomers through faith in Christ, they remain overcome by this world, and go lost for eternity.
What does your life look like? Are you overcome by sin, do you look just like the world around you, or are you set free by Christ Jesus, to live triumphantly over this world and all it throws at you?
Only the overcomers can please God, and only those born of God through faith, can overcome the world.
Sunday, November 30, 2014
No Other Way.
We have seen and testify that the father has sent the Son to be the Savior of the world.
1 John 4:14 NASB
The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son.
And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.
1 John 5:10-12 NASB
And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
1 John 5:20 NASB
The word of God is very plain when it comes to the salvation of our souls. We may think there are many ways to heaven, but God is clear in telling us that Jesus Christ is the only mediator between us as sinful men, and God, whom we have offended (1 Timothy 2:5-6).
Consider what Peter says about Jesus being the only way of salvation.
"Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ - This Jesus whom you crucified."
Acts 2:36 NASB
He goes on to tell his listeners, who were cut to the heart by his words, to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of their sins (Acts 2:37-38).
Peter also tells the crowd who gathered at the healing of a lame man (Acts 3:1-11), that faith in the name of Jesus was the basis for the miracle that had just occurred, and that they could experience refreshing from the Lord, through Jesus, the one appointed for them, if they would repent (Acts 3:16-20).
Peter tells the religious leaders that this sick man was healed in the name of Jesus, and that in fact salvation is found in no other name (Acts 4:10-12).
Jesus is the one exalted by God as a Prince and Savior to grant repentance, and forgiveness from sin (Acts 5:30-31).
The Apostle Paul writes that we have peace with God through Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1). Jesus Christ was the one who died for us. It is through Him that we are reconciled to God the Father (Romans 5:6-11).
There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ (Romans 8:1). There is no one else, no other belief system, that can ease a guilty conscience. In fact Paul declares that if anyone preaches another gospel, he is to be accursed (Galatians 1:8-9). People have always been so willing to believe something other than the truth (2 Cor 11:3-4). False teachers and false doctrines have existed from the very beginning, leading people astray from the truth that can save them. It is no different today. Thousands are led astray by cults, a soft gospel, new age, universalism, and a host of other deceptions.
Jesus Himself declared that He was sent for the salvation of the world, and it is through faith in Him that one is saved (John 3:16-17). As Jesus claimed, He is the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through Him (John 14:6).
Contrary to the opinion of many, the way is narrow, and few find it (Matt 7:13-14). There is no other way!
1 John 4:14 NASB
The one who believes in the Son of God has the testimony in himself; the one who does not believe God has made Him a liar, because he has not believed in the testimony that God has given concerning His Son.
And the testimony is this, that God has given us eternal life, and this life is in His Son.
He who has the Son has the life; he who does not have the Son of God does not have the life.
1 John 5:10-12 NASB
And we know that the Son of God has come, and has given us understanding so that we may know Him who is true; and we are in Him who is true, in His Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God and eternal life.
1 John 5:20 NASB
The word of God is very plain when it comes to the salvation of our souls. We may think there are many ways to heaven, but God is clear in telling us that Jesus Christ is the only mediator between us as sinful men, and God, whom we have offended (1 Timothy 2:5-6).
Consider what Peter says about Jesus being the only way of salvation.
"Therefore let all the house of Israel know for certain that God has made Him both Lord and Christ - This Jesus whom you crucified."
Acts 2:36 NASB
He goes on to tell his listeners, who were cut to the heart by his words, to repent and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ, for the forgiveness of their sins (Acts 2:37-38).
Peter also tells the crowd who gathered at the healing of a lame man (Acts 3:1-11), that faith in the name of Jesus was the basis for the miracle that had just occurred, and that they could experience refreshing from the Lord, through Jesus, the one appointed for them, if they would repent (Acts 3:16-20).
Peter tells the religious leaders that this sick man was healed in the name of Jesus, and that in fact salvation is found in no other name (Acts 4:10-12).
