| “But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’ – Luke 12:20 |
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| Don’t be a FOOL with your SOUL! It is sobering to know that our lives on earth end and more often than not it comes with an unexpected deadline. Yet when our lives end it is just beginning as we have a soul that will continue to live for all eternity. The location of our soul is determined by a decision we make here on earth while living. Hebrews 9:27 says, “It is appointed for men to die once but after this the judgment.” This judgment is not the final judgment but it is the first judgment that has you either in heaven or hell at the very moment of your death. If you have decided to accept Christ and you have been born again you immediately go into heaven when you die. 2 Corinthians 5:8b says, “to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord.” But if you have not accepted Jesus as your Savior you will perish and be in hell. Even knowing how certain death is we still find so many putting off this decision as they have different priorities for their lives. Here is Luke 12 Jesus addresses having the wrong priorities. There are the wrong priorities regarding money. There are the wrong priorities regarding time and eternity. In Luke 12:16-19 we have a man who thinks he has plenty of time to get right with God and be prepared to meet him. Yet our verse tells us that time has run out. God calls this man a fool as he has failed to be prepared for life after death. While preparing for and pursuing earthly pleasure he was unprepared for eternal pleasure and now will face eternal punishment. With the uncertainty of a certain ending to life, Scripture appeals over and over to accept Jesus now. For instance, 2 Corinthians 6:2 says, “Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” While there is uncertainty about when your life will end, let there be no uncertainty about your eternal future being in heaven. Are you being a fool with your soul? Matthew 16:26 says, “For what profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?” Are you prepared to meet God face to face? There is a heaven and there is a hell. Heaven is a prepared place for prepared people. Are you prepared to meet God face to face as you are appointed once to die and then the judgment? Verse to DATE the Word on December 20 (12/20) is Luke 12:20. It says, “But God said to him, ‘Fool! This night your soul will be required of you; then whose will those things be which you have provided?’ Don’t be a fool with your soul! Continue Strong by having prepared your soul for eternity! And remember to DATE THE WORD! |