Choose today where you want to spend eternity. It’s time.

by | The End Times

 

Jesus said it. It is true.

Where do you want to spend eternity?

Time is running out.

Choose today!

“But Abraham said,
‘If they won’t listen to Moses and the prophets,
they won’t be persuaded
even if someone rises from the dead.’”
Luke 16:31

 

Jesus came to save you

During Jesus’ ministry on earth He shared many stories and parables. He mostly spoke in parables so that His true followers and believers in His message would seek to understand. The followers who didn’t believe but were following only to find fault with Him, would not see the truths He was sharing.

While all His messages are important to us, today we will focus on just one story, the rich man and a poor man named Lazarus. There is a very important lesson here for us to learn about believing in and following Jesus before it’s too late.

 

The Story

The Rich Man and Lazarus

“Jesus said,
There was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed in purple and fine linen and who lived each day in luxury. At his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus who was covered with sores. As Lazarus lay there longing for scraps from the rich man’s table, the dogs would come and lick his open sores.

Finally, the poor man died and was carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham at the heavenly banquet. The rich man also died and was buried, and he went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Abraham in the far distance with Lazarus at his side.

The rich man shouted, ‘Father Abraham, have some pity! Send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am in anguish in these flames.’

But Abraham said to him, ‘Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish. And besides, there is a great chasm separating us. No one can cross over to you from here, and no one can cross over to us from there.’

Then the rich man said, ‘Please, Father Abraham, at least send him to my father’s home. For I have five brothers, and I want him to warn them so they don’t end up in this place of torment.’

But Abraham said, ‘Moses and the prophets have warned them. Your brothers can read what they wrote.’

“The rich man replied, ‘No, Father Abraham! But if someone is sent to them from the dead, then they will repent of their sins and turn to God.’

“But Abraham said, ‘If they won’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they won’t be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’” Luke 16:19-31

 

How does this apply to me?

During Jesus’ ministry, He performed many miracles. Even though there were a large number of witnesses to these miracles, only a remnant turned their heart towards Jesus. The others loved seeing the miracles, but they saw them as entertainment and free food. They weren’t interested in changing their ways, giving up everything, and leaving their sinful ways just to believe and follow Him. The non-believers then, and now, think following Jesus is too much work and isn’t fun. They have chosen to believe all the lies from the enemy instead.

The rich man referenced in the story above, is a great example of the majority of humanity, even today. Nothing has changed, people still don’t want to follow Jesus for any number of reasons. Jesus teaches us in this story that when humans get to hell they have immediate regret that they didn’t follow Him, but it’s too late to repent. The rich man here begged Abraham to go warn his family so that they would not suffer the same fate to spend eternity in hell. He wished he had believed but now wanted someone to warn the others.

Abraham tells him that since they refused to believe Moses or the prophets =

  • Moses
  • The prophets God sent,
  • The miracles Jesus performed during His ministry,
  • The Holy Bible God breathed for us,
  • The ones who did try to warn and were ignored, mocked and persecuted, …

showing them another miracle would not help at this point.

It’s TOO LATE!

 

In closing,

let’s make sure your heart is right with the Lord today so that you don’t suffer the same regrets the rich man experienced. His story was placed in the Holy Bible to warn you. You have been warned. This man is wanting to tell everyone you don’t want to be in hell. Listen to his warning and repent before it’s too late!

Choose Jesus today, turn from your sinful ways and follow Him. Allow Him to transform your heart of stone into a heart of flesh. Jesus wants to spend eternity with you lavishing you with His everlasting love. He did not create hell for humans but for demons.  Sadly, many good people that didn’t follow Jesus wholeheartedly will be there also because they wouldn’t heed the warnings.

There is not much time left. Be more concerned with what Jesus says and thinks, than what others in your life think about you or what you do. They cannot get you into Heaven, but they can certainly keep you out of it if you continue to follow their ways instead of His.

Do the ABC’s and repent today.

  • A: Admit that you are a sinner. (Romans 3:23, Isaiah 64:6, Ephesians 2:8-9)
  • B: Believe in your heart that Jesus is the son of God and that He died for your sins and rose from the dead for you. (John 3:16-18, 1Corinthians 15:1-4)
  • C: Call on Jesus and repent of your sins and turn back to Him and ask Jesus to show you the way. (Romans 10:9-13, John 14:6)

 

May God bless you and keep you.

“Put everything to the test.
Hold on to what is good.”
1 Thessalonians 5:21

 

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