Time Travellers

I've had a lot of things on my mind and don't know really where to begin. I've been thinking on the peace of God that passes understanding. That peace that will remain when the whole world seems to be collapsing upon itself. That supernatural "song in the night" that the Lord gives to all that put their trust totally in him and not in the chariots of Egypt. That joy from "knowing" that your sins are forgiven and you have eternal life with the Lord Jesus. We really can't comprehend just what "eternity" means. We know that it means "without ending" but actually grasping the concept is a different matter. We're born into the physical world that can be seen and interacted with. We mature, (some of us at least) we get old, and we die. The same is true for every living thing and non-living things too for that matter. The finite human mind cannot grasp a world where time has no authority. And yet all of us are going to live for all eternity somewhere. In other words when you were born, you became an eternal being. From the time of your birth on, into forever, there will never be another moment in which you don't exist. Your time on this earth is but a fraction of a split second compared to forever and even that is overstated. Given that fact, the one question that towers over all others is "where are you going to spend eternity?" Jesus stated in Mark 8:36-37 "For what shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" All that you assign value to in this life will come to pass. (You can't take it with you) You, however, will exist forever and ever. When you step into eternity, whether it's several years from now or before the sun rises tomorrow, it won't matter how successful you were in this life. It won't matter how popular you were, how good you were at golf, how many vehicles you owned, or how large your bank account was. The only thing that will matter will be "do you know Jesus Christ as your savior?" Have you accepted him as your savior and been born again? All have sinned and come short of the glory of God. We "all" deserve hell as God is completly holy and cannot allow sin in his presence. For this reason, Jesus came into the world; to pay for our sin with his own blood. Because he never sinned one time, he was able to taste death for all; for whosoever would call upon him in sincerety. He is as close as the mention of his name and will save you (will; not might) if you call upon him and ask. He said in John 6:37 "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out." This is by far the MOST IMPORTANT decision that you will ever have to make. It will determine whether you spend forever in heaven with joy beyond what you can possibly imagine, or, in a lake of fire where the smoke of your torment will rise up forever. You are an eternal being and will never cease to exist. If you don't accept Jesus as your Savior, you will have to pay for your sin yourself. The worst part of being separated from God for all of eternity will be knowing that it didn't have to be so. Jesus hung on a cross to pay for your sin; so that you could have eternal life. The choice to receive it is up to each of us. It's my sincere prayer that you would turn to Jesus before it's too late. Regardless of how messed up you might think you are or what kind of rotton things you've done, you can be forgiven. II Corinthians 5:17 states "Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new." That's what it means to be "born again." I pray that when this age is over and all has been said and done that I'll see you; gathered with all of the saints from every tribe and every generation in the new Jerusalem. So shall we ever be with the Lord. (Revelation chapters 21 and 22 tell about what eternity will be like for those who know Jesus.)