Will you also go away?',

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"Will you also go away?" John 6:67

Many left the Saviour in the days of His flesh—and many decline from His holy ways now. How many, like Lot's wife—look back; or like the man of God from Bethel—yield to temptation; or like Demas—who forsake the Saviour, having loved the present evil world. 

"Therefore, while the promise remains of entering His rest, let us fear so that none of you should miss it!" Hebrews 4:1

What! Go away from Jesus! This would be going . . .
from light—to darkness,
from plenty—to poverty,
from happiness—to misery,
from life—to death
from heaven—to hell!

What! Go from Jesus! To whom can we go? We profess to have discovered . . . 
the emptiness of the world,
the insufficiency of temporal things to satisfy an immortal soul,
and the pre-eminent excellency of the things of God. 

Still many go back—and walk no more with Him. This should lead us to serious consideration. It should make us walk softly andcautiously. It cries to us with a loud voice and in clear accents, "Let him who thinks he stands—take heed lest he falls!" 

There can be no cause to leave Jesus for one moment! 
It is folly to stir from His side!
It is dangerous to neglect His salvation!
It is madness to turn the back on His ways!

My soul, He asks you tonight, "Will you also go away?"