Day 154 - Reckless Driving. Reckless Living.

They say there are trillions (and likely countless) suns in the known universe. This image contrasts Earth to our sun. God is immense. His power is limitless. His holiness is more intense than the heat and light of a trillion suns burning in the universe. It is a fearful thing to fall into the just hands of the LIVING GOD. Yet, His love for us is equally immense. His mercy is equally infinite. Have you cried out for His mercy? Are you clinging to Jesus Christ alone for your salvation, knowing there is no other way to escape the wrath to come, which is the just consequence for our countless sins against this Holy God? God commands all people everywhere to repent (Acts 17:31). Are you living for Him or going your own way?

His infinite love and mercy compels me to share the life-saving truth of the Gospel with those around me. What about you?

He sat outside the Courthouse waiting to appear before the judge for reckless driving and other crimes. He knew he was guilty of breaking man's law. He also admitted he was guilty of breaking God's moral law. I asked him if it concerned him that if he were to die today his eternal destiny would be hell, the just penalty for his countless sins against a God. No, he said, not really. Now that is RECKLESS LIVING.

I asked him if he knew what Jesus said hell is like (because anyone who knows what hell is like would be greatly concerned about spending eternity there). I told him what Jesus said: hell is a place where the fire is never quenched and the flesh never dies, and it will be so bad there will be weeping and wailing for all eternity. Not my words. Jesus' words. I told this man that Jesus spoke directly, graphically, and truthfully about hell precisely because He doesn't want anyone to spend eternity there.

I asked him if he knew what God had done for him so he might escape the punishment he deserves and have the gift of eternal life with the Lord and giver of life. He didn't know. I explained the gospel to him. As he got up to go into the Courthouse, I urged him to repent and trust Christ as his savior before it's too late and to begin to follow him rather than walking the broad road that leads to destruction. Since he didn't have his own bible, I gave him a new testament and urged him to begin to read the Book of John in order to see how to follow Jesus and trust in Him for salvation.