ONLY TWO WAYS So
the Bible tells us—one broad, the other narrow; one
leading to destruction, the other to life. Many tread
the one; few the other. Reader, which is your way?
They are well defined. “Broad is the way that leadeth
to destruction, and many there be which go in thereat.…Straight
is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth
unto life, and few there be that find it” (Mt. 7:13-14).
ONLY TWO CLASSES Many sub-classes,
no doubt, in men’s sight, but only two in God’s sight.
The difference between them is very plain. “He that
believeth on Him (the only begotten Son of God) is
NOT CONDEMNED; but he that believeth not is CONDEMNED
ALREADY” (Jn. 3:18). The former
class is on the narrow road; the latter, on the broad.
To which do you belong?
ONLY TWO SIDES Which are you on?
Christ says; “He that is not with Me is against Me”
(Mt. 12:30). The old cry of “Christ or Barabbas?”
has not died down yet. Its terms may alter, but its
meaning is ever the same. Christ or the world? Christ
or self? This world or the world to come? The issue
is very plain. Which side are you on?
ONLY TWO DEATHS The death of the righteous
and the death of the wicked. “Blessed are the dead
which die in the Lord” (Rev. 14:13). “As I live, saith
the Lord God, I have no pleasure in the death of the
wicked” (Ez. 33:11). The brightest spot in this world
is the deathbed of a triumphant Christian; the saddest
sight is that of a sinner passing into the gloom of
an eternal night without the shelter of the precious
blood. If the Lord does not come, one of these two
deaths will be yours. Which would it be, if you were
to die this moment?
ONLY TWO PLACES Heaven and hell—in
eternity. To which are you traveling? Time carries
you swiftly on. Once you cross Time’s boundary, “the
great gulf fixed” is set up for ever, and then mistakes
are irrevocable and indifference fatal. Heaven will
be the home of the ransomed of the Lord, of those
who have trusted Christ and received Him as their
Savior. This alone is their title. Alas! The unbeliever
seals his own doom. “The wicked shall be turned into
hell and all the nations that forget God” (Ps. 9:17).
