Choices and the Afterlife

I want to talk about two things today, making choices, and the afterlife.

First, choices. Have you ever been in a tight situation, one that forced you to make a tough choice? Were you ever forced to choose between scenarios or alternatives that could have eternal consequences?

All of us have choices that we make everyday: what to wear, who to befriend or ignore, what type of food to put in our bodies, and then we have the choices that we make that put us into categories: polictical views, sexual orientation, religion etc.

But there is a choice that carries eternal consequences. The ultimate choice each of us has to make that will have eternal significance is whether to accept or reject Jesus Christ as our saviour and Lord. Will we put out lives under the care and control of a man reputed to have lived over 2000 years ago, and who rose from the dead after dying for our sins?

If we believe the Bible is the inerrant, inspired word that God has given to men, then we must conclude that Jesus is God's Son and that he sent Him to die for our sins so that we could be reunited with him in heaven after we die. Would God have sent his only son to die in our stead if there were other possible ways to heaven. I don't think he would. This logic leads me to think that Christ's sacricfice is real, and that I am a sinner in need of Him.

It all comes back to the Bible. If you don't believe what it says, or if you only believe the parts that you agree with, then you might as well not believe in any of it. If you don't think it's culturally relevant today, and that people have evolved beyond needing God's laws to govern their lives, look at the behavior of people today, and it's ramifications on American society. If we're all living for ourselves instead of under God, making our own choices to truly live selfishly instead of by God's Word, we are doomed to moral decay and death.