Choices

Prov.9:10-12 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom, and the knowledge of the Holy One is insight. For by me your days will be multiplied, and years will be added to your life. If you are wise, you are wise for yourself; if you scoff, you alone will bear it.
Here is a stern warning for the choices we make and the consequences we will endure because of them.
Prov.10:27 The fear of the LORD prolongs life, but the years of the wicked will be short.
The wisdom of our hope in Christ: 1 Cor.15:21-22 For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
What we fight against: 1 Cor.15:34 Wake up from your drunken stupor, as is right, and do not go on sinning. For some have no knowledge of God. I say this to your shame.
Eph.2:1-3 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins in which you once walked, following the course of this world, following the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that is now at work in the sons of disobedience-- among whom we all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the body and the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, like the rest of mankind.
God's response: Eph.2:4-10 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--by grace you have been saved-- and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, so that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 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. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand, that we should walk in them.How can you turn your back on Christ and deny Him? All the evidence needed is all around you in His creation in plain sight so that you are without excuse!Lord, forgive sinners for their lack of wisdom. Your Word is full of life while they except an eternity lost and separated from You. Help us to reach the lost, to speak the right words from Your Word, to open their hard hearts. For apart from you we can do nothing but with You all things are possible! In Jesus name I ask for souls. Amen