Sensational News Affecting Everyone

Online posts and advertisements start with sensational headlines: "Blind man drives a car over the cliff!". However, upon going to the body of the sensational news, one finds that after a man flipped his car into a ditch, he was temporarily blinded by a head bump! The headlines are not a lie, but mislead to draw interest! This method of propaganda is called "sensationalism"! Today, I confess, I did that!

However, what I present is sensational news! My headline: "You can live forever!" The body of the text "You can live forever!" The sensational news matches the sensational headlines. That doesn't happen very often.

John 3:16 (ESV) “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life."

This is sensational news! The only thing "awkward" about this news is that it's been around for awhile, many people have heard it, but never seriously considered it. What will truly be "awkward" is when most face God and never "believed" in him. Talk about awkward! Let's see how awkward this will be:

 Matthew 7:21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 23 And then will I declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you workers of lawlessness.’"

Here's the scenario: You die as all men will. This is the first time that you have experienced death. Before you died your belief is that you've been "good": giving to charity, being fair, paying taxes, attending church, etc. However, without faith in God your works are as rags!  It seems your faith has been in your own perceived "goodness". This is pride! That's the same disease Adam had when he died spiritually.

When your mind ceases to function you're dead. Your heart may stop shortly before your mind dies. You panic! This is it. Suddenly you realize that there is no hope for you. You're dead! Before your mind dies, you think: "Maybe there is a heaven!" A spark of hope yet lives!

After you die your soul departs your body and you go to a place in hell to await judgment. This place is in hell, but you're body was left behind. In turns to dust from which you came. You suffer torment and isolation. You suffer as you've never suffered before, but you think "Perhaps God will judge me justly and see that I was good!"

Jesus sounds the trumpet and your body and soul are reunited. You are alive again, but it's a living death. Agony is a daily routine. You stand before God to plead your case. He's sits on the Great White Throne and you speak on bent knee "Lord, I deserve heaven. I did good! Please save me from your wrath!"

"What's your name?" God asks. Mr. John Doe (your name here). God looks through the Book of Life. He looks at you while your head is facing the ground in shame. Tears stream hard as God says "Your name is not  in the book for 'I never knew you; depart from me, you worker of lawlessness'!"  "Your faith could have saved you, but you were never born-again. I'm sorry that you never truly believed in my Son!"

In amazement you scream as a demon screams "My name must be there! I've been good!" Alas, it's not in the book and God chooses to not remember your works. God calls his angels and they lift you by your arms. Your real arms! They take you to a fiery sulfur pit and in there you see Satan just as the angels heave you into the pit! Banshee screams accompany your fall. As you tumble toward the Lake of Fire, your life flashes before your eyes, just as it will for eternity time and time again! "If only... if only..." you keep thinking!

Satan normally smiles at you, but he's in agony too! The author of evil pleasure offers no pleasure now. In your hear you despise your flaming colleague; the one for whom you formerly lived. You remember all the pleasures you had... all the fun in life... and all the sin which damned you. Here with you in hell is your god and now you hate him! He hates you as he always did, and all your "friends" who're here hate you too! You relive all your wrongs time and time again and hate everyone who ever mislead you! You can curse now! Nobody cares about you any more! You're damned forever and so is everyone else around you. Only if...

Matthew 25:46 (ESV) "And these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.”

"These" in this verse are those who failed to love others through Jesus. They who even did good, but had not the love of Jesus (and only Jesus) within them! You see, you had a choice: eternal punishment or eternal life! You unwisely chose eternal punishment. That's your mistake!

However, the "sensational news"; no capitalize that "SENSATIONAL NEWS" is that you can live forever! All your friends can too! It has to be now. After your death it's too late! The deed you do is so simple:

 Romans 10:13 (ESV) "For 'everyone who calls on the name of the Lord (Jesus) will be saved.'”

The SENSATIONAL NEWS is that that includes you and it's available right now! "You can live forever!!!!