{"id":1150,"date":"2014-10-01T10:38:49","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T14:38:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/?p=1150"},"modified":"2014-10-01T10:38:49","modified_gmt":"2014-10-01T14:38:49","slug":"gods-final-call","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inthineheart.com\/staging\/8143\/2014\/10\/01\/gods-final-call\/","title":{"rendered":"God&#8217;s Final Call"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong>Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:\u00a0She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.\u00a0 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;\u00a0 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:\u00a0 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;\u00a0 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.\u00a0 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.\u00a0But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.&#8221;\u00a0 Proverbs 1:20-33<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As I read the above passage this morning, the following song came to my mind&#8230;a very somber song, yet very true. If you have never trusted Christ as your Saviour, please don&#8217;t put it off.\u00a0You <strong>never know<\/strong> when God&#8217;s final call to you\u00a0will be. If you hear Him calling you right now&#8230;not audibly, of course&#8230;but, in your heart, you realize you are a sinner in need of a Saviour, won&#8217;t you humble yourself in repentance and accept Christ&#8217;s gift of salvation?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>God\u2019s Final Call<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Someday you\u2019ll hear God\u2019s Final Call to you,To take His offer of salvation true- This could be it my friend if you but knew- God\u2019s Final Call, God\u2019s Final Call<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">How can you live another day in sin, Thinking some day with Christ you will begin? O will you hear above the world\u2019s loud din- God\u2019s Final Call, God\u2019s Final Call<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">If you reject God\u2019s Final Call of grace, You\u2019ll have no chance your footsteps to retrace. All hope will then be gone and doom you\u2019ll face. O hear His call! God\u2019s Final Call<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">(John W. Peterson)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><strong>~ Rachel ~<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisdom crieth without; she uttereth her voice in the streets:\u00a0She crieth in the chief place of concourse, in the openings of the gates: in the city she uttereth her words, saying, How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge? Turn you at my reproof: behold, I will pour out my spirit unto you, I will make known my words unto you.\u00a0 Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded;\u00a0 But ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof:\u00a0 I also will laugh at your calamity; I will mock when your fear cometh;\u00a0 When your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish cometh upon you.\u00a0 Then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me: For that they hated knowledge, and did not choose the fear of the LORD: They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof. Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices. For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.\u00a0But whoso hearkeneth unto me shall dwell safely, and shall be quiet from fear of evil.&#8221;\u00a0 Proverbs 1:20-33 As I read the above passage this morning, the following song came to my mind&#8230;a very somber song, yet very true. If you have never trusted Christ as your Saviour, please don&#8217;t put it off.\u00a0You never know when God&#8217;s final call to you\u00a0will be. If you hear Him calling you right now&#8230;not audibly, of course&#8230;but, in your heart, you realize you are a sinner in need of a Saviour, won&#8217;t you humble yourself in repentance and accept Christ&#8217;s gift of salvation? God\u2019s Final Call Someday you\u2019ll hear God\u2019s Final Call to you,To take His offer of salvation true- This could be it my friend if you but knew- God\u2019s Final Call, God\u2019s Final Call How can you live another day in sin, Thinking some day with Christ you will begin? O will you hear above the world\u2019s loud din- God\u2019s Final Call, God\u2019s Final Call If you reject God\u2019s Final Call of grace, You\u2019ll have no chance your footsteps to retrace. All hope will then be gone and doom you\u2019ll face. O hear His call! God\u2019s Final Call (John W. 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