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05Jun 1999.Pdf N V Doors DOiiic re than one sad tale has been told of too little suddenly that his door of opportunity was closed. and too late." Recall Jesus' story of the Ten Virgins Said his master. "Take from him the pound, and give it who were awaiting the Imminent return of the bride to him that hat/i ten pounds" Luke 19:24. groom. Five of them were wise and well prepared for The book of James tells the same truth in these his arrival, even if it should be unexpectedly delayed. stark words; "To him that knoweth to do good, and loeth And five were not wise, and not prepared. Jesus it not, to hun it is sin' James 4:1 7. called these latter ones "foolish.' We quite naturally think that something we do What made the difference? All had brightly burn wrong is more serious than something we simply do ing lamps until.,.the time delayed, and the lamps of not do. But James tells us this is not true. He says that five of them were burning low, Getting more oil not to do what we know we should is equally as wrong became urgent. And while these five went to find oil as openly committed sin. In other words, sins of for their lamps-the bridegroom came. `4nd they that omission are ust as culpable as sins of commission. were ready went in with him to the ,narriage: and the door Neglect is serious. It is the warning of the book of was shut." Hebrews: "How shall we escap if we neglect so great sat The open door dosed. Opportunity was suddenly vation...? Heb. 2:3. Let us repeat, `How shalt we gone and gone forever. escape,...if we neglect...r The same calamity overtook the people of Noah's In Jesus' parable, the virtue of the "merchant man, time. After all those years of preachuig and building. seeking goodly pearls" was that "when he had found the day arrived when the ark was finished, and Noah one pearl of great price, Ihej went and sold all that he and his family went in. And the Lord shut the door had, and bought it" Matt. 13:45-16. I-Ic did not wait. Gen. 7:16. There was no neglect, no delay. When he had found the pearl he was seeking, he immediately took action and went and sold all that he had, and bought it.H The same was true of the man finding the treasure hid In the field. "The kingdom of heaven is like unto The road marked treasure liii' in a field; the which when a `no': lath bund, he hideth, and for joy thereofgoeth and selleth all that he TOMORROW usually leads bath, and buyeth that field" Matt. 13:44. His action was immediate, when he had found it. to the town called NEVER. Scripture calls us again and again to decide, and to act immediately upon our decision. God promises no sure tomorrow, only a sure NOW. "Now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation" The open door closed. Suddenly opportunity was 2 Cor. 6:2. God calls us to act with decision. It is gone, and gone forever. The door was shut, and no now or never. one else could get in. The road marked TOMORROW usually leads to the Luke 19:20 tells of the man who carefully wrapped town called NEVER. his talent in a napkin and put it in a safe place. This The only sure moment is now, now while the door surely did not seem like any serious crime. The man is still open. Says Jesus, "Behold, I stand at the door, and was not openly defiant, or rebellious, or dishonest. knock: ifany man hear my iuiee, and open the door, I will His sin was Only this: that he did nothing with his come in to him, and will sup with hi,,:, and he with `Ne" opportunity. The door was open, and he did not Rev. 3:20. He will not knock forever. enter. Unused opportunities, like unused muscles, atro But when the lord of that servant returned, what phy. The unwound clock stops. Open doors do close. did he say when the servant proudly unwrapped the Simple neglect can destroy us. The only safe course unused talent and handed it back to him? 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