BEWARE.

Hoa Maori, Issue 21, 1 July 1891, Page 3

BEWARE.

OME time ago when on beard a small steamer, I was speaking to a lew about their souls, and seeking to present Christ to them, and at the same time putting

before them the consequences of rejecting Him. What a marvellous thing! God is now offering salvation to every one, and wholly through what Christ has done. “ Through this Man is preached nnto you the forgiveness of sins ; and by Him all that believe are justified from all things, from which ye could not he justified by the law of Moses. Beware, therefore, lest that come upon you which is spoken of in the prophets: Behold ye despisers, and wonder, and perish; lor I work a work in your days, a work which ye shall in no wise believe, though a Man declare it unto you.” —Acts 13, 38, 41. While I was speaking, and putting before those gathered round me, that all those who accept what God is now offering will be for ever with Christ in Glory, and tho rejectors for ever in the lake of fire, a gentleman came up and said; “■ How do you know there is such a place?” ll The Word of God says so, ” I replied. '■ I do not believe there is such a place,” he continued. " That I cannot help, though 1 am sorry for it, but your not believing it will not do away with the fact, and if you do not believe it now, in a short time yon will feel it. 11 Perhaps so,” he said, and walked quickly away. What folly for a man to say he does not believe what God says ! “ And whosoever was not found written in the Book of Life : was cast into the lake of fire.”— 20, 15. “ Where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched.”— 9, 46. Is the reader one of those who call in ! question what God says ? If so, remember —as I said before— not believing it I will not do away with the fact; and also you j will soon feel it unless yon are brought to j own your lost estate, and accept the Lord Jesus Christ as your own personal Saviour. Dear friend, if your name is not in the Book of Life, we pray you to listen no longer to the enemy of your soul, for his object is to get you banished from God’s blessed presence for-ever; and he cares not how he does it, so long as he accomplishes his purpose. He persuades one there is no hell, another that he has something to do to

be saved, and another something else. His object is to try and hinder the glory of Christ, to get souls damned, and to keep you from simply believing God’s “Word. We entreat you dear reader, to believe God’s Word only, and we beseech you to accept the forgiveness of your sins at once, without further delay. Mark the words, “Through this Man,” not through your works, prayers or anything inside of you; but through this Manthe Man in the glory of God—is preached unto you the forgiveness of sins.” Will you not accept it ? “ Verily, verily', I say unto you, he that heareth My word, and helieveth on Him that sent Me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation, but is 1 passed from death unto life.” John 5, 24. J,S.G.