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Something to think about...

I just have this little thought that has been spinning around in my brain since church this morning. The pastor at the little Baptist church we visited today said something interesting; he was talking about how people tend to not take hell seriously, and he said, "How terrible is hell? It's so terrible, Jesus died to keep you from going there. Jesus said, 'You'll go to hell over My dead body.'" (emphasis added)


Over My dead body!

Well, my little brain spun off like it does on occasion, all caught up in that phrase (I have notes from the rest of the sermon, but I couldn't tell you much about it *sheepish grin*). I've heard the idea before, just never heard it expressed like that, and something about the way he put it gripped me.
Jesus Christ did, and is doing, everything possible, everything necessary to give us eternal life. He doesn't want one single person to die in their sins, to suffer eternal punishment. So He died. And rose again. And even today, He continues to work, drawing people to Himself in many ways.
So there are just two questions for all of us:

one, if you haven't ever accepted Jesus' death on the cross as punishment for your sins, won't you do so today? (doubt that you're a sinner? Let's see: ever lied? stolen [value of the item does not matter]? taken God's name in vain? If you've broken any one of the 10 commandments, you've broken them all, and that makes you a sinner.) He's waiting, longing for you! Since I don't believe in trying to say something that someone else has already said better, I encourage you to visit NeedHim.org if you have questions. Or you can e-mail me.

The second question is for those of us who are Christians, bought and saved by the blood of Jesus. How desperate are we to see sinners be saved? Jesus was willing to die; Paul "wished himself accursed from Christ" for the sake of his unsaved brothers (Romans 9:1-3). Are we willing to say, "you'll go to hell over my dead body!"?

It's something to think about!
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