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Thinking Again (ruh roh)

I was at my job outside of the church, and thinking the other day (I know…OUCH). Thinking can be a good thing if it is not sinful and for the glory of God. My mind has a tendency to think about some pretty wild things sometimes.

Well, one thing led to another, and I ended thinking about what it would be like if my employer’s workers were taken hostage by somebody. As I thought more about that, an interesting question came to my mind: What if in a hypothetical situation like that, the person holding the workers hostage said one of us would have to die because of an attempted rescue or the employer not giving into his demands, etc.? Would I be willing to volunteer to have my like taken since I’m confident in the Lord only by His grace, that I would be in Heaven with the Lord Jesus because of all that He is and has done for me? I further thought: Well, if someone else is killed, if they are not born from above and therefore trusting in the Person and work of Christ alone for their salvation, they would spend an eternity in conscious punishment in the Lake of Fire. How much do I really believe that this life is temporal and the life to come with our precious Lord is what is most important and I look forward to it. I mean, I realize that