Hopefully all who have been summoned
to God’s production now understand that life and our existence revolves around
Him and not around us. Sure we live our lives which rotate around our own
little worlds, BUT it is obvious that it is the call of God that needs to ring
loudest if it is to end well with our souls.
It might be a good idea to explore the
realities of life after death in the context of God’s production. This is the
underlying memo of all our certainties. We will move from this life to the next
whether we are aware of it or not. We will eventually die and then our eyes
will be opened to the rest of eternity and we will then exist in whatever state
we chose whilst alive on earth. Everything in our lives teaches us this truth;
there will be consequences!
Here is a harsh illustration to prove
my point…
Many years ago a new virus raised its
head, it is commonly known as the HIV virus. The epidemic of AIDS took the world
by surprise. At first some believed that it was an infection that only affected
the gay community. There was a media splash across the globe and it soon became
public knowledge. Governments pumped money into their campaigns warning people
about the virus. At first many South African ethnic groups believed it to be propaganda
and I came into contact with some who believed it was a white man’s lie. It was
not long before it could no longer be denied, having severe consequences on the
world with Africa seeming to bear the brunt of this epidemic. So instead of the
world turning to God in repentance, governments rolled out a “safe sex” policy
encouraging the world to practice safe sex. In other words if we were to
continue with our sinful behaviour and sleep around outside of the bounds of
marriage we were reminded to wear a condom. Even with this knowledge I can
vividly recall travelling through London at the time with massive billboards
reminding all to practice safe sex. There is something within the human nature
that lies to us and the power of denial has a great bearing on the bad
decisions we make. We believe that we are “bullet proof” ignoring those types
of warnings and it gets worse when we are under the influence of any mind-altering
substance. Even within our depravity we believe that we will be safe. I once
thought like this and even though I thought I would escape the virus, I didn’t.
In like manner God through His
production has warned all about the consequences of sin and for all who reject
His free Grace offer, which can only ever be found in and through the Lord
Jesus Christ. Miss out; believe some other religion or some other way and you will
bear the brunt of His wrath. Hell will be your final destination! You see I
once chose my path and ignore the warnings of HIV and the result is that I now
live with the consequence of that choice, I am HIV positive. I almost died in
2001 but God spared me. And for those who reject the gospel message on God’s
terms, will be privy to His wrath! Necessity has been placed on me to remind
you that it is His production and not yours. Thankfully HIV will only ever affect
me while I live here on earth but when rejecting the gospel message it will result
with dire penalties for all eternity. Time on earth will run its course for
each one of us, this is a given! But eternity will never end. Therefore we must
pay careful attention to the reality of God’s production.
We can all relate to Hollywood
Blockbusters and so let me use the movie 2012 as an illustration.
Amidst the events of a geological
and meteorological super-disaster, a scientist discovers
that the world is about to end and there was nothing that could be done to
prevent this from happening, and so the world’s powers derived a plan to save
some. They built Arks but these rescue pods could only house a specific number
of people and so they keep the information to themselves. They decide who it is
that should be saved. Although the majority of the world’s population were
unaware of what was about to take place, it did not change the facts, it never
could, the world was about to end. This was a story directed and co-written by Roland
Emmerich
and nothing would change the outcome, it was his production. In exactly the same way God has written His story and it is His
production ending the way He chooses. The good news is that He hasn’t like
Ronald Emmerich hidden any truth from us and called all to repentance. Can I
prove this? I most certainly can, here then is the invitation within His
production; “For "everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be
saved."” (Romans 10:13) – Unlike Emmerich’s production where
only a select few with the correct qualifications make it into the Ark or the
rich who needed to pay one billion dollars for a ticket. God has offered a free
ticket to all who will come His way and that is through the finished work of the
cross of Jesus Christ His Son. It is His free grace offering and for all who call
upon the Lord shall be saved from certain destruction.
This
is an important message within God’s production; unless we repent we shall
perish. There is no other alternative which God will accept, His way or no
escape at all. This is God’s heart on the matter and His hope for all of
mankind; “The Lord is not slow to
fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing that any should
perish, but that all should reach repentance.” (2Peter
3:9) – Without repentance in our lives we will perish, as I am obliged
to remind you this is God’s production and not yours.
To
be continued…
Signing
off
Tyrone
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