Hebrews 3:7 Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, To day if you will hear his voice, 8 Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:
When the Lord was just about to pluck myself out of the fire as it were, there was one other Seventh Day Adventist in the band who had backslidden just like myself. To him I spoke the words of truth, for a long time one night, but he never came to the point of giving his life over to Christ. Little did we know that his day of grace would be expiring not long after, as is so often the case.
Some time later, the leader of the group gave me an urgent call saying that the former S.D.A was in grave peril in the hospital, and that I should go quickly to visit him, because things were not looking good. We grabbed a couple of religious books, including Steps to Christ, and headed for the hospital. But when we arrived, he was already staring into outer space, and was unresponsive. Not long after he slipped into eternity, and thus, the next time he will be seen is when Jesus comes, in either the first or second resurrection, for we cannot judge his final end.
Hebrews 3:12 Take heed, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief, in departing from the living God. 13 But exhort one another daily, while it is called To day; lest any of you be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. 14 For we are made partakers of Christ, if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast unto the end; 15 While it is said, To day if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, as in the provocation.
Hebrews 3:10 Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do always err in their heart; and they have not known my ways. 11 So I swore in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!