A simple question...A simple YES or NO answer. Are you READY? If you should take your last breath today...do you KNOW WHERE would you take your next one?
As some of you know, in the last 90 days, I have sat long hours with five family/friends who had to FACE and ANSWER this question.
I am going to suppose that EACH person who reads this, whether they reply or not, BELIEVES that we ALL have a CHOICE to make.
Eternity in Heaven WITH Jesus Christ, or ultimately eternity in The Lake of Fire WITH Satan, his demons, & those who CHOOSE to reject, dismiss, delay or ignore Jesus Christ's invitation of grace, mercy, & salvation through HIS cruel, painful death as paid-in-full payment for every person's sin on the cross at Calvary.
This IS a GIFT from Jesus Christ himself.
This IS a gift NONE of us can EVER earn...EVER be good enough to receive through our own works.
Here are a FEW of the KJV Biblical sureties:
Hebrews 9:27-"And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment."
John 14:6-"Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."
Romans 6:23-"For the wages of sin [is] death; but the gift of God [is] eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord."
John 3:16-17-"For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved."
A simple question to be answered by each of us; and an eternity to be thankful or to be regretful for that choice.
There is NO second chance AFTER we die. We MUST choose our eternal path, one-on-one with Jesus Christ Himself NOW. After we breathe our last breath...it is TOO late.
Of the five I loved and sat with, only ONE was my heart broken over, & that one refused until their last conscious/coherent moment to believe that there was anything after death, but dirt and the grave. I will NOT presume, that during those last few hours when delirium reigned and comatose presided that he and Jesus Christ did not have a face to face confrontation.
Knowing how precious Jesus Christ is, I would NOT doubt that HE spoke face-to-face with my friend, and offered HIS invitation, HIS free gift to my friend. My friend was NOT coherent nor lucid during his last hours, so I could not ask. All I could do was pray for him, love him, and hope in the ONLY REAL HOPE any of us has in THIS life and THE next, that my friend did NOT once again REJECT/DISMISS our precious Jesus Christ.
I will NOT know the ANSWER to that UNTIL I too make that wondrous "blink of an eye" journey from this life into the AMAZING presence of Jesus Christ and His saints in Heaven, and see for myself if my friend is there.
But I DO know WITHOUT a shadow of doubt that CHOOSE he did.
No choice, refusing to choose...IS a choice.
No choice IS a rejection of ALL Jesus Christ was, is & shall ever be.
So we MUST choose.
Eternity in Heaven with our precious loving Jesus Christ or an ETERNITY in The Lake of Fire, with that belly-crawling, king of liars, king of deception, & king of the scum of the earth Satan.
Be NOT deceived.
Today IS the day of salvation through Jesus Christ.
Tomorrow is promised to NO MAN, NO WOMAN...NO ONE.
So the simple question and simple answer remains for each of us.
When ALL is said and done it is the ONLY question that REALLY matters in THIS life or THE next.
If we breath our last THIS day on earth, where will we breath our next?
Choose LIFE...Choose Jesus Christ.
I want to spend eternity with ALL of you.
And so, Beloved...does Jesus Christ.
Your sister in Christ Jesus, I remain,
Faith