SCARY DAYS

The greatest fear one should have is opening their eyes in Hell when they die.

Hebrews 10:31, It is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the living God.

            I remember growing up in a big old house that was built in the early 1900’s. That house had more creaks than I care to talk about. I was so far away from my parents when I went to bed I thought, “If I screamed, they wouldn’t hear me!” There were literally times I went to bed thinking I wasn’t going to make it to morning. The Boogey Man didn’t have anything on what was living in my attic. However, the older I got, the more I understood there was something even scarier than what was living in my attic.

            Friend, dying without Jesus as my Saviour is the scariest thing I can think of now. Total separation from God forever. Total separation of friends and loved ones forever. That’s pretty scary to this big ole guy!

            Hell is real! Hell is awful! Hell is awaiting you if you have not called out to Jesus to save you! Why not GET UP, GET REAY, and GO TO CHURCH this morning? He knows what you’re going through! He can calm your heart and you too can have the peace of God—forever!

Why does God love me?

Could we with ink the oceans fill and were the skies of parchment made and every stalk on earth quill and every man a scribe by trade, to write the love of God above would drain the oceans dry, nor could that scroll contain the whole though stretched from sky to sky. --Scribbled on an asylum wall

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

I often think about the love of God and wonder what would cause Him to love a wretch such as I. Was it my blood line? Was it my looks? Was it my pedigree? Was it my education? What exactly caused Him to love ME?

Then I am reminded of Romans 5:8, “But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.” It’s none of those things! He loved and loves me because of who He is! I did not deserve salvation but He provided it anyway! We deserve Hell but God,  by grace through faith, gives us Heaven!