In the dramatic presentation, Heaven's Gates and Hell's Flames, there are examples of people, believers and unbelievers, dying and facing the reality of eternity. Some die of natural causes, others in accidents or drug overdoses. But the events at Virginia Tech this week remind us that many people die just as unexpectantly at the hands of violent perpetrators.
I wonder how many of those people that were gunned down in their classroom entered eternity to join Christ in Heaven. I wonder how many found themselves face to face with the reality that they would give an account of their sins -- without the benefit of Christ's blood to satisfy God's wrath.
Suddenly, in just a moment, people who rejected the witness of their college friends, or used to laugh at old high school buddies for their faith, found themselves remembering the opportunities that they will never have again.
In just a moment any of us can be gone from this natural dimension and find ourselves in the next, supernatural dimension. If you know Christ in this dimension you will find safety and security in the next dimension; but if you reject Christ now, all you will have are regrets compounded by eternal punishment for your sin.
We must find a way to get as many of our friends to know Christ as we can -- just in case another Virginia Tech, or car accident, or disease catches up with them. There's no time to waste.
I wonder how many of those people that were gunned down in their classroom entered eternity to join Christ in Heaven. I wonder how many found themselves face to face with the reality that they would give an account of their sins -- without the benefit of Christ's blood to satisfy God's wrath.
Suddenly, in just a moment, people who rejected the witness of their college friends, or used to laugh at old high school buddies for their faith, found themselves remembering the opportunities that they will never have again.
In just a moment any of us can be gone from this natural dimension and find ourselves in the next, supernatural dimension. If you know Christ in this dimension you will find safety and security in the next dimension; but if you reject Christ now, all you will have are regrets compounded by eternal punishment for your sin.
We must find a way to get as many of our friends to know Christ as we can -- just in case another Virginia Tech, or car accident, or disease catches up with them. There's no time to waste.
1 comment:
Amen to that!!
Elisa
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