Keep Working Toward Baptism - WHY KEEP THE END IN MIND

 What about Jesus' illustration of the vineyard? Did he not teach that some would work just one hour and still receive the wages as those who worked all day? That is true. However, note the reason that the one-hour workers gave for not starting sooner.  They said: "Because nobody has hired us." Those workers had not tried to get out of working all day-they simply had not been hired. As soon as they were called, they joined the workforce. (Matthew 20:1-16) Today, Jesus has called us to be his disciples and join in the Kingdom work. We should respond to his call as we hear it.

Any who delay taking any steps toward spiritual progress might discover that making last-minute changes to please God is too difficult. Jesus this and warned his disciples: "Remember the wife of Lot." (Luke 17:31-35) She was well-aware that God's judgment on Sodom and Gommorah was imminent; yet, it seems that she still could not break her attachment to the things she left behind. (Genesis 19:23-26) Her experience also reminds us that the door of salvation will not remain open indefinitely. At God's due time, that door will be closed and permanently locked. - LUKE 13:24, 25.

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