Great God, I pray that you open our
hearts and minds and peel back the curtains
on eternity today and show us that solitary
figure with the eyes of a vast crowd
upon him as he stands before the judge
of all the earth and the books are
opened and men are judged according to the
things written in the books whether good or
bad show us the vanity of a life
lived selfishly in a world that's just a
wrecked vessel smashed on the rocks and slowly
sinking.
I pray, Heavenly Father, for you to attend
the preaching of your gospel with your pungent
presence by your spirit and that you will
come and disturb folks have mercy on some
sinner here and show them a revealed Christ
let them see a bleeding and dying Christ
on that bloody cross at Calvary.
I pray these things in the strong name
of Jesus.
Amen.
My Bible says that sin is a wasting
thing.
Sin may have a temporary allure but in
the end it will bring you but a
profitless harvest of grief and regret for they
have sown the wind and they shall reap
the whirlwind and we are warned by the
apostle Paul in Galatians be not deceived God
is not mocked for whatsoever a man soweth
that shall he also reap you go and
live a life of sin and you will
reap the consequences for sure the devil likes
to wrap sin in pretty packages with colorful
bows but once it's opened and indulged in
will leave just the empty wrappings of bitter
tears of guilt and regret a man lives
in a busy world a chaotic world and
a busy life all his energies go to
his work or career path as he tries
to accumulate as much of the world as
he can but this is just a empty
bubble that will one day pop for a
man's energies are consumed on the wrong things
in life as he makes his way in
the world most men live a hollow drifting
life with mundane ambitions giving an ounce of
service to his fellow man but making no
real sacrifice most live a life utterly selfish
and self-absorbed living for the moment and
tasting the pleasures of life as they briefly
appear here and there man is in a
solitary boat gliding feebly down the stream of
time as the world flashes by and his
ears are filled with the sound of the
inevitable roaring cataract of death to one day
leave this world for another world my bible
declares and it is appointed unto men once
to die but after this the judgment one
day man will have to stand before the
judge of all the world and give an
account of himself we see this to be
the case from this vivid scene spoken of
in the book of revelation and i saw
a great white throne and him that sat
on it from whose face the earth and
the heaven fled away and there was found
no place for them and i saw the
dead small and great stand before god and
the books were opened and another book was
opened which is the book of life and
the dead were judged out of those things
which were written in the books according to
their works there stands a solitary figure with
the eyes of a vast crowd upon him
from all generations through the ages there stands
before that pure white throne and that sovereign
judge a man a man with his life
laid bare and exposed beneath the glaring spotlight
of eternity as that judge reviews that person's
life with his intense scrutiny and behind him
is the red hot glow of a lake
of fire and death and hell were cast
into the lake of fire this is the
second death and whosoever was not found written
in the book of life was cast into
the lake of fire there the secrets of
his innermost heart are analyzed by that judge
who has eyes of fire a careless life
spent on perishing things that won't hold up
for a skinny minute in eternity but that
judge has the scars of nail prints in
his hands from a time when he walked
the earth doing good jesus healed the sick
and gave sight to the blind he fed
the hungry and gave rest to the weary
he even raised the dead to life yet
what happened men cried away with him and
nailed him to a cross they put a
crown of thorns upon his head and crucified
him on a hill called calvary there he
hung nailed to that cross with his arms
outstretched wrestling there under the weight of sin
look at that man on the cross see
him there bleeding and dying savior for sin
herein is love not that we love god
but that he loved us and sent his
son to be the propitiation for our sins
he cared enough for me to hang there
naked and bleeding on my behalf he loved
me and gave himself for me come friend
to the feet of this crucified savior and
look at the bleeding hands and see his
dim die as his strength is failing in
the blink of an eye you may be
his nestling in his arms and resting on
his grace with your burden of sin and
selfishness resting at his nail pierced feet hear
his pleas and promises as he cries if
any man thirst let him come unto me
and drink he that believeth on me as
the scripture hath said out of his belly
shall flow rivers of living water look at
that man on the cross friend don't let
this moment pass you by come to him
and believe on him and own him as
your savior and lord are you a man
at a crisis uh the gospel is for
the hungry the weary and the thirsty are
you hungry for god are you weary of
your sins are you thirsty for christ come
to him give all give your all to
him for all he is he is a
pearl of great price we're selling all for
and losing all for so he may be
gained hear him and the spirit and the
bride say come and let him that heareth
say come and let him that is a
thirst come and whosoever will let him take
the water of life freely