Tuesday, 11 June 2013

End of the Road

Death. The one thing that threatens us all. However, it will affect us all in one is two ways: be with Jesus in eternity or be under his wrath in eternity.
Most people from what I have gathered have no idea their present course towards eternity.
The answer is simple though for those of you who are questioning this. It's an unpopular answer that you will probably feel as though it is wrong because your answer is 'moral' and my answer is bigoted and narrow. Jesus tells us that wide is the gate that leads to destruction and narrow the gate that leads to eternal life. People didn't (and still don't, for that matter) like Jesus' view on things.
Without further ado, here's the answer :Jesus said the only way to the father is through him. He is the narrow gate. He is the way, the truth, and the life. Nobody gets to heaven except through Jesus. Fortunately, the apostle Paul explains what this looks like: if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord (that is to declare an absolute and sole allegiance to Jesus Christ, with no one else as equal to or above in authority in your life) and to believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead.
That's it. That's the answer. No person can spend eternity with Jesus who didn't spend their life with him on this earth.
Don't be that person who fears death and God in your death bed,  attempting a last such effort towards salvation because your scared of Hell. God knows your heart. He knows whether or not you're turning to him because you love him or fear him. He won't save you just because your scared. Fear doesn't atone for the life of rebellion.
So,  carefully consider these words. God loves you and wants to spend eternity with you. Choose to live and serve him. Make him the one you love for, not yourself.
Jesus lived the life you should have lived.  Died the death you should have died and then rose from death so that you can have true life.
The Word of God says that "while we were yet still sinners, God first loved us. " Accept his love, and have the assurance that you will spend eternity with Jesus and not under his wrath.