Eternity, eternity, where will you spend eternity?
Most people don't give much thought, if any, to this question. But the reality is that one day, life on earth will end for each of us and the choices we make here on earth will determine where we spend eternity.
I realize there are many who believe there is no life after death. This is it. Life ends and then…nothing. I find this belief hard to comprehend. How can they believe that complex beings such as ourselves have a limited life here on earth with nothing to follow?
Then there are those who do believe in life after death and they choose to live like there is no tomorrow. They realize they are not living moral lifestyles and admit they are not headed for heaven but they joke about 'partying in hell' with their friends. What drives a person to think like that?
And there are those who also believe in life after death but they think they have to 'earn the right' to go to heaven. They work hard to live moral, upright lives and do good works so they might be able to receive the reward of heaven. They live in fear that they may miss the mark and end up not being 'good enough' to make it into heaven.
The truth is that none of us is, or ever will be, 'good enough' to get into heaven. We have all come short. Yet there is a way for us to be sure we will make it into heaven. That is by accepting Jesus' eternal gift of salvation. Jesus has already paid the penalty for our sins. But this gift is not ours until we receive it personally. All we have to do to receive this gift is to confess our sins to God and ask Him to forgive us and tell Him we accept Jesus' gift of salvation. That's it. So simple a child can do it. So hard to grasp that our minds argue- that can't be all there is to it. But that is all. There is nothing we can do to 'earn' heaven but we can 'receive this gift' from Jesus. So my question to you is one a very dear friend has been known to ask:
"Eternity, eternity. Where will you spend eternity? And what will you do with Jesus?"
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