Jesus is the one exalted by God as a Prince and Savior to grant repentance, and forgiveness from sin (Acts 5:30-31).
The Apostle Paul writes that we have peace with God through Jesus Christ (Romans 5:1). Jesus Christ was the one who died for us. It is through Him that we are reconciled to God the Father (Romans 5:6-11).
There is no condemnation for those who are in Christ (Romans 8:1). There is no one else, no other belief system, that can ease a guilty conscience. In fact Paul declares that if anyone preaches another gospel, he is to be accursed (Galatians 1:8-9). People have always been so willing to believe something other than the truth (2 Cor 11:3-4). False teachers and false doctrines have existed from the very beginning, leading people astray from the truth that can save them. It is no different today. Thousands are led astray by cults, a soft gospel, new age, universalism, and a host of other deceptions.
Jesus Himself declared that He was sent for the salvation of the world, and it is through faith in Him that one is saved (John 3:16-17). As Jesus claimed, He is the way, the truth, and the life. No one can come to the Father except through Him (John 14:6).
Contrary to the opinion of many, the way is narrow, and few find it (Matt 7:13-14). There is no other way!
Thursday, November 27, 2014
Making Comparisons.
People tend to consider themselves as good. They know they have a fault or two, but basically they are good at heart.
They look around and see that they are not like the single mother down the street who has never married, or like the man struggling with drug addiction.
It is easy to see the sins of others while we conveniently overlook the obvious in our own lives (Matt 7:3). In order to justify ourselves in the eyes of God, we fall into the trap of making our own standard of judgment (2 Cor 10:12). Paul says that those who do this lack understanding.
Consider Adolph Hitler. We could compare our lives and actions with his, and come to the conclusion that we are not that bad. After all he was guilty of countless atrocities. He was responsible for the suffering of countless numbers of people, displacing them from their homes and countries, splitting up families, imprisonment, torture, and the systematic slaughter of millions of Jewish people and other groups he deemed inferior.
Stop and think however, at what point did his actions become too much? When he began to invade other countries? When he began to round up people, or when he began to kill them? At what point did he become bad? Was it long before this, beginning with smaller, less noticeable sins?
See how useless it is to judge ourselves by ourselves as sinful human beings? We have no true standard to base our judgment on.
We have a standard. It is the standard that God uses, and it is absolute. It is God's law, and He will use it to judge us with all fairness (James 2:12). James tells us that if we keep the whole law, and yet break one commandment, we become guilty of all of it (James 2:10).
You see God's standard is not like ours, where we decide if we are good enough by looking at how many things we have done, compared to how many, and of what sort of sins others have committed. To be a lawbreaker in just one point of God's law, is to be a lawbreaker.
Look at the example of Hitler again. We might say that we have never killed another person, let alone be responsible for the genocide of an entire people group. What does God have to say about prejudice though? In this same passage The law of liberty condemns it as murder (James 2:1-13).
How many of you are prejudiced against another race, or someone of another social status, or economic class? God calls this murder!
Jesus considers anger murder as well (Matt 5:21-22). John, writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, condemns hatred as murder (1 John 3:15).
This tightens things up for us quite a bit! Do we look so good now, when we measure ourselves by God's standard?
It is a shocking thing to consider that an individual who hates a racial group is just as evil in God's sight, as someone who has actually carried out genocide!
This principle holds true for adultery as well. You might think you are faithful to your spouse, not like that guy down the street who is having an affair, but what about your thought life? Do you look at others with lust in your heart? If so, you are guilty of adultery according to Jesus, who will be your judge someday (Matt 5:27; Acts 17:30; Romans 2:16; 2 Cor 5:10).
The truth is, no matter how hard we try to justify ourselves in God's eye, we fall far short of His standard. We need a Savior, not only to make it possible to be forgiven, but to change our hearts and lives!
