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I recently attended a Donald Trump rally and

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as I stood there listening to him, all

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I could focus on was not politics, but

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the brevity of life.

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For as Donald Trump was undoubtedly the richest

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man in that room, it was unquestionable that

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I was the poorest man among those who

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came to hear him.

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And as I heard him say how he

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just turned down a $10 million donation because

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he did not need the money, my thoughts

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ran to a future judgment seat that awaits

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all mankind, a judgment seat of a great

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white throne, and him who sat upon it,

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the king of the universe, the Lord Jesus

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Christ, judging the dead for the works done

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in the body.

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And as I stood there listening to the

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appeals of Donald Trump for president, all that

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filled my mind were three things, a coffin,

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a grave, and eternity.

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And that's the title of my message this

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evening, friends, a coffin, a grave, and eternity.

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Turn if you will in your bibles to

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the book of Ecclesiastes, we'll be in chapter

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12 and verses 1 through 7.

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This passage of scripture speaks of a person's

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life on its way to a final funeral

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procession.

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Let me read this striking passage of scripture

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to us at this time, and it is

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my prayer that the Spirit of God will

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attend the reading of His holy word.

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Remember now, thy creator, in the days of

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thy youth, while the evil days come not,

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nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt

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say, I have no pleasure in them, while

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the sun, or the light, or the moon,

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or the stars, be not darkened, nor the

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clouds return after the rain.

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In the day, when the keepers of the

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house shall tremble, and the strong men shall

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bow themselves, and the grinders cease because they

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are few, and those that look out the

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windows be darkened, and the doors shall be

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shut in the streets, when the sound of

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grinding is low, and he shall rise up,

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as the voice of the bird, and all

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the daughters of music shall be brought low,

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also, when they shall be afraid of that

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which is high, and fear shall be in

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the way, and the almond tree shall flourish,

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and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and

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desire shall fail because a man goeth to

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his long home, and the mourners go about

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the streets, or even the silver cord be

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loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or

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the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or

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the wheel broken at the cistern, then the

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dust return to the earth as it was,

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and the spirit shall return unto God, who

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gave it.

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Here, friends, we see a picture of a

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person's life, heading the way of the grave,

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that long feared enemy, of old age is

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come, the knees begin to tremble, teeth are

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few, sight is darkened, hearing is faint, gray

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hairs abound, and fear shall be in the

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way, even at the smallest things.

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I remember listening to a famous preacher in

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his older years, and when I heard him

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preach, it was his last public time, that

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this man spoke to my knowledge, he'd missed

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his plane at the airport, because he was

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too feeble to fly alone, when he finally

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arrived at the conference, he was visibly shaken,

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and nervous the whole time he spoke, and

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when he was through with his message, he'd

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give out a warning to all of us

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in the room not to stop him, and

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ask for his autograph, because he had not

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the time to waste, as he had to

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rush and catch his plane, old age had

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gotten better of this dear saint of God,

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it wasn't long after that, till he went

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home to be with the Lord.

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Now listen to me, dear friends, every one

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of you, within the sound of my voice,

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has three things awaiting you, and these three

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things are, a coffin, a grave, and an

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eternity.

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I want you to think about that great

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event now, the event of death.

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Death may come to some of you quite

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suddenly and unexpectedly.

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Some of you here are still young in

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life, but that's no guarantee of living, friend.

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You could be cut off by a sudden

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accident, and sent to eternity without any advance

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notice.

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Some of you here are older and a

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sudden health crisis could place you at death's

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door, unless the Lord suddenly appears.

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Every one of us will face a coffin,

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a grave, and an eternity.

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How much time do you give to pondering

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these things, to pondering things about eternity?

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How much time do you waste here on

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earth on foolish things of little eternal consequence?

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Life is short, friends, shorter than we realize,

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and like our passage we just read, soon

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our spirit shall return unto the God who

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gave it, and we shall be lying in

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a silent coffin, in a dark grave, and

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our soul will be in eternity, either in

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the bliss heaven with Christ, or in the

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agonies of a burning hell.

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I want us to focus our attention on

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these three things this day, while we have

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time to use our minds, and make use

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of the time God has given each of

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us.

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I want us to focus on a coffin,

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a grave, and eternity.

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Let me begin with the coffin.

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As I stood there listening to Donald Trump,

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who is a billionaire, I could not help

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but think that one day he will be

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laid in a coffin.

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He will not be able to take his

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wealth with him.

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He will not be able to fit all

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his vast real estate holdings in that tiny

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coffin.

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He can't squeeze all his millions in that

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seven-foot-long coffin.

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As vast as his many mansions are, he'll

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one day be laid in a tiny compartment

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of satin and steel, placed in the ground.

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You can't take it with you.

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Naked came I out of my mother's womb,

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and naked shall I return thither.

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So said Job.

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No matter how much you have in your

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retirement account, friend, you can't take it with

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you when you die.

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The great evangelist Sam Jones had this to

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say.

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Don't worry about your money.

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God bless you, bud.

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They'll halve you off in a shroud without

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a pocket, and if it had a pocket,

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your arm would be too stiff to get

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into it.

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Each one of us here will one day

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face our own coffin, our final resting place

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for our earthly remains.

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Our passage of scripture speaks of a funeral

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procession as man goes to his long-awaited

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grave.

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And that's our second aspect I'd like to

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focus our attention upon now, friends.

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The grave.

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How unexpectedly we meet our grave.

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I remember talking to Adrian Rogers at the

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funeral of Stephen Oldford, and Dr. Rogers was

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in good health as we talked that day.

