Expiry date
People turn their backs to God’s call for salvation. Some may be too proud to respond to God’s call. Just wonder how long would God continue to knock on the door before HE stops. Worse still, you may fail to recognize the knock for what it is.
John 6 : 44
No one can come to Me unless the Father who sent Me draws him; and I will raise him up at the last day
Romans 1:18-19, 28-32
I believe God’s offer of salvation can expire, too, much like canned food or a packet of sweets . While it’s not always the case, the Bible does not teach that the call to salvation will be offered repeatedly. The Apostle Paul in writing to the church at Rome hints at what can happen when an unbeliever ignores God’s call upon his life:
“For the wrath of God,” he wrote, “is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who suppress the truth in unrighteousness, because what may be known of God is manifest in them, for God has shown it to them…And even as they did not like to retain God in their knowledge, God gave them over to a debased mind, to do those things which are not fitting; being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil-mindedness; they are whisperers, backbiters, haters of God, violent, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, undiscerning, untrustworthy, unloving, unforgiving, unmerciful; who, knowing the righteous judgment of God, that those who practice such things are deserving of death, not only do the same but also approve of those who practice them.”
(Stops & Steps 0841 28I2009)