Mark 9:43-50
"If your hand causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life maimed than with two hands to go into hell, where the fire never goes out. 45And if your foot causes you to sin, cut it off. It is better for you to enter life crippled than to have two feet and be thrown into hell.47And if your eye causes you to sin, pluck it out. It is better for you to enter the kingdom of God with one eye than to have two eyes and be thrown into hell, 48where their worm does not die,
and the fire is not quenched.' 49Everyone will be salted with fire.
50"Salt is good, but if it loses its saltiness, how can you make it salty again? Have salt in yourselves, and be at peace with each other."
Reckless living...Reckless driving...Needless death! History repeats itself over and over again, James Dean died in a car crash September 30, 1955 and this past Sunday on December 1, 2013, Paul Walker Dies in a flaming car crash. And about the same time on the east coast, A New York Commuter Train Derails and Kills 4 unsuspecting Riders.
The Message is always being proclaimed loud and clear, but are you listening? Life is fragile, it is here today and gone tomorrow, like a vapor mist that appears and then Poof! It disappears. You will never know when your time is up in life,
Yet, those who rustle about in life chasing after the temporal things of this life with not having a view of eternity in mind, will be unprepared, unsuspecting, unexpected and surprised when the bell tolls for them.
You can have all the riches, celebrity status, all the rich toys in the palms of your hands, but there is no footing for your feet when your foot slips into all eternity; the things that you hold so dearly in the Palms of your hands, will not hold you up and keep you safe and sound when your foot slips into an Eternity without Jesus! Why? Because you chased after things in this life that just do not matter in light of eternity. When feet slip into eternity, are you paying attention? Are you Seeking after Jesus and believing on His Name for deliverance from sin, destruction and death? Are you repenting and believing on Him with your life? Or does the material thing of this life hold you in its grips to keep you away from Christ that your foot may slip into a Christ less eternity, Indeed.
Go ahead and hide from the reality of this message, but it will not go away. You can walk in the counsel of the wicked, stand in the way of sinners and sit in the seat of mockers and surround yourself with the media and Anti-Christ Messages and philosophies of this corrupt world that is not grounded in the word of God, but grounded in doing what is right in your own eyes for what? But seasons that come and go and that just do not last and will keep you unprepared when death strikes its fury and you are powerless to its force, because The all-powerful Resurrected life of Christ does not live in you.
No rest in sins dominance and Control!
How can you rest content in life tolerating sin's control at the same time? A soul is restless until it finds deliverance from sin and death. Will you deny your soul rest in the presence of God, by chasing after the temporary resting places of pleasures, riches, fame and worries and cares for status in this life?
Why starve your souls hunger and thirst? Why ignore its desperate plea and cry for mercy and deliverance, as you go on in deception chasing after things that do not last?
What will you do when your resting places give way with no footing to stand on? What will you do when your temporary resting place gives way over the shallow ice? Your foot will slip and you will fall with no footing to hold you up for all eternity! The ice will break and you will fall with nothing to hold onto, when you held onto the things of this life, and treasured the things of this life in light of Eternity! It is like walking on thin ice--then Crack!!! the ice breaks! What will you do when it gives way with nothing to hold on to at the sudden strike of Eternity's calamity call! Then there will be no more hope at all!
Life is temporary, and there are temporary resting places only! Until you find your permanent resting place eternally in the presence of God by resting in the Grace of God through Christ! Or, eternally away from the presence of God in eternal Death where the flame of torment is unquenchable and the temporary resting places have dissolved.
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