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But it wasn't long after I was standing

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at the grave of Adrian Rogers.

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Most of us think we have more time

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than we actually have.

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Listen to me, dear friend.

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If you're not living for eternity, you'll have

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your regrets as soon as you enter eternity.

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I used to have a business partner who

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was born into a wealthy family, and one

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day while in his office, I heard him

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tell me that he wanted carved into his

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tombstone three words, and these three words were,

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win, win, win.

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All this man was concerned about was making

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money, and he already had plenty of it,

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but he wanted more.

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I went home that day and told my

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wife that my partner wanted to have written

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on his tombstone three words, win, win, win.

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And I told my wife what I wanted

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to have written on my tombstone, and this

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is what I said I wanted on my

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gravestone.

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Only one life, which will soon be past,

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only what's done for Christ will last.

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If the Lord tarries, friend, everyone within the

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sound of my voice will one day be

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laid in a grave.

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It'll be too late to live for Christ

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then.

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Our time will be over.

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How did we spend our time?

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Did we make good use of it for

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things of eternal worth?

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Or was our time here consumed on silly

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things of this world like entertainment and fleshly

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enjoyments?

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Did we use our money wisely and give

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to God now, and the spread of the

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gospel while we have it, and trust God

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for the future?

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Or did we selfishly lay up treasure for

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ourselves and families?

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There are 1,900 languages that still need

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to have a Bible translated into them.

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There are missionaries on the field and wanting

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hardship.

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There are people groups who have yet to

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hear the name of Jesus Christ.

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What are we doing with our time, our

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talents, and our money?

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Is the spread of the gospel and a

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Christian witness our primary aim in life, or

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is it to entertain and enjoy ourselves?

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I've been on this earth a long time

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now.

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I don't believe I've ever seen a more

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self-centered, self-absorbed generation than the one

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we have today.

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Even the church herself, friends, has lost her

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vision of reaching the world with the gospel

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and is content to rest upon comfortable pillows

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of conformity and compromise.

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We like to have all the time in

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the world, and our motto is, eat, drink,

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and be merry.

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But the fact remains, friends, a long-awaited

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grave faces each one of us.

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There are some here today who won't be

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in this world this time next year.

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My Bible speaks of the unavoidable certainty of

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death.

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This is what it says in Hebrews.

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And as it is appointed unto man wants

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to die, but after this the judgment, there's

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a final judgment in eternity awaiting all mankind.

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And that brings us to our third aspect

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of this message, friends, eternity.

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Each one of us will die, and our

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souls will go back to the God who

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gave it.

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We'll either exist in the blissful comforts of

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heaven, in the presence of Christ and his

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angels, or we'll exist in the agony and

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torments of a burning hell.

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Listen to me, friend.

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Hell is a horrible region of torment and

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misery.

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Hell is inhabited by demons.

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In hell you'll be surrounded by demon entities,

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and you will not be able to get

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away from them.

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They will brush up against you, tear you,

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attack you, and there'll be no one to

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help you.

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That hell is inhabited by demons is seen

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from the words of Christ.

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Then shall he say, also unto them on

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the left hand, Depart from me, ye cursed

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into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil and

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his angels.

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Hell is also a very crowded place.

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It's been estimated that 83 people a minute

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die apart from Christ and enter the regions

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of hell.

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Do the math.

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That amounts to 5,000 people an hour

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every day.

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120 soul, 120,000 souls are thrown into

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the hell.

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And that prison of misery and burning fire,

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that's over 800,000 a week.

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Listen to me, friend.

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Every month that adds up to 3 million

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people falling into the tears of hell.

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Through the course of a year, 40 million

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souls are shut up in there to scream

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in agony.

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Let 10 years go by, and another 400

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million souls enter the regions of hell.

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Now think back in your mind of all

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the generations since the time of Adam, and

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add up all the hordes of people who

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have died in their sins and occupy hell

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right at this moment.

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I repeat, hell is a very crowded place,

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and hell is a place of eternal suffering,

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physical suffering, and this world eventually ends for

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the Christian believer.

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Often we hear of a loved one who's

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passed away, and we hear, well, at least

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they're no longer suffering.

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They are now with the Lord.

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But for the unsaved, this is not so.

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Their suffering continues into the next world, a

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world of eternal misery and physical torments, to

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which there's no relief and no end.

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Jesus described hell as a place of weeping

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and gnashing of teeth.

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Weeping speaks of great loss and grief, and

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gnashing of teeth signifies great anger and regret.

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Each of us will someday enter eternity.

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Some of you will enter it quite unprepared.

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Sudden death is all around us.

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Only one life will soon be passed.

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Only what's done for Christ will last.

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Those were the words of C.T. Studd,

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who gave his fortune away to serve God

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as a missionary in China and Africa.

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What is your motto, friend?

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Are you focused on this world and its

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enjoyments, or are you focused on eternity and

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its rewards?

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I'd like to bring you face-to-face

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with a coffin, a grave, and eternity, because

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they must be addressed seriously now, for each

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of us will face them soon enough.

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Are you living for eternity, or are you

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living for this world?

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I'd like to end this message just reading

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a few lines from this poem of C

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.T. Studd.

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Only one life, it will soon be passed.

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Only what's done for Christ will last.

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Only one life, a few brief years, each

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with its burdens, hopes, and fears, each with

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its days I must fulfill, living for self

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or in His will.

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Only one life, it will soon be passed.

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Only one life, a few brief years, each

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with its burdens, hopes, and fears, each with

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its days I must fulfill, living for self

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or in His will.