My Electronic Pulpit: To be or not to be, is that the real question?

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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

To be or not to be, is that the real question?

In the words of William Shakespeare, "To be or not to be, that is the question" is the statement made in the play Hamlet. This line has been quoted more than any other line in any of Shakespeare's works. But is that the "real question"? Let us examine the situation facing people today and find if "that is the question".

We live in a world that teaches us that we can do ANYTHING we want to so long as we don't restrain anyone else from doing anything they want to. Does this sound familiar? If we go in Scripture to Genesis 18 & 19 we see this was the state of conduct in Sodom and Gomorrah. The attitude of "If it feels good, do it" is the prevailing attitude among many today. The "Me" generation has come of age, and is reaping what it has sown.

The real question should read "Where do you want to be, THAT is the question". We must ask ourselves daily, if our lives were to end at the next moment, or if the Lord were to return, where do we want to be? Jesus promises us in John 14:1-3 NKJV "Let not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. (2) In My Father's house are many mansions; if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. (3) And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also".

The whole purpose for Jesus' sacrifice on earth was to secure for us what we could never achieve by ourselves, that is SALVATION. Paul writes in 1 Thessalonians 5:9 NKJV (9) For God did not appoint us to wrath, but to obtain salvation through our Lord Jesus Christ.

And let us not forget the blessed assurance of Jesus that He gives us in John 3:15-21 NKJV that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have eternal life. (16) For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. (17) For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. (18) "He who believes in Him is not condemned; but he who does not believe is condemned already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God. (19) And this is the condemnation, that the light has come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil. (20) For everyone practicing evil hates the light and does not come to the light, lest his deeds should be exposed. (21) But he who does the truth comes to the light, that his deeds may be clearly seen, that they have been done in God."

The day will come when "EVERY KNEE SHALL BOW TO ME, AND EVERY TONGUE SHALL CONFESS TO GOD." Romans 14:11 NKJV. Jesus tells us in Revelation 3:5 NKJV He who overcomes shall be clothed in white garments, and I will not blot out his name from the Book of Life; but I will confess his name before My Father and before His angels.

I want to be in Heaven with Jesus, don't you? In the words of the beloved song "How beautiful Heaven must be". Want to come and see for yourself? Are you a Christian? Have you obeyed the Gospel? Do you know about Jesus and His love for you? If you don't, please don't wait another day. He is waiting. Don't make Him wait any longer. Jesus Loves You and Me. I'm going to Heaven, will I see you there? I'm praying I do.