Friend, your temporal earthly life will come to an end one day and your eternal spiritual life will begin either with “a song in Heaven or a wail in hell”.
Mark those words carefully because they must come true, the one or the other!
Every soul has an inevitable appointment with God at a time of His own choice, and He’ll not be obliged to give anyone a notice to this effect. This message May be the only notice you get before your inevitable journey to eternity, so beware!!
In Ecclesiastes 8:11-13 we are reminded of how vain the unsaved human’s heart thinks and acts with reckless abandon to the realities of inevitable death and what must follow soon after:
” Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil .
Though a sinner do evil an hundred times, and his days be prolonged, yet surely I know that it shall be well with them that fear God, which fear before him:
But it shall not be well with the wicked, neither shall he prolong his days, which are as a shadow; because he feareth not before God. “
The mind has a way of lying to itself and accepting it as truth, even when it knows it’s a lie! And, by this self inflicted tragedy, it becomes the architect of it’s own doom!
How can you say it shall be well with your soul when you know that your present life style contradicts the holiness which the Holy Bible preaches?
How can you claim that you are a child of God when nothing in your character can testify to it?
Where is the fear of God in your life when you habitually fall into sin and only feel a sense of remorse after the so called pleasure of that sin has long been consummated?
What will your honest answer be if someone were to ask if your present life style supports your ambition to be admitted to heaven at the end of your days? Will God joyfully accept you with a ” welcome thou faithful servant” embrace as you step into the threshold of eternity?
As the scriptures rightly say thousands of years ago in Proverbs 20:6 , so is it still true today that “Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness: but a faithful man who can find?”
We have learned to assure ourselves that God’s Grace will pull us through to heaven even when it is obvious to us that we still like the sins we occasionally or habitually commit: no, what we truly need is a genuine repentance! Grace does not wrestle a sinner to the ground, arm-twist them and forcibly take away from them the sin that they love to put up with, much against all good conscience!!
God clearly told Noah, MY SPIRIT SHALL NOT STRIVE WITH MAN .
Anyone who truly wants a new life will forsake their sins. It may be a hard fight but if they’re determined to win, God will give them the victory! However, that’s not the case within Christendom today; people want to overcome sin without any commitment on their part. They seem to hope that somehow God will take pity on them and give them victory: that’s the kind of grace we see people hoping God throws their way today. But if any grace works for you that way, then it’s not God’s own Grace but a denominational-manufactured grace that comes with a license to brazenly sin and still lay claim to salvation in Christ.
2 Corinthians 6:1: “We then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that ye receive not the grace of God in vain.”
When a believer, after confession and repentance, does not take a proactive measure to forsake the sin that so easily entangles them, then they are subjecting God’s Grace to vanity!
The best way to overcome adultery and fornication is to run away from that sin partner whom you call your lover. The best way to avoid sin is to keep away from the things which promote its committal: bad movies and wild music, unholy entertainment and sexually provocative appearances must be avoided, otherwise Grace will not pull you out of that habitual sin: it simply does not work that way! You the sinner have a part to play!!
It is not for fancy that God’s Word prescribed the followings as the antidote to a life of rising from and falling into sin, namely:
🙏 Proverbs 28:13:
“He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and FORSAKETH them shall have mercy. “
🙏 Hebrews 12:1:
“… let us LAY ASIDE every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us…”
🙏 Mark 9:43:
“And if thy hand offend thee, CUT IT OFF: it is better for thee to enter into life maimed, than having two hands to go into hell, into the fire that never shall be quenched:”
For God’s Grace to work effectively for a repentant sinner, they have to FORSAKE sin, LAY ASIDE the sin partner, and CUT OFF all allegiance with them that could lead to sin again. Until this is prayerfully and sincerely done with all diligence, your journey to heaven will certainly be like a wild goose chase!
Friend, where are you headed for right now? Where is your present life destined to end? Is it heaven or hell?
Jesus Christ can help make the difference for you if you’re truly ready to forsake your sins and begin a new life with Him as your own Lord and personal Saviour.
God’s Word assures us of His love and saving grace for the repentant sinner in John 3:16-17 where it says:
“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. “
Will you not run to Him now in true repentance and be saved?
Do not hide under any excuses in order to continue in sin anymore! It will only confirm your desire for sin. A truly repentant sinner does not have any need to sin any more!
“He that committeth sin is of the devil; for the devil sinneth from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that he might destroy the works of the devil.” 1 John 3:8.
May you have the victory you deserve in Christ!
May Jesus Christ spoil every work of the devil in your life and set you free indeed!!
” And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole spirit and soul and body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
Faithful is he that calleth you, who also will do it.”
1 Thessalonians 5:23-24.