MATTHEW 16: 24-25
"If any of you want to be my follower you must turn from your selfish ways, take up your cross, and follow me. If you try to hang on to your life you will lose it.
If you give up your life for my sake, you will find EVERLASTING LIFE!"
Do you believe in EVERLASTING LIFE? Do you believe in Heaven? Is there an eternity and where will you spend yours? In our One Truth Today, Jesus Christ gives us directions on how to have EVERLASTING LIFE! It does not matter whether you believe in eternity or not, your soul will spend eternity in one of two destinations. The rel event question is where will you spend eternity? You can find life and that eternal with God on the one hand, or you can be separated from God for eternity and spend everlasting life in Hell as one of the damned. You can reject God and keep your selfish ways and lose your life, or you can take up the Cross of Jesus Christ and follow Him with the promise of a place in Heaven and EVERLASTING LIFE!
Today we are encouraged to make the right decision. The Lord wants us to become His followers, take up His Cross, and turn from our selfish ways. By accepting His free gift of life we are taking the only path that will lead us to eternal life in Heaven. If you try to hang on to your selfish life and ways, you will lose your life eternally. We must deny ourselves and our interests and instead take on the ways and path of the Lord. We are to do the will of the Father in Heaven and forget our own selfish interests. You can not Save yourself and neither can any other man.
Jesus Christ is life and without Him you will lose yours eternally and be separated from God!
If you are willing to give up your life for His sake the Lord promises eternal life in Heaven with Him. Now that is a blessing worth waiting for and accepting. The Lord offers perfection and everlasting peace. This is a free gift which can not be purchased at any price. Believe on the Lord and He will Save you. What good would it profit us if we gained the whole world and lost our eternal souls? You can not exchange your wealth for eternal life in Heaven. The choice is up to each individual and the consequences are clear. Reject the Lord and be separated from Him forever, or accept the Lord, take up His Cross and follow Him. What is your choice. As for me
I desire EVERLASTING LIFE!