As sinful human beings, we are liars, thieves, adulterers, blasphemers, and murderers. We worship gods of our own invention, making us idolaters. We have all sinned and fall short of God's glory (Romans 3:23). Our only hope is found in Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins (1 Peter 2:24). We need the new birth with its life changing power to set us free from sin. We need the life changing power of Christ turning us towards living righteously in this present age (Titus 2:11-12, 3:5; Gal 1:4; 2 Cor 5:17). We need the law of God written upon our hearts (Heb 10:16-17).
Stop looking at others, and surrender to Jesus Christ today!
They look around and see that they are not like the single mother down the street who has never married, or like the man struggling with drug addiction.
It is easy to see the sins of others while we conveniently overlook the obvious in our own lives (Matt 7:3). In order to justify ourselves in the eyes of God, we fall into the trap of making our own standard of judgment (2 Cor 10:12). Paul says that those who do this lack understanding.
Consider Adolph Hitler. We could compare our lives and actions with his, and come to the conclusion that we are not that bad. After all he was guilty of countless atrocities. He was responsible for the suffering of countless numbers of people, displacing them from their homes and countries, splitting up families, imprisonment, torture, and the systematic slaughter of millions of Jewish people and other groups he deemed inferior.
Stop and think however, at what point did his actions become too much? When he began to invade other countries? When he began to round up people, or when he began to kill them? At what point did he become bad? Was it long before this, beginning with smaller, less noticeable sins?
See how useless it is to judge ourselves by ourselves as sinful human beings? We have no true standard to base our judgment on.
We have a standard. It is the standard that God uses, and it is absolute. It is God's law, and He will use it to judge us with all fairness (James 2:12). James tells us that if we keep the whole law, and yet break one commandment, we become guilty of all of it (James 2:10).
You see God's standard is not like ours, where we decide if we are good enough by looking at how many things we have done, compared to how many, and of what sort of sins others have committed. To be a lawbreaker in just one point of God's law, is to be a lawbreaker.
Look at the example of Hitler again. We might say that we have never killed another person, let alone be responsible for the genocide of an entire people group. What does God have to say about prejudice though? In this same passage The law of liberty condemns it as murder (James 2:1-13).
How many of you are prejudiced against another race, or someone of another social status, or economic class? God calls this murder!
Jesus considers anger murder as well (Matt 5:21-22). John, writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit, condemns hatred as murder (1 John 3:15).
This tightens things up for us quite a bit! Do we look so good now, when we measure ourselves by God's standard?
It is a shocking thing to consider that an individual who hates a racial group is just as evil in God's sight, as someone who has actually carried out genocide!
This principle holds true for adultery as well. You might think you are faithful to your spouse, not like that guy down the street who is having an affair, but what about your thought life? Do you look at others with lust in your heart? If so, you are guilty of adultery according to Jesus, who will be your judge someday (Matt 5:27; Acts 17:30; Romans 2:16; 2 Cor 5:10).
The truth is, no matter how hard we try to justify ourselves in God's eye, we fall far short of His standard. We need a Savior, not only to make it possible to be forgiven, but to change our hearts and lives!
As sinful human beings, we are liars, thieves, adulterers, blasphemers, and murderers. We worship gods of our own invention, making us idolaters. We have all sinned and fall short of God's glory (Romans 3:23). Our only hope is found in Jesus Christ, who gave Himself for our sins (1 Peter 2:24). We need the new birth with its life changing power to set us free from sin. We need the life changing power of Christ turning us towards living righteously in this present age (Titus 2:11-12, 3:5; Gal 1:4; 2 Cor 5:17). We need the law of God written upon our hearts (Heb 10:16-17).
Stop looking at others, and surrender to Jesus Christ today!
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Don't be a Fool.
The fool has said in his heart, "There is no God."
Psalm 14:1a
The bible tells us that one who denies the existence of God is a fool. These are strong words, and they are not my words, but God's.
We are told that the heavens declare the glory of God. Daily they declare His works, and from night to night they reveal knowledge. We can not hear their speech audibly, but they utter the glory of God throughout the earth (Psalm 19:1-4).
