No Remedy

Hearing the words, 'You have a life-threatening illness,' is one thing. Hearing the words, 'There is no cure,' is quite another. No way out. No hope. No remedy. Those haunting words cut to the quick. Imagine another scenario, one where the illness is just as severe but there is hope. But the warning is ignored, the hope is spurned, even trampled upon.

The LORD, the God of their father, sent persistently to them by his messengers, because he had compassion on his people and on his dwelling place. But they kept mocking the messengers of God, despising his words and scoffing at his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD rose against his people, until there was no remedy.
2 Chron. 36:15-16

In His compassion, the God of mercy and grace has dispatched messengers, His servants the prophets. He has caused His words to be written down, telling of His way of salvation, pointing to Him who is the way of escape from the coming wrath. The Son, the Prophet, the Message urges, "Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears my word and believes him who sent me has eternal life. He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life." (John 5:24) With those words of hope come words of warning: "Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever does not obey the Son shall not see life, but the wrath of God remains on him." (Jn. 3:36)

"No remedy." But the good news is that God has provided remedy and He has entrusted us as its dispensers. May we never grow weary in pursuing those who by God's grace come to see their dire circumstance and the provision of His remedy in the Righteous One, as long as the light of the day of salvation remains.