The month of July certainly flew by on wings. Hello August already, which most surely means that September is just around the corner. Funny how swiftly time marches on. More hurriedly it seems, the older I get. Yikes, not that I'm up for discussing that. But regardless of age, it is a fact that we are consumed by time. Driven by the ticking clock, the days, the nights, the seasons. Be here, be there. Today, tomorrow. A time to be born. And a time to die.
In eternity, there is only forever. Time without end.
And so in TIME, we must prepare for ETERNITY.
All of us are born sinners. All of us deserve eternal punishment for our sin. But the Lord Jesus Christ died for sinners. On the cross at Calvary, He suffered the judgement of God for our sin. And by accepting that the Lord Jesus took MY place, I can rest assured that MY sins are forgiven. I am redeemed by the precious blood of Christ, and promised a home in heaven.
What must unending time in heaven be like? Such joy it will be to gaze on my Saviour's face, to dwell in His presence, ungoverned by time. Praising the One who loved me and gave Himself for me. Forever and ever.
But to think of eternity in hell... weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth, the place of interminable torment where the lake of fire is never quenched. The eternal destiny of the Christ-rejectors. Forever and ever.
Take a moment today to prepare for your eternity.
For Christ also hath once suffered for sins,
the just for the unjust,
that He might bring us to God.
1 Peter 3:18
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