I do not know who in this vast audience today may need to
hear the message of forgiveness inherent in this
parable, but however late you think you are, however many
chances you think you've missed, however many mistakes
you feel you've made or talents you think you don't
have, or distance from home and family and God you feel
you have traveled, I testify that you have not traveled
beyond the reach of divine love.
It is not possible for you to sink lower than the infinite
light of Christ's Atonement shines.
Whether you are not yet of our faith or were once with us and
have not remained, there is nothing in either case you
have done that cannot be undone.
There is no problem which you cannot overcome.
There is no dream that in the unfolding of time and eternity
cannot yet be realized.
Even if you feel you are the lost and last laborer of the
eleventh hour, the Lord of the vineyard
still stands beckoning.
"Come boldly [to] the throne of grace" and fall at the feet
of the Holy One of Israel.
Come and feast "without money and without price" at the
table of the Lord.
My beloved brothers and sisters, to those of you
who've been blessed by the gospel for many years because
you were fortunate enough to find it early, and to those of
you who've come to the gospel by stages and phases later,
and finally to those of you--member or not yet
member--who may still be hanging back, to each of you,
one and all, I testify of the renewing power of God's love
and the miracle of His grace.
His concern is for the faith at which you finally arrive,
not the hour of the day in which you got there.
So if you've made covenants, keep them.
If you haven't made them, make them.
If you've made them and broken them, repent and repair them.
It is never too late so long as the Master of the vineyard
says there is time.
Please listen to the prompting of the Holy Spirit telling you
right now, this very moment, that you should accept the
atoning gift of the Lord Jesus Christ and enjoy the
fellowship of His labor.
Don't delay.
It's getting late.