This agrees with what the Apostle Paul tells us in the book of Romans. God has revealed Himself to us through what He has created. We have a clear understanding of the existence and eternal attributes of the almighty God, deep within our conscience, leaving us without excuse to worship and obey God.
Only a fool would suppress this knowledge, but that is what men do. They violate their consciences, as they deny the God revealed to their souls, and recreate one who is more to their liking (Romans 1:18, 21-23). Paul says that they became fools (Romans 1:21).
In his wicked heart, man has decided that he would rather live for himself, he would rather be in control of his life and destiny. Man would rather live selfishly with little or no regard for the rights and happiness of others.
For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord. The wicked in the haughtiness of his countenance does not seek after Him. All his thoughts are, "There is no God."
Psalm 10:3-4 NASB
It comforts a man's troubled soul when he can deny the existence of God. His sinful life rises up and condemns him through his conscience. In his pride mankind pursues wickedness, and finds comfort and even strength in his denial, or re-creation of God. (Psalm 10:5-11).
This is seen in the theory of evolution. In order to suppress the knowledge of God revealed in creation, men have chosen to reject the creator, and instead declare that the creation created itself. This is a doctrine of fools seeking to stamp out the very idea of God.
Only a fool would deceive himself, so that he could continue in a destructive life of sin. God will judge sin, and the wicked will not stand. The way of the wicked will perish (Psalm 1:4-6).
Even now, the unrestrained sin that is so prevalent in society is a sign of the judgment of God (Romans 1:22-32). Men who deny the truth revealed, are turned over to a depraved mind.
A day of wrath is coming upon the whole world (Rev 19:11-16). Don't be a fool, repent and give your life to Christ!
Psalm 14:1a
The bible tells us that one who denies the existence of God is a fool. These are strong words, and they are not my words, but God's.
We are told that the heavens declare the glory of God. Daily they declare His works, and from night to night they reveal knowledge. We can not hear their speech audibly, but they utter the glory of God throughout the earth (Psalm 19:1-4).
This agrees with what the Apostle Paul tells us in the book of Romans. God has revealed Himself to us through what He has created. We have a clear understanding of the existence and eternal attributes of the almighty God, deep within our conscience, leaving us without excuse to worship and obey God.
Only a fool would suppress this knowledge, but that is what men do. They violate their consciences, as they deny the God revealed to their souls, and recreate one who is more to their liking (Romans 1:18, 21-23). Paul says that they became fools (Romans 1:21).
In his wicked heart, man has decided that he would rather live for himself, he would rather be in control of his life and destiny. Man would rather live selfishly with little or no regard for the rights and happiness of others.
For the wicked boasts of his heart's desire, and the greedy man curses and spurns the Lord. The wicked in the haughtiness of his countenance does not seek after Him. All his thoughts are, "There is no God."
Psalm 10:3-4 NASB
It comforts a man's troubled soul when he can deny the existence of God. His sinful life rises up and condemns him through his conscience. In his pride mankind pursues wickedness, and finds comfort and even strength in his denial, or re-creation of God. (Psalm 10:5-11).
This is seen in the theory of evolution. In order to suppress the knowledge of God revealed in creation, men have chosen to reject the creator, and instead declare that the creation created itself. This is a doctrine of fools seeking to stamp out the very idea of God.
Only a fool would deceive himself, so that he could continue in a destructive life of sin. God will judge sin, and the wicked will not stand. The way of the wicked will perish (Psalm 1:4-6).
Even now, the unrestrained sin that is so prevalent in society is a sign of the judgment of God (Romans 1:22-32). Men who deny the truth revealed, are turned over to a depraved mind.
A day of wrath is coming upon the whole world (Rev 19:11-16). Don't be a fool, repent and give your life to Christ!
Sunday, November 23, 2014
Open Air Preaching
Here is a link to an open air presentation of the gospel. http://www.bibletube.tv/media-gallery/16616
Today if You Hear His Voice...
You men who are stiff necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears are always resisting the Holy Spirit; you are doing just what your fathers did.
