This Was Your Life

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I got this lesson from a tract that was left on a gas pump at work. I think it would hit home for some that don't quite yet believe. I threw some comments in that I hope will help along the way. hmh

Luke 12:19- "And I will say to my soul, Soul thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry."

Luke 12:20- "But God said unto him, thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee."

So many times in our lives do we see so many individuals who build up their worldly goods, thinking that they are set in life, not wanting or caring about having God in their lives, only to wake up dead one morning.

Hebrews 9:27- "It is appointed unto men once to die, but after this is judgement."

Isaiah 64:6- "But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righeousnesses are a filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our inquities, like the wind, have taken us away."

By ourselves, without God, we are nothing more than unclean beings who are in sin, awaiting the time of judgement when those who are not born again of God's Spirit through Jesus Christ will face their punishment for turning their backs on God and Jesus Christ.

John 5:28 & 29- "Marvel not for this: for the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice." 29- And shall come forth; that they have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection fo damnation."

Romans 3:10- "As it is written, there is none righteous, no, not one."

There will be a resurrection of the just and unjust. Those who are born again of God's Spirit will spend eternity with God and Jesus Christ. Those who are not born again will spend eternity in the lake of fire. None of us are righteous without God and Jesus Christ. Christ dying on the cross was the method necessary to make us righteous. All we have to do is believe and accept Jesus Christ in our lives and live our lives as God tells us to.

Revelation 20:12- "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God: and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works."

Mark 4:22- "For there is nothing hid, which shall not be manifested."

Remember, until you are born again, you will answer for all you did while you were alive. Nothing will be hidden. After you are born again, remember to ask forgiveness with a meek heart. Once forgiveness is granted, we have no need to worry about judgement.

What could one face judgement that is a sin?

Matthew 12:36- "But I say unto you, that every idle work that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgement."

Matthew 5:28- "But I say unto you, that whosoever looketh on a woman to lust afer her hath already committed adultery with her in his heart."

There are many more examples of what sin are in the Bible, but if you choose to live by God's rules each and every day, you are better off in the long run.

Matthew 10:26- "For there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known."

God sees and knows all. Who do we think we are fooling if we think to ourselves that we are being slick if no one catches us doing something wrong?

Galatians 6:7- "Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."

Matthew 25:46- "And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal."

I don't know about you, but I prefer life eternal.

Revelation 20:15- "And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."

Personally, I like fire to roast marshmallows and hotdogs, but this fire that is mentioned in Revelation is not your camp fire variety. It is for satan and his minions, not us.

This CAN Be Your Life!

Remember, you don't have to live your life in sin, without God and Jesus Christ, with the eventual judgement and punishment for doing so. This is where you can change your life around and not only know you are going to have eternal life, but also to live your life more than abundantly.

2 Peter 3:9- "The Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is long-suffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance."

God does not want us to die in sin, but to have eternal life in righteousness, so that we can be with him forever.

John 3:3- Jesus said, "Verily, verily, I say unto thee, except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God."

Until we are born again, we cannot see or enter into God's Kingdom.

Isaiah 1:18- "Come now, and let us reason together, saith the Lord: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow."

You receive forgiveness from God, your sins are covered. Nothing to worry about in the future with God.

Philippians 1:21- "For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain."

We do more good when we are alive and living for Christ.

Psalm 116:15- "Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints."

It is costly when one of God's saints die, but we have nothing to fear in death, because we are going to live life eternal with God and Jesus Christ.

1 Corinthians 2:9- "But as it is written, eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither have entered into the heart of man, the things which God hath prepared for them that love him."

We have no clue what is in store for us when we finally enter into the Kingdom of God. We can speculate, fantasize, dream, and wonder, but we really are clueless what lays ahead for us.

Remember, the Bible says there's only one way to heaven!

John 14:6- Jesus said, "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me."

Romans 10:9- "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved."

You believe with all your heart and confess that God did raise Jesus from the dead, you have taken that most important step to live righeously and without fear of facing judgement later on down the road.

[DaniJ87]

that was a REALLY good tract!