Suppose
it is
True
Two
friends were talking one day.
They
discussed the question of
punishment for sin
in a future life.
They settled to their own satisfaction
that there was
none.
They
decided that hell was a myth.
They
decided that there was no need
for God
or a Supreme Being since
scientists say that the universe and life
and
man
could have come into being
through "natural" causes.
And
they agreed
that even if there
were a God, He would be a God of
love and thus could
not
consign His
creatures to everlasting punishment.
Then
a
Bible believing Christian,
who had been a silent listener to the
discussion
asked:
SUPPOSE
IT IS TRUE AFTER ALL
that the God of the
Bible is real and living? Would you, a mortal being, be willing to risk
your
eternal destiny by ignoring the eternal God
"God
who cannot lie"
(Bible Reference: Titus 1:2
"He that believeth not God
hath
made
Him a liar"
(Bible Reference: 1 John 5:10
SUPPOSE
IT IS TRUE AFTER ALL
that "In the
beginning God created the heaven and the earth?" (Bible Reference:
Genesis
1:1)
When
you stand before the Creator-God on the day of judgment, what reason
will you offer for having given all the glory and credit for the
beauties and
glories of the earth and the universe to the impersonal "god" of
chance and nature rather than the personal Creator-God?
Scientists,
in fact, do NOT have a reasonable explanation for the origin of the
universe.
If the universe exploded into being via the "Big Bang," they cannot
explain where the original matter and energy came from.
This
is just a feeble
attempt to replace the eternal, personal Creator-God with an eternal
but impersonal
matter-energy-god.
Many scientists, and others too, would prefer to believe that a personal God does not exist; that way they are free to be their own "little gods," living their own small lives however they please, without having to worry about what God thinks.
The
Bible talks about
such people: "Every man did that which was right in his own eyes"
(Bible Reference: Judges 21:25).
"We
have turned every one to his own way"
(Bible
Reference: Isaiah 53:6).
SUPPOSE
IT IS TRUE AFTER ALL
that God must punish
sin? While God's very nature is love (Bible Reference: 1 John 4:16),
He
is also a holy God who hates evil (Bible Reference: Psalm 97:10;99:9;
Proverbs 8:13). "He hath appointed a day, in the which He will
judge
the world in righteousness by that Man [Jesus] whom He hath
ordained;
"... (Bible Reference: Acts 17:31).
How
would you fare before God as
your Judge? What could you say to Him?
SUPPOSE
IT IS TRUE AFTER ALL
that hell is a
reality? A skeptic sneeringly asked: "Where is hell?" The answer
came: "At the end of a Christ rejecting life."
Let
me ask you: What
lies at the end of the path you are now treading? The Scripture says: "It
is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment"
(Bible
Reference: Hebrews 9:27).
SUPPOSE
IT IS TRUE AFTER ALL
that the Lord Jesus is
the only Saviour, and His death and resurrection provide the only means
by
which you can be fitted for God's presence?
Jesus said, "I am the Way,
the Truth, and the Life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by Me"
(Bible
Reference: John 14:6).
What
if you ignore Him and leave Him out of your
life?
"How
shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation?"
(Bible Reference: Hebrews 2:3).
"God
so loved the world, that He
gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should
not
perish, but have everlasting life.... He that believeth on Him is not
condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he
hath not
believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God" (Bible Reference:
John 3:16,18).
SUPPOSE
IT IS TRUE AFTER ALL
that the much despised
blood of Jesus is the only thing that can cleanse you from your sins?
Has it
cleansed you before God, or are you still heading toward the eternity
of the
lost? "The blood of Jesus Christ His Son cleanseth us from all
sin" (Bible Reference: 1 John 1:7).
SUPPOSE
IT IS TRUE AFTER ALL?
How terrible will be
your doom if you "die in your sins" (John 8:24).
Dear
friend,
come to Christ and be saved.
"Whosoever
was not found written in the
book of life was cast into the lake of fire" (Bible Reference:
Revelation
20:15).
So
why
not place your trust in Christ now and pray from your heart:
“Dear Jesus, I know I am a sinner, and I know I deserve to go to Hell. But I believe that you died on the cross for my sins. Please save me and take me to Heaven when I die. I'm only trusting in you, Jesus. Amen.”
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