The Sign Post

"For God loved the world in this way; He gave His one and only Son, so that everyone who believes in Him, will not perish but have eternal life."    John 3:16    CSB 

My wife and I attended a humanist funeral recently and were sad at the lack of hope there. When Jesus is absent, there is nothing to look forward to, no hope at all and it showed. What we heard were just empty words to hungry people. Their hunger came from a desire to find out where their loved one was, now. Sadly, there were no answers, just the normal, 'Well, we'll see him again one day.' This made me think, will they?

The Bible - God's direction to life, shows us very clearly by way of a sign post - Life or Death. There is a choice to make and nothing in between; should we turn to 'Life' or take the road to 'Death'. Some may say when you're dead it doesn't matter, but it does!

Death is final on earth, when a friend or loved one dies, it's over. However, the soul and spirit lives on and, dependant on what they chose while they were alive, will determine on where they will be in life eternal. Our text makes it very clear that if we believe in Jesus, we will have eternal life. However in John 3:18 Jesus says:

'Anyone who believes in Him is not condemned, but anyone who does not believe is already condemned because he has not believed in the Name of the one and only Son of God.'

There is either life or death, hope or despair. This is what we witnessed at this funeral that day. There is a choice to make for each one of us - a sign post to choose from. Which one will you choose? To choose Jesus brings a certainty of spending eternity with Him in Heaven. To deny Him, will result in eternity spent without the people who accepted Jesus, in a place that is totally separated from God, which is known as hell. There will be no way of changing your mind then, it will be too late.

Heaven is where Jesus is, hell is where the devil is. Heaven brings joy, happiness and peace with no more sickness or hurts. Hell brings death and destruction, sickness and terrible fear forever. Surely the sign to Heaven is the one to take, don't you think?

Lord Jesus, I choose to follow You and give my life to You today. Please forgive me my sin and, fill me with Your Holy Spirit and be my Lord and Saviour. I ask in Jesus' Name. Amen

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