THE COST OF ETERNAL LIFE
Memorize: And if thine eye offend thee,
pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one
eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell fire.
Jesus Christ gave a parable in our Bible reading today
on the importance of making sure we are not exempted from the kingdom of God .
He likened the kingdom
of God to a precious
pearl that a rich merchant sought for, and after he had found it, went and sold
all that he had just to buy it. In Mark 9:47, Jesus gave another serious instruction,
showing just how important it is for everyone to strive to gain entrance into
the kingdom of God . He said that if your eye, as
precious and important to living as it is, will disqualify you from gaining
entry into the presence of God at the end of your life, you should pluck it
out! This food for thought when we observe how careless we could be when it
comes to the matter of making it to Heaven at the end of life. We seem to
trivialise the problem of sin and what sin is capable of doing against our
souls.
“But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable,
and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars,
shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which
is the second death.” Revelation 21:8
It is unfortunate that modern day theologians are
writing and teaching people to be uncomfortable in their sinful lifestyle. They
are explaining away the reality of Heaven and Hell. These two realms are real;
they should not be explained away. As we continue to live on this planet earth,
we should always remember that we do not have a permanent stay here. No matter
how blessed we are with long life, eternity is not here on this present earth.
A new earth and a new heaven are in the making for us according to Revelation
21:1-2. Therefore, whatever will disqualify you from gaining entry into the new
earth and the new heaven should be discarded immediately. The reason is not
far-fetched; death may come at any given time and the expected tomorrow may not
come. Failure to enter to the kingdom
of God leaves room only
for the second option which is disastrous – hell. Today is the day of
salvation, now is the acceptable time. Every weight that besets us must be done
away with in accordance with the admonition in Hebrews 12:1
“Wherefore seeing we also we compassed about with so
great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which
doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set
before us,”
Prayer point
Father, please grant me strength in my
inner man to stop doing whatever I am doing that will make me a candidate for
hell, in Jesus’ Name.
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