Do
You Think
You
Can Persuade Me
To
Become A Christian So Quickly?
Scripture
Acts
26
29 Paul
replied, “Whether quickly or not, I pray to God that both you and
everyone here in this audience might become the same as I am, except
for these chains.”
Observation
What
is it going to take for you to become persuaded to become a
Christian?
Whether
the Apostle Paul was standing before a king or in a jail cell talking
to a jailer the conversation always pointed to that person's greatest
need … his or her need to know Jesus as their personal Lord and
Savior!
Let
me ask you this morning, “Do you know Him?”
If
you were to die today where would you spend Eternity? If you were at
Heaven's gate and God were to ask you, “Why should I let you into
my Heaven?” What would you say to Him?
I
pray that you will turn from your sins and turn to God. I pray that
you will put your faith and trust in Jesus Christ.
On
May 17th
of this year at 4 am in the morning my heart went into fibrillation
(quivering and not pumping blood) and I would have died within a few
minutes … but my defibrillator/pacemaker shocked my heart back into
rhythm. This has happened 3 times since my heart attack 6 years ago.
And
no I have never felt the shock (which they tell me is terrible)
because so far I have always gone unconscious before the
defibrillator shocks me. I didn't even know that my heart had to be
shocked back into rhythm that morning until several months later when
I went in for a device check and they asked me if I knew that I had
received a shock back on May 17th
at 4 am to crank start my heart and bring me back to life!
I
share all of those details with you to make this point, “One day my
defibrillator is not going to work. One day it will not be able to
shock my heart back into rhythm.” And the moment I breathe my last
breath here on earth is the moment I get to experience Heaven!
How
do I know that I will go to Heaven when I die? Because I have placed
my faith and my trust in Jesus. He has conquered death. He died on
the cross to pay the penalty for my sins. He was buried and came back
to life on the 3rd
day! I am forgiven.
How
about you? Where will you spend Eternity when you die?
Where
would you like to spend Eternity? Heaven or Hell?
The
choice is yours to make right now!
Application
I
am praying for everyone that reads this blog. I am praying that you
make the right choice!
Prayer
Heavenly
Father, I know that some people never hear about Jesus and don't even
have the chance to choose to place his or her faith in Him, but that
is not the case for the person that might be reading this blog. I
pray for anyone that may be reading this right now. Open up their
hearts and their minds and show them their need for a Savior. Help
them to place their faith and trust in Jesus so that they will know
for sure that they will go to Heaven when they die!
Daily
Bible Reading: Job 17; Acts 24,25,26
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