There was a man in Chicago who twice determined to give his heart to God but never had the courage to acknowledge Christ before his ungodly companions.  When recovering from a long sickness, he still refused to come out boldly on the side of Christ, saying, “Not yet; I have got a fresh lease on life.  I can’t be a Christian in Chicago.  I am going to take a farm in Michigan; then I will profess Christ.”

I asked him, “How dare you take that risk?”  He said, “I will risk it; don’t your trouble yourself any more about my soul, Mr. Moody.  I have made up my mind.”

I have never left a man with a sadder heart in my life.  The very next week he was stricken down with the same disease.  His wife sent for me and said, “He doesn’t want to see you, but I can’t bear that he should die in such an awful state of mind.  He says, “My damnation is sealed and I shall be in Hell in a week.”

I tried to talk and pray with him but it was no use.  He said his heart was as hard as a stone. “Pray for my wife and my children but don’t waste your time praying for me.”

His last words were, “The harvest is past, the summer is ended, and I am not saved”; and then the angels bore him away to judgment. – D.L. Moody

Mr. Moody witnessed to him until the end, but he waited too long and went to eternity without Jesus.

What about you?  Are you putting off getting born again? 

Don't wait any longer!  Don't take the chance that your heart will become hard.

Call upon Jesus right now, tell Him that you are a sinner, and ask Him to save you, and you have His promise that He will.

Try to visualize this scene. 

A man leaves home jogging.

He jogs and then turns left

Jogs some more and then turns left

Jogs some more and then turns left and heads back home.

When he gets there, there are two masked men waiting for him.

Who are the men and why is the man jogging?  Have you visualized the scene?

I dare say that most of you are thinking the masked men are robbers but they are not robbers. 

The human mind likes to jump to conclusions and without thinking much about it.

So what is really happening in our scene? And who are the masked men? 

The man is a baseball player who hit a home run.  He leaves home jogging when he gets to first he turns left and goes to 2^nd base turns left and jogs to third, turns left again and jogs home where the two masked men (the catcher and the umpire) are waiting for him.