The Urgency of Eternity

What would you say if I asked you this question?
Where will you spend eternity?
Would you stammer and tell me to get lost, would you say, well I never really thought about it or would you say, there is no heaven or hell, when you die, that's all there is!
Well, before you answer, let me tell you this, your eternity answer depends on your response to Jesus!

2 Thessalonians 1:8-9

8 in flaming fire, inflicting vengeance on those who do not know God and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord Jesus. 
9 They will suffer the punishment of eternal destruction, away from the presence of the Lord and from the glory of his might,

Hell is a real place reserved for those who deny Christ!
It is a place of....
continual rebellion
final separation
eternal duration

Heaven is a place prepared for those who trust Christ for salvation.
It is a place of....
full reconciliation
complete resurrection
ultimate reunion

Phil.3:20
20 But our citizenship is in heaven, and from it we await a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ

Will you turn from Christ or will you trust Christ?

John 3:16
16 "For God so loved the world,that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life.

You can live without Christ now and die without Christ forever
                                       OR
You can die with Christ now and live with Christ forever

In sharing the gospel, speak about these things!

Things that pass away.... Temporal
Jobs, possessions, lust, etc

Things that never pass away.... Eternal
Following Christ and His commands

Tell the lost about hell, speaking with humble confidence about God's character, about having a healthy fear of God's judgement and with honest compassion about God's wrath.

Share about heaven with the lost by giving the honest truth that Christians are sojourners here and our home is with God.
Christ is coming again!
We only have hope and salvation through Christ and His Resurrection and we humbly wait for His return.
Speak the gospel with clear and plain words, teaching about turning from sin to Christ and putting your trust in Him alone for salvation.
Let the Holy Spirit work, giving then time to be alone with God and His word.

Make disciples.....


Matthew 28:16-20
16 Now the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain to which Jesus had directed them. 
17 And when they saw him they worshiped him, but some doubted. 
18 And Jesus came and said to them, "All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me. 
19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 
20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age."


Thanks pastor!