The one who endures
to the end will be saved.
—Matthew 24:13
They were beautiful young ladies: sparkling smiles, sunny personalities. Their university dorm room was their evangelistic center, the site of numerous conversions. They kept our baptistry busy.
At an event a few years later, I spotted one of them in the crowd and sought her out. I expressed my appreciation and admiration for her Christian fervor. Her response was as cold as Antarctica. She said, “That was just a phase I went through. I don’t do church anymore.” I detected a touch of sadness in her eyes as she turned and walked away.
The memory of that sweet girl’s remark still haunts me.
Jesus warned his disciples that “the love of many will grow cold.” Then added, “But the one who endures to the end will be saved” (Mt 24:12, 13).
End well.