Here is a short excerpt from a sermon preached by Rev. Paul den Butter (late 1970s or early 1980s):
“Jesus of Nazareth passed by. Don’t let this opportunity slip. Why should you do it? Why should you run the risk to be lost in the place of the damned? What is so valuable in life, that you would put your soul in jeopardy? Can I not persuade you? Can I not convince you that there must be a calling upon the Lord? Remember, if we fail to make use of God’s offer of grace, we will regret it throughout all the ages of eternity. And there are many at this very same moment that weep and cry and wail because of their lost condition. Jesus passed by and they did not cry. And why are they lost? Not because of any unwillingness on the part of Jesus to save them. But because Jesus passed by, and they did not cry out to him.”
“Jesus of Nazareth passed by. Don’t let this opportunity slip. Why should you do it? Why should you run the risk to be lost in the place of the damned? What is so valuable in life, that you would put your soul in jeopardy? Can I not persuade you? Can I not convince you that there must be a calling upon the Lord? Remember, if we fail to make use of God’s offer of grace, we will regret it throughout all the ages of eternity. And there are many at this very same moment that weep and cry and wail because of their lost condition. Jesus passed by and they did not cry. And why are they lost? Not because of any unwillingness on the part of Jesus to save them. But because Jesus passed by, and they did not cry out to him.”
