Now as he reasoned about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come, Felix was afraid and answered, “Go away for now; when I have a convenient time I will call for you.” (Acts 24:25)

The Day That Never Comes

Time is a finite part of creation that cannot and will never change. There is nothing man can do to stop time. The seconds of the clock continue to move over the face of the dial uninterrupted. Man is confined by the moment of time. He cannot turn the clock back, and he cannot go ahead in time. The only thing a person has is the moment they possess at the moment of possession. Yesterday is gone forever, never to be retried, retrieved, or reversed. Tomorrow never comes and in reality, does not exist but in the mind. No man has ever possessed tomorrow. When tomorrow comes, it becomes today. Locked in the sand of time, a man’s life is measured by how he lives his time.

In the failed ‘woke’ society of reparations for yesterday, an attempt is made to justify what occurred hundreds of years ago. There is no justification. Justice in its truest form cannot be limited to a certain time in history because every moment of history stands on the mountains of time preceding it. If men are honest and want full reparations for yesterday, they will need to go all the way back to the Garden of Eden. That is when the misery, cruelty, heartache, immorality, and the failed character of humanity began when Eve took of the forbidden fruit. The good news is that divine reparations have already been established when the Lord prepared hell for the devil and his angels.

The other failed policy of the human mind is to believe there is such a time as a more convenient time. When does that day come? It will never come because it does not exist. The apostle Paul reasoned with Felix and his wife, Drusilla, who was Jewish, about righteousness, self-control, and the judgment to come. Felix listened intently to the need for righteousness and self-control. The message about the judgment to come terrified him. Felix became alarmed and afraid. In a trembling voice, he told Paul, “Go away for now; when I have a convenient time, I will call for you.” Paul was a prisoner. Where was he going to go? Felix hoped Paul would bribe him to release him, but after two years, Porcius Festus succeeded Felix. The convenient time Felix looked for never came.

Felix never obeyed the gospel of Christ. He was waiting for a day. A convenient day. It would be a time Felix would feel ready to do something about righteousness. Paul spoke about righteousness and self-control because Felix indulged in licentious desire and was living in adultery with Drusilla. The judgment to come was a clear message of condemnation for the wicked heart of Felix and Drusilla, but they refused to repent. They were excusing themselves by seeking a more convenient time, sealing their fate. One second after they died, they wished they had just a second of time, but it was too late.

Most people believe they will live until the midnight of their lives and then die at 10:30. They are unprepared to meet the Lord God. There is no more time where they can repent and have their sins washed away in baptism. They live in an eternal state of regret for just a moment’s time to make the right decision. One of the horrors of eternal punishment is knowing life was filled with opportunities to repent and serve the Lord and seeking a more convenient time, they never did what they knew they should do. Felix and Drusilla knew what God wanted them to do. They refused. Living for a day that would never come, they waited and lost their eternal souls.

What are you waiting for? Why do you wait? What possible motive could you have to delay? If you are looking for the right time, a perfect moment, or a convenient time to obey and repent – you have already lost your soul. Make that decision now. Today. That is all you have.