ETERNITY

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Up until the age of 40...ole Rick Sane...lived life his way. During the last 25 years of that span...he put enough drugs and alcohol in his body to kill a great deal of Coxes army. He never went to church...never read the Bible...never prayed. He cussed often and often took the Lords name in vain and mocked God and laughed about seeing folks in hell one day. His main focus in life was getting high and all the insanity that goes with that lifestyle. In jail a few times....overdosed on drugs twice...alcohol poisoning to some degree several times...in his twisted mind he somehow thought he was indestructible. He kept a job traveling the country working construction...deep down in there somewhere he was kinda sorta a pretty good person raised a farm boy whos family were born-again believers...but for whatever reason he had become one of satans right hand men...in the crazy life he lived. Now...Rick had this friend...we will call him Jim...and Jim was kinda sorta a model citizen. Jim did not drink or use drugs. He held a job and was also a volunteer fireman. Coached his sons little league baseball team. He didnt cuss and was always helping in charity events thru the Ruritan club that he was a member of. Jim went to church...read his Bible once in awhile and sometimes prayed and tithed his money. In most ways...Rick and Jim were complete opposites. The thing is...in the most important way...they were just alike. And that being...both Rick and Jim had never repented of their sins...never ask God for forgiveness of their sins...neither were saved...born-again. If Rick and Jim had both been in the same car and had a bad wreck and both had died...they both would have gone to hell. You see folks...it dont matter what kind of life we live...wicked like Rick or pretty dad burn good like Jim...unless we surrender our life to God...we have a personal relationship with Jesus...we are filled with the Holy Spirit upon the day of salvation...we are going to split hell wide open. We cant buy our way...we cant do enough good stuff or be good enough...there is nothing we can do to earn our way to heaven outside of a personal relationship with Jesus. Salvation is all about what Jesus did on the cross...He paid our sin debt in full. So...do you have that? Remember...there are no do-overs...when we step foot into eternity the stage is set...heaven or hell...where are you headed?

I Have No Regrets About My Past...My Past Is Who I Am Today...Born Again!
Rick j Sane