I can do whatever now and be forgiven later.

I can do whatever now and be forgiven later. Many people in the world think this way. They think that they have enough time left in their lives to do whatever they want, even if God said not too and that they can be forgiven later. While its true that God can and wants to forgive us of our sins, to take to this thinking is dangerous for different reasons.

One reason we should turn to God now is because none of us are guaranteed tomorrow. By the end of today, over 150,000 people will die around the world. No one is guaranteed that they will have the chance to repent later on in life. 2 Corinthians 6:2 says, “behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” (KJV) God wants us to come to Him now not later.

Another reason people should turn to God now is that the older someone gets, the harder it is to change their ways. People become steeped in what they do and the longer that they do some activity; the harder it is to stop. Look at people who do drugs, the longer they do them, the harder it is to stop. Though I know some people can and do get addicted to drugs even after doing them once, still what is harder; for someone who did drugs for about a week to quit or someone who did drugs for 10 years to quit? The person who did drugs for 10 years has become use to their addiction. The longer we stay in sin, the longer we do the things that God has said not to do, the harder it becomes for us to stop doing whatever it is we are doing.

A final reason that people should turn to God now is taken from Genesis. When Moses went to the Pharaoh and told him to let the Hebrew people go, Pharaoh refused. The Bible says that Pharaoh hardened his heart every time that God sent some plague on Egypt to punish Pharaoh for not letting the Hebrew people go. There came a point though where the Bible says that God hardened Pharaoh’s heart. God will let us do what we want but we will be punished for it. We can choose to reject God but there comes a point, we don’t know where and we don’t know when, but God says that He will stop trying to save us and let us do whatever we want and reap the consequences of our actions. This is very scary to think there is a point where God will stop trying to save us. Due to this reason and the other reasons, it makes sense how the Bible declares “now is the day of salvation.” 2 Corinthians 6:2 (KJV)