Eternity

18 years ago today, nearly 3,000 people stepped into eternity.

How many of those people were ready to take their last breath on this side and their first breath on the other?

Are you ready?  Have you been cut to the heart because of your sin, which is a stench in the nostrils of a holy God?

Have you cried out to this holy God, falling at the foot of the cross, confessing your sin, pleading for forgiveness, acknowledging that there is nothing of any worth inside of you that should merit His favor save for His marvelous grace?

We are all, every one of us, a sinner.  "For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23).  None of us are righteous in God's eyes.  "None is righteous, no not one" (Romans 3:10).  No one is "good".  "All have turned aside; together they have become worthless; no one does good, not even one" (Romans 3:12).  Because we are sinners deserving God's just wrath, we need a Savior.  If we wish to escape what every one of us deserve because of our sin, we need a Savior.  And we have one.  "For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly" (Romans 5:6).  "But God shows His love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:8).  "But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ" (Ephesians 2:4-5).  "For by grace you have been saved through faith.  And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast" (Ephesians 2:8-9).   

"The times of ignorance God overlooked, but now He commands all people everywhere to repent." (Acts 17:30)

"...Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the gospel of God and saying, 'The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God is at hand; repent and believe in the gospel'" (Mark 1:14-15).

If you have not done this, do it this day.