the number one thing you've got to do to get ready for the afterlife is be saved
you got to know for sure that you're on your way to heaven and maybe you're
here this morning you say I'm not sure that I'm on my way to heaven I hope I'm
going to heaven I think I'm going to heaven I'm doing the best I'm here to
tell you salvation is not dependent on what church you go to or how religious
you are or how good of a person you are it doesn't matter if you're here you
say I'm not sure the Bible says these things have I written unto you talking
about the Word of God that believe on the name of the Son of God he said that
ye may know he said that you may know that you have eternal life all are of the dust
and all turn to dust again see all you are is dust all I am is dust ashes to ashes dust to dust
that's all what we are then shall the dust return to the earth as it was and
the spirit shall return unto God who gave it see the problem you see Solomon
gave his life to all he wasted years and years and decades and decades pursuing
education and wealth and pleasure and accomplishment and he gets to the end of
his life when he's getting ready to die and he says you know what I realize I'm going to die like everyone else
I'm gonna die as a rich man I'm going to die as a wise man the same way better
unwise or a foolish man that he said it doesn't matter how educated you are it
doesn't matter how successful you are it doesn't matter how much fun you had how
much pleasure you had to everything there is a one what is that a time to
every purpose under the heaven a time to be born in a time to die a time to
plant at a time to plug up that was just planted a time to kill in a time to heal
a time to break down a time to build up a time to weep in a time to love a time
to mourn in a time to dance a time to cast away stones in a time to gather
stones together a time to embrace in a time to refrain from embracing a time to
get and a time to lose a time to keep and a time to cast away a time to run a
time to show a time to keep silence a time to speak a time to love and a time
to hate a time of war and a time of peace a wise man's heart discerneth both
notice time and judgment he says you know what if you were smart he said if
you were wise you know what you would do you want to pursue wealth you want to
pursue pleasure you want to pursue education or accomplishment and if those
things happen the praise of Lord God but if you were smart here's what you would
wake up every day thinking about discerning asking God to help you with time and judgment
see you want to get to the end of your life and be ready to die here's how you
get there you wake up every day and realize my time is short and I will be
judged for what I do with it my time on this earth is short the Bible says what
is life and it's even but a vapor that appears for a little time and then
vanishes away he said if you were smart you would discern these two things time
and judgment you would live your life realizing that your time on this earth
is short see the next time you say well let's just skip out on so many let's
just skip out on Bible reading let's just skip out on prayer time let's just
keep out on church vision I just need a break I just you know I don't want it's
just it's too much listen to me you will live a more accomplished life if you
just tell yourself look my time is short my time is short and I will be judged
for what I do with it fear God and keep his commandments
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