Dying and in need of salvation?

" I need someone who will look me in the eye and tell me how to find forgiveness because I am running out of time!"


This video reminded me of a man called David:

I used to work for an outreach to the homeless and less privileged. One day, we got a message that David – one of our regulars was in hospital and had only hours to live. He was a drug addict and spent much of his adult life in and out of prison.


When I visited him in hospital he told me that he was going to give all the mess of his life to Jesus and ask for forgiveness. And so there on his death bed, he repented of his sins and entered into a relationship with Jesus as Lord and Saviour.


The next morning a colleague of mine visited David and in tears was absolutely distraught having seen the state of David's once fit body. But this is thing that I want to tell you:- David turned round and prayed for her that she might have peace!


You see overnight the fruit of the promised Holy Spirit had started to grow in David's heart: Fruit of love, joy and peace, patience, kindness, gentleness and self control. There was a real sense in which on his death bed David was more alive than ever we had seen him before!


David passed through the shadow of death soon later knowing that he was going to spend an eternity with God.

WHAT ABOUT YOU? ARE YOU DYING IN YOUR SINS - NOT AT PEACE, BECAUSE YOU DO NOT KNOW THE LOVE OF JESUS? THE BIBLE SAYS "THE PENALTY FOR SIN IS DEATH ... BUT THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE."

Today is the day of salvation! Today is the day that you can enter into eternal life - a God given - God planned life as you come to a point of repentance and enter into a relationship with the one who died on that cross so that you may be forgiven.

Comments

Doorman-Priest said…
A very salutary story!
May 13, 2008 at 4:33 PM
00 said…
Great post :-)

Keep up the good work!!
May 13, 2008 at 9:40 PM
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