You Still Have Time

You Still Have Time

“But Abraham replied, Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony.”
Luke 16:25

The scripture above is from the story in Luke of the rich man and Lazarus. Lazarus was a beggar who spent most of his days at the gate begging for food and money. He was covered with sores, and even the dogs came and licked his sores. He had lived a miserable life. The rich man passed Lazarus each day at the gate but did not look toward him or try to help him in any way. Then one day both Lazarus and the rich man died and were judged by God for what they had accomplished during their lives. Lazarus was carried away to heaven, but the rich man spent his eternity in Hell. So many people around us could die in the next year or even in the next hour, many unexpectedly and rapidly, and many of them will be lost. They will face the same fate as the rich man, a place that has been feared since the earliest times of life on earth. This will be a dark place of endless night, and a dreary place of never ending hope. Most people think about this place more and more the older they get. There are dozens of scriptures in the Bible that tell us about life after death in this place and what it will be like. All of us have a destiny that will be either a joyful existence in the presence of God, or a Christ-less eternity in the place prepared for the devil and his angels. If you are not saved and have not accepted Jesus into your heart you will be destined to spend your eternity in this place. You will have no name, no reprieve, no visitors, and no hope. Your chance will be over and you will spend forever alone and abandoned. But there is still time for you to escape this fate, as Jesus can still come to your rescue and save you from this terrible future, if you will ask Him.