Choose Your Destiny

 

Parts of our culture have become so desperate to rid our society of the name of Jesus Christ that many “intellectuals” now substitute the abbreviations B.C. (Before Christ) with B.C.E (Before Common Era) when referring to time-lined historical events. Nice try people, whoever you are. But do tell, what answer will you give to the person that asks, “Why is there a split in the timeline to begin with?” Just what will you have to talk about to explain and satisfactorily answer that question? You can’t get around or away from Him. He is the “Alpha and the Omega” (Revelation 1:8) and there is no timeline where He is not the beginning, the middle and the end.

And, for some, religion is a fairy-tale for children and a false hope for the aged. To those folks God is the product of a weak mind and Jesus is a fanatic who demonstrated this characteristic. They believe that heaven is only a Christian’s wishful thinking and hell only a believer’s nightmare. They charge that sin is the invention of the hypocritical pious who partake of the very actions they condemn. Yet, those very folks do not want a society based on their unbelief. Viruses, social diseases, murder, hatred, envy, and a number of un-natural lifestyles would be more prevalent if there were not good people who kept our society from going further into destructive horror. Christians are taught to recognize and confess their sins (1 John 1:8-10). And yes, Christianity has its share of hypocrites. Peter had to be corrected for manifesting it (Galatians 2:11-14). However, the core believers are folks who follow the Lord Jesus Christ because he is the only one who can cleanse us from our sins and give us real life, now and forever.

[Matthew 7:21-23] Life has many choices, eternity has only two. Life does present one with many choices. The devil presents one with many choices in life. Rather than marriage one can choose to commit fornication (1 Corinthians 7:1-2). Rather than marriage one can choose the gay lifestyle (Romans 1:18-32). Rather than serve God one can choose to become an atheist (Psalm 14:1). Rather than put God first in one’s life, one can choose to put him last (Matthew 6:25-34). Rather than choosing to give liberally one can choose to give sparingly (2 Corinthians 9:6-7). Instead of choosing morality one can choose immorality (Colossians 3:5-6). However, as one begins to think about it there are really only two choices in life. “Enter through the narrow gate. For wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction, and many enter through it. But small is the gate and narrow the road that leads to life, and only few find it” (Matthew 7:13-14). All peoples have the same choice. “No one can serve two masters. Either you will hate the one and love the other, or you will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money” (Luke 16:13). One is either serving God or is not. One is either saved or lost. Hell is not built on a slant for those who say they “lean toward the church”. The New Testament is filled with illustrations of those who made choices in life either right or wrong in their decisions. The “Rich Young Ruler” of Matthew 19 made the wrong decision. The Bible records, “…he went away sad, because he had great wealth” (Matthew 19:22). Moses is an excellent example of one who made the right choice for the Scriptures say, “He chose to be mistreated along with the people of God rather than to enjoy the fleeting pleasures of sin” (Hebrews 11:25).Yes, a person has many ways to do wrong but there is only one way to do right and that is to follow the Lord Jesus Christ (Mark 8:34-35). The choice one makes in this life will depend on where one will spend eternity. If I died this very night I would spend eternity in H------?