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Every
city will be destroyed and only His city will be left. What a picture!
There is only one city left. A priest was preaching to his congregation
concerning heaven and hell. To emphasize the difference between the
two, he asked that all who wanted to go to heaven stand up with him.
All the congregation rose. The congregation then sat down. He then
asked that all who wanted to go to hell stand up with him. No one
rose. For full dramatic impact, he waited for several seconds before
continuing. The silence was broken by a small boy who slowly rose
to his feet. The astonished priest spoke to the boy, “Surely
son, you do not want to go hell.” The boy answered, “Maybe
not sir, but I just couldn’t stand the sight of you standing
there all alone.” Will you go South or will you go North?
Conclusion.
A story is told of a woman who said, “My husband and I have a
very happy marriage. There’s nothing I wouldn’t do for him,
there’s nothing he wouldn’t do for me - and that’s
the way we go through life - doing nothing for each other.” But
that is not true of God. He sent Jesus to die for us, to die so that
He could forgive our sins. There is nothing we have to do but to honestly,
seriously believe that Jesus is God, He died to forgive our sins,
and He returned to life. That is all!
God is calling each of us to be at peace with
Him! There is nothing to do, but once we are saved then He asks us
to be willing to serve Him.
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Therefore,
since we receive a kingdom which cannot be shaken, let us show
gratitude, by which we may offer to God an acceptable service
with reverence and awe; for our God is a consuming fire. (NASB)
Heb. 12:28-29 |
Once we have turned and gone South, He then calls us to action - gratefully
serving Him in holiness and awe.
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