AND THE DOOR WAS SHUT

When a man of God explained to his hearers the parable of the ten virgins, he laid special stress on the final words, “And the door was shut”.                                    Among the congregation, that day, there happened to be two young men who had come with the intention of making fun of the gospel, as well as of the man of God. As they heard the serious word referred to above, one of them whispered into the other’s ear: “there is no great danger in that. If one door closes, there is always another door remaining open”. However, how shaken the two scoffers were when the man of God could not possibly have heard from such a great distance what they had whispered to themselves, exclaimed: “it could well be that in this place, there are thoughtless and unconcerned souls, who withstand God’s word, and are thinking in themselves, “what does that matter? If one door closes, then another will surely open! Such scoffers are in fact making no mistake. Yes, if that door closes another opens; but the one that opens is the door that leads to hell fire where fallen angels and demons dwell. But I think it is necessary to tell them about the sort of door to hell”. The two young men were startled when they heard these words. They have to confess that it was God himself, who heard their mocking remarks, and immediately answered them in this way. One of the two was converted shortly afterwards and found peace with God.

Beloved, the human heart is so deceitful and is always finding a way to excuse itself. God in his wisdom has provided man the opportunity of choice.

Today, you are to seek the lord and accept to fall into his loving embrace and enjoy eternal bliss with him in his heavenly kingdom.

                                                           OR

To refuse and reject Jesus’ love, fall into the devastating hand of satan and his demonic angels and end up in everlasting condemnation in hell fire.

The choice is yours. But my candid advice is that you choose Jesus Christ and reject satan and all his lies. Allow yourself to be controlled by the spirit of God so that you can have life and peace. Remember that those who allow themselves to be controlled by their human nature shall reap a sad harvest of death and eternity in hell fire.