ETERNITY OF A SOUL WITHOUT CHRIST.
Proverbs 10:28
The hope of the righteous shall be gladness: but the expectation of the wicked shall perish.
Proverbs 11:7
When a wicked man dieth, his expectation shall perish: and the hope of unjust men perisheth.
One of the ways in which we deal with unpleasant realities in life is that we joke about them. We make fun of them.
A good example of this is how we feel about hell or the lake of fire as mentioned in the Bible.
We all have heard jokes about hell, seen comics about hell.
DIVINE OBSERVATION
I. The first thing that I bring to your attention is this — we live in a world where all things are temporary and passing away.
Only a blind man cannot realise this.
Everything around us is decaying, dying, and coming to an end.
We are all going, going, going — whether prominent or unimportant, gentle or cruel, rich or poor, old or young. We are all going into ETERNITY.
FACT ABOUT THIS WORLD
》Beauty is only temporary.
》Strength of the body is only temporary.
》David was once a mighty man of valour, the slayer of the lion and the bear, and the champion of Israel against Goliath;
》Yet a day came when even David had to be nursed and ministered to in his old age like a child!
》The houses we live in, the homes we love, the riches we accumulate,
the professions we follow, the plans we formulate, the relations we enter into — they are only for a time.
“What is seen is temporary.” “This world in its present form is passing away.” (2 Corinthians 4:18; 1 Corinthians 7:31)
》This ought to awaken everyone who is living only for this world.
Awake to see things in their true light, before it is too late.
The things you live for now, are all temporary and passing away !
The pleasures, the amusements, the recreations, the profits, the earthly callings, which now absorb all your heart and drink up your entire mind — will soon be over.
II. The second thing I bring to your attention is this — we are all moving towards a world where everything is eternal.
There is a life beyond the Grave .
How we live our lives in this world, brings consequences in the life after the grave .
If the joy of the believer is forever In heaven — then the sorrow of the unbeliever is also forever. If Heaven is eternal — likewise so is
Hell.
There is nothing that Satan desires more than that we would believe that he does not exist, and that there is no such a place as Hell.
And no such things as eternal torments.
He whispers all this into our ears, and he rejoices when he hears any deny these things, for then he hopes to make them and others his victims.”
III. The third thing that I bring to your attention is this: our future state in eternity — depends entirely on the life we are living now .
The life that we live on the earth is short,The life that is before us when we leave this world, is an endless eternity.
The life we live will have a tremendous impact on eternity.
Our life after death depends, humanly speaking — on what we are while we are alive.
It is written, God “will give to each person according to what he has done” Romans 2:6-8)
We are constantly sowing seeds which will spring up and bear fruit, every day and every hour in our lives.
There are eternal consequences resulting from all our thoughts and words and actions, of which we pay too little attention to.
“Men will have to give account on the Day of Judgment, for every careless word they have spoken.” (Matthew 12:36)
Our thoughts are all numbered; our actions are weighed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE STATE OF A SINNER IN ETERNITY.
- Torture By the Demons
- No Death
- Eternal Sorrow
- Remembrance of Misused salvation opportunity
- No More Second Chance
TO ESCAPE ETERNITY OF SORROW .
- REALIZE YOURSELF AS A SINNERS
- REPENT OF YOUR SINS
- BECOME CLOSE TO GOD
- RESIST TEMPTATION
- REPRESENT CHRIST WELL
- TELL OTHERS ABOUT JESUS
