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Where
will you
SPEND
ETERNITY?
What
does the Bible say?
by:
Pastor Max Solbrekken, D.D.
Jesus
said, "What shall it
profit a man, if he shall gain
the whole world, and
lose his own soul?" (Mark
8:34-38).
 DO
YOU KNOW WHERE YOU WILL SPEND
ETERNITY?
One
day an angel will place one
foot on the sea and the other
on the dry land and lifting
his hand to heaven, swear by
Him that liveth forever and
ever, that “Time shall be
no more”! (Revelation
10:5-6)
Then,
the sun will go out like a
candle in the wind, the moon
will turn to dripping blood,
the stars will fall from
heaven. The sky will roll away
like a scroll and the earth
will melt with burning heat!
The
clocks of time will all stop
and the ‘wheel of
eternity’ will begin! A
thousand years will come and
go - A million years will be
like a drop in the bucket and
eternity’s wheel will just
have begun to move!
HAVE
YOU WONDERED WHAT WILL HAPPEN
WHEN YOU DIE?
Have
you ever thought about the
eternal destiny of your soul?
Have you given this important
matter any serious thought?
You haven’t! Then wait a
minute and let me give you
some FACTS. You say that you
are not interested - then, you
must be a very foolish person,
not to be interested in
something that involves your
most treasured possession,
your own soul!
LET
ME TELL YOU MY STORY, FOR I
WAS A LOT LIKE YOU!
For many years I neglected my
soul’s salvation, not caring
to hear anything about God or
eternity. I was in good health
and physical condition, knew
how to dress well, was
successful in business and
felt that I could look after
myself without help from
anyone!
Then
one day God spoke to me. I
began to read Gospel
literature and I began to
THINK. God impressed upon me
that, although I knew how to
get along well with people,
how to look after my body and
how to make money
successfully, I wasn’t
giving any attention to my
soul and its eternal destiny.
Finally,
after a struggle with myself
and the devil, I yielded my
life totally into the hands of
my Maker. I invited Him to
transform it from being
useless, sinful and ugly to
something useful, clean and
righteous. In June 1957, in a
little motel in Prince Albert,
Saskatchewan I knelt beside my
bed and received new life from
Jesus Christ.
My
life was completely changed!
What joy, peace and happiness
has been mine from that date
to this!
Jesus
said: “For what shall it
profit a man, if he shall gain
the whole world, and lose his
own soul? Or what shall a man
give in exchange for his
soul”? (Mark 8:36-37) Your
soul is the most valuable
possession in the entire
world.
IS
YOUR SOUL AT STAKE
IT
IS YOUR SOUL THAT IS AT STAKE!
If you perish and “are
lost”, you will suffer the
consequences. Your father,
mother, husband, wife,
children or friend will have
nothing to do or say about
your fate. It will be your own
personal doom!
Jesus
was conveying to us the great
importance of the value of the
individual soul. He said, the
soul of man is priceless -
beyond the worth of money or
possessions!
Its
worth is greater than the
monetary value of earthly
possessions. In other words,
if you became so wealthy that
you owned Canada, USA, Asia,
Europe, Africa and the Islands
of the sea - if you were the
sole owner of the entire world
and died in your sins, went to
hell and lost your soul, WHAT
GOOD WOULD IT BE?
What
good are the influential
friends, all the popularity,
fame and riches when your body
is six feet under the sod and
your soul is burning in a
devil’s hell? Jesus said,
“What shall it profit a man,
if he shall gain the whole
world but lose his own
soul”.
YOUR
SOUL WILL LIVE ON FOR ETERNITY
YOUR
SOUL IS ETERNAL
and long after your body is
dead, your soul will live on
in either Heaven or Hell.
Every human being is on a
journey to eternity. There can
be no turning back and no way
to miss this appointment!
TIME
MARCHES ON AND ONE DAY YOU WHO
ARE READING THESE LINES,
SHOULD CHRIST TARRY, WILL LAY
COLD AND STIFF IN YOUR GRAVE!
AND DON’T THINK THAT
CREMATION WILL CHANGE
ANYTHING!
The
Bible says, “And as it is
appointed unto men once to
die, but after this the
judgment”. (Heb. 9:27) The
Bible states it clearly. Death
is not the worst that could
happen to you - IT IS
INEVITABLE!
The
sad thing is to face death
alone without God, and then to
be judged and doomed to
eternal torment forever
because of rejecting the
Saviour. Death is sure and
Judgment is sure!
WHERE
WILL YOU SPEND ETERNITY - DO
YOU KNOW?
WHERE
WILL YOU SPEND ETERNITY? Think
about it. The Holy Bible says
there are only two places - HEAVEN
- a place of happiness,
peace and joy. (Matthew 25:34;
Revelation 21:4) - HELL,
a place where there is agony,
pain and torment.
(Matthew 25:41-46; Luke
16:22-28)
ETERNITY
IS FOREVER -
There is a term in Algebra
called infinity. The word
‘infinity’ defines a
number that is so large it has
lost meaning. For example, if
you multiplied a number by
itself and kept doing so,
eventually the sum would
become so great it would lose
all meaning. We would call
that immense number, infinity,
for it is too great to
comprehend!
This
is the way it is with
eternity. It is forever! Our
human minds cannot comprehend
it. It is so great it cannot
be measured, because it will
never end! One day an angel
will come down from Heaven,
put one foot on the sea and
one foot on the dry land and
swear with his hand raised to
Heaven, “that time is no
longer to be.” (Revelation
10:5-6)
From
that moment, TIME WILL BE
NO MORE AND ETERNITY WILL
BEGIN! God will stop the
clocks of time and start the
wheel of eternity. Round and
round it will go and will
never stop. And eternity will
begin!
ETERNITY,
ETERNITY, ETERNITY!
Oh,
sinner, where will you spend
Eternity? Either in Heaven or
Hell. Today you must decide.
Please choose to serve God.
Receive Jesus as your Saviour,
Master and Lord. Pray this
prayer: “Oh, God be merciful
to me a sinner, and save me,
in Jesus’ Name!”, and you
will be saved!
The
Holy Bible says, “For God so
loved the world, that He gave
His only begotten Son, that
whosoever believeth in Him
should not perish, but have
everlasting life”. (John
3:16)
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BIBLE
SCRIPTURES / VERSES ON SALVATION
Isaiah
1:18-19
God
invites: "Come now,
and let us reason
together... though your sins
be as scarlet, they shall be
as white as snow; though
they be red like crimson,
they shall be as wool."
(Isaiah 1:18-19)
MARK
8:34-38
Jesus
said, "What shall it
profit a man, if he shall
gain the whole world, and
lose his own soul?"
(Mark 8:34-38).
JOHN
3:16-17
"For
God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten
Son, that whosoever
believeth in Him should not
perish, but have everlasting
life."
"For
God sent not his Son into
the world to condemn the
world: but that the world
through Him might be
saved:"
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