“Life in God”

Ezekiel 18:30, 31

“Therefore, I will judge each of you according to your actions,

says the Sovereign LORD.  Turn from your sins!  Don’t let them

destroy you!  Put all your rebellion behind you, and get for your-

selves a new heart and a new spirit.  For why should you die? 

I don’t want you to die, says the Sovereign LORD. 

Turn back and live!”  (NLT)

     The Sovereign Lord God feels exactly the same today as He did back in the days of Ezekiel, because God never changes!  Because He loves people above all His creation, He gives us a change to repent and live today, just as He was doing back then!  This is why He personally came to save His chosen people and the world.  God gave Israel and the world the only Way to escape His wrath and eternal condemnation.  He has woven into the very fibers of every human being, the desire to live forever.  And because of this God given desire, most people fight hard to hang on to this short life as long as they possibly can, regardless of the pain and suffering it brings. God did not create us to die, but to live in fellowship with Him forever.  But because sin has infected our world with death, all its inhabitants must die.  So the Lord came to give us the Way to escape our second death, which is even more frightening than the first.  And God's Church, the body of Christ, is the bearer of this Good News that not only saves us from a fiery end and eternal damnation, but gives us the guarantee that our earthly death is not death at all, but the beginning of a very long and perfect life. 

     God does not force us to listen to His message of Good News or accept His gift of salvation. Instead, He graciously gives us a chance to hear the Good News and make our own decision.  Sadly, most people will reject the saving grace of the Cross of Christ so they can continue to indulge in their own ways and the sin they love.  We have two basic choices: Heaven or Hell. You can choose God’s Way or Satan's way.   You can selfishly live this life your own way hoping for the best, or you can live God's Way knowing the best is yet to come.  You can live in the darkness of this fallen world and follow the crowd, or you can live in the Light of the World and be transformed into His Likeness.  You have been blessed with a free will and a sound mind, my friend, use it wisely while it’s still on the table.

                                A Whisper of Hope  
Turn to Me, My child…for I don’t want to lose you forever.  I want you to live and enjoy the glory of My Presence now and in the Home I am building for you—an eternal Home where there is no more pain or tears or suffering.  But you must choose the Way I have provided, for it is the living Way!

1 John 4:9

God showed how much He loved us by sending His only Son

into the world so that we might have eternal life through Him.  (NLT)

                                             

                    His ways are everlasting.

                           (Habakkuk 3:6)