Sunday, July 29, 2012

A WISE MAN ONCE SAID


 Beca
Lets reason together saith the Lord; 

People such as Moses, Abraham, Joseph, Daniel, Elijah, Noah, King David, Samson, Mary mother of Jesus, Rahab, Ruth, Esther, Samuel, Billy Graham, DL Moody, George Washington, Lincoln, John Adams, Pascal, William Bradford, plus the thousands upon thousands who came to America for religious freedom,  Many of the founders of this nation in 1776 who fought the revolutionary war of independence – all the prophets of old who gave their lives proclaiming God’s message – apostle Paul who wrote much of the new testament etc.  All these men & women lived lives for Jesus and knew the value of a relationship with their Creator. 

You have to ask yourself one question.  WHY?

Anyone who doesn’t take the name of Jesus on their lips is condemned already regardless of how good or bad you may think they are.  Thus there are only two major categories of people – born again and lost (read gospel of John chapter 3 and 1st John chapter 5, & Romans chapter 2)  Yes I understand there are many great names in history who did not believe in God but they made their choice - as long as you're still alive you have the opportunity to choose God, but be careful not to wait too long - none of us are guaranteed another day.  You may say don't try to scare me -- well the truth is the truth whether any of us believe it or not. 

Will you join the list of names above and accept Jesus as they did or by default remain in the lost crowd.  It’s your choice.  The mother of all choices. You didn’t choose to be born or what country you’d be born into or your parents or for a God to exist but these things are what they are.  We must each deal with our reality and make a choice.  We all have different circumstances but we all have the same choice to make.  Choose wisely.  Oh and there are many false Jesus' out there being preached - be sure to find the right one - He's the one spoken of in the Bible not those others made up out of people's fertile imaginations of what they want him to be.
A wise man said once “I want to cover as many bases in life as best I can since there are so many things uncertain.”  He realized that belief in God required faith but so does almost everything else in life – will my spouse be faithful, will my children love me, should I trust a friend, is the water I’m drinking safe, will I wake up if I go to sleep, will that chair support me when I sit down etc.)  So he said to himself what logically will allow me to have the most victories in this life and the next if there is one – he made this list:  He chose the path that guaranteed the best possibility of no regrets in this life or after life:

Accept God’s Plan of salvation:                                                 God does not exist:
1. Eternal life in heaven wonders beyond our imagination                            return to dust  
Guarantee of persecution for Jesus
                                                                                                   or hell if other side is
                                                                                                correct whatever hell is
2. try to live as good a life by Bible as I can with Jesus help                    No help but
May lose family & friends but will gain different ones                       family and friends

3. May die for my faith                                                                  We all die anyway

4. Miss out on sinful fun stuff                                                        adultery, get drunk,
                                                                                                STDs, porn, dishonor
                                                                                             parents, envy, hate, steal
                                                                                                                 Heart broken, drugs
                                                                                                                  Addictions, fights
                 5. If I’m wrong and God doesn’t exist I’ve
                 Not really lost anything I’ve lived a good life
                And helped others and loved my family etc & and 
                Am no worse off than nonbeliever                                                            If I’m a        
                                                                                                              nonbeliever & I’m
                                                                                                wrong it’s a different story
                                                                                 and things are not the same as with
                                                                      believer- If I’m wrong and God really does
                                                                           exist then I’ve missed out on eternal life
                                                                         in heaven and those wonders untold and
                                                                             not only missed out but will be unhappy
                                                                          and weeping and nashing of teeth forever
                                                                                                  as Bible says in hell 

               6.  Lastly if after I die as a believer  I will know I was correct      If a non believer is  
                    Because I’ll be conscious in God’s presence       correct and there is no God then we 
                    No regrets because I made the right choice           Will Never know because we
                                                                                  cease to exist and return to dust and
                                                                               are never resurrected as the Bible side
                                                                             claims.  On the other hand there is God
                                                                               and this side is wrong then I will have
                                                                                       plenty of regrets.
       
      So as you can see clearly there is a 100% chance of “no regrets”
                when you choose God  

             But if you choose the "God does not exist" side then  you odds are only 50/50 
       If you're correct we'll never know, but if God does exist then you've lost paradise
            and will have many regrets for making the wrong choice.
                      Why risk it when you have nothing to lose and everything to gain.  
                        To thine own self be true

        As a wise man once said (Jim Elliot):

    “He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he can never lose”

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