When I was young I liked to drive fast. I ran everywhere. I had a major problem. Highway patrol officers do not encourage people to drive over the speed limit. In fact, they frown on people who drive over the speed limit. They issued me warnings the first few times I was pulled over. The patrolmen were friendly but very adamant in their insistence that he stop speeding.
The fourth time I was stopped they gave me a speeding ticket. The ticket cost me $90, which was pretty expensive in the 1960s. The ticket didn’t stop me. I kept accelerating. Over the next sixty days, I received seven tickets, all for speeding.
I received a letter from the State of Kansas saying that I had to appear in court. It appears that the state of Kansas does not allow drivers who break the law to continue their illegal driving activities indefinitely. He had already paid over $700 in speeding tickets, but they thought further action was warranted. I went before a judge and he asked me if he thought he was above the law.
“No, I said. ‘Yes, you do,’ he replied, ‘or you wouldn’t break the law with such impunity.’ The judge fined me a hefty $500 and revoked my driver’s license for six months. appear before him for speeding, I would lose my license for three years and could spend up to a year in jail The judge was not smiling or friendly I believed him I am sorry for my sin and stop speeding No I have had another speeding ticket to this day.
Most of us treat God’s laws like I treated Kansas speeding laws. God sends people to warn us of the imminent danger caused by our sin. Many of us are unaware of the consequences of our actions until something forces us to take a hard look at them.
The Bible is very clear that the only way to eternal life is through the sacrifice of Jesus Christ. No man can obtain eternal life without repenting of his sin and accepting Jesus Christ as his savior. No matter what others say, only Jesus can give eternal life.
The Bible is also very clear that everyone who does not repent of their sin and accept Jesus as savior will spend eternity in the lake of fire. There will be no comfort, there will be no good. There will only be anguish and eternal damnation.
Each person is going to be judged according to their actions and inactions in this life. There is no one exempt. The Bible is very clear in stating that those who reject Christ will not be written in the book of life. They will be thrown forever into a lake of fire with the devil, the beast, and the false prophet. (See Revelation 20:10-15).
Why is everyone going to be judged?
All men have sinned against Holy God. God, who is holy, must punish sin. None of us can claim that we are holy enough to please God by our own righteousness. We are not even worthy to open the book of life. (See Revelation 5:4) It is evident from the Scriptures that all people are under God’s condemnation, and rightly so, because we have sinned against the Holy God.
If the condition of man stopped here there would be no hope, but praise God there is hope! God has provided a way for mankind to avoid his wrath and obtain eternal life! Jesus Christ has secured eternal life for all who come to him. Millions of believers who accept the great deliverance of Christ through the gospel will live to praise him in heaven. (See Revelation 5:5-14)
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came to reconcile us with God by offering his body as a sacrifice for the sin of all men. John 3: 16-21, “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish, but have eternal life.”
It breaks my heart to say that many people will reject God’s grace and choose God’s wrath because of their love for sin. They will be tormented forever in the hopeless lake of fire. Because those of us who accept Jesus Christ’s atoning sacrifice and resurrection from the dead will be forever blessed by God. Romans 4:6-8, “…Blessed is the man to whom the Lord will not impute sin.”
One last word.
Those of us who have accepted Christ as our Lord redouble our efforts to spread the saving message of Jesus Christ. Let us not sit and watch others perish without sharing God’s love. II Corinthians 5:10-11, “Knowing therefore the terror of the Lord, we persuade men…”
No other options. There is eternal salvation through Christ or eternal damnation for rejecting his great salvation. Those who reject the goodness of God through Christ will have called God a liar and will reject Christ’s sacrifice for them. It is my prayer that Christians reading these words will share the love of Christ with a lost world. It is also my prayer that those who do not know Christ will repent of their sin and accept Christ’s sacrifice for his sin so that they will not have to pay the consequences of their sins before the judge of all the earth.
Copyright 2010 J-me