Acts 7:51 NASB
The individuals that this verse is speaking of were those who had rejected the life and teaching of Jesus Christ. They were the ones who had been responsible for betraying Him into the hands of the Romans, and having Him put to death.
They stubbornly refused to hear what Jesus taught. They refused to accept that what He proclaimed was the truth, and they must put it into practice in their lives. They stiffened their necks and hardened their hearts against the truth.
Many individuals are just like that today. They hear the faithful witness of the gospel, and they are angered. They hear as the word of God is proclaimed in truth, and close their ears, and stubbornly refuse to submit to the claims of Christ.
These individuals are not merely resisting what men teach, but are in fact resisting the Holy Spirit as He convicts of sin, righteousness and judgment in their own sinful hearts (John 16:8-11). It is in fact the Holy Spirit working through the witness of faithful believers, who convicts the sinner of his sin, who convinces the sinner of his lost condition, of his danger, and need for the Savior.
To go on resisting the Holy Spirit by rejecting His message is to do so at your own eternal peril. We are given this warning in scripture,
Today if you would hear His voice, do not harden your hearts...
Psalm 95: 7-8; Hebrews 4:7
This is a grave warning to heed the voice of the Holy Spirit. The ancient Israelites failed to do this and suffered severe consequences because of their stubborn refusal to hear and obey.
We are warned in Proverbs, that to stubbornly resist reproof is fatal to our souls.
A man who hardens his neck after much reproof will suddenly be broken beyond remedy.
Proverbs 29:1 NASB
Friend, are you one who has heard the gospel message and closed your ears against it? Have you felt conviction of sin deep within your heart, and yet tried to ignore it, tried to drown it out? You are resisting the Holy Spirit! He is convicting you because God loves you and is not willing that you perish, but that you would repent of your sin and follow Jesus (2 Peter 3:9).
Do not resist Him a moment longer. You will never come to Christ and be saved without the work of the Holy Spirit in your heart. He will only be resisted so much before it is too late.
Acts 7:51 NASB
The individuals that this verse is speaking of were those who had rejected the life and teaching of Jesus Christ. They were the ones who had been responsible for betraying Him into the hands of the Romans, and having Him put to death.
They stubbornly refused to hear what Jesus taught. They refused to accept that what He proclaimed was the truth, and they must put it into practice in their lives. They stiffened their necks and hardened their hearts against the truth.
Many individuals are just like that today. They hear the faithful witness of the gospel, and they are angered. They hear as the word of God is proclaimed in truth, and close their ears, and stubbornly refuse to submit to the claims of Christ.
These individuals are not merely resisting what men teach, but are in fact resisting the Holy Spirit as He convicts of sin, righteousness and judgment in their own sinful hearts (John 16:8-11). It is in fact the Holy Spirit working through the witness of faithful believers, who convicts the sinner of his sin, who convinces the sinner of his lost condition, of his danger, and need for the Savior.
To go on resisting the Holy Spirit by rejecting His message is to do so at your own eternal peril. We are given this warning in scripture,
Today if you would hear His voice, do not harden your hearts...
Psalm 95: 7-8; Hebrews 4:7
This is a grave warning to heed the voice of the Holy Spirit. The ancient Israelites failed to do this and suffered severe consequences because of their stubborn refusal to hear and obey.
We are warned in Proverbs, that to stubbornly resist reproof is fatal to our souls.
A man who hardens his neck after much reproof will suddenly be broken beyond remedy.
Proverbs 29:1 NASB
Friend, are you one who has heard the gospel message and closed your ears against it? Have you felt conviction of sin deep within your heart, and yet tried to ignore it, tried to drown it out? You are resisting the Holy Spirit! He is convicting you because God loves you and is not willing that you perish, but that you would repent of your sin and follow Jesus (2 Peter 3:9).
Do not resist Him a moment longer. You will never come to Christ and be saved without the work of the Holy Spirit in your heart. He will only be resisted so much before it is too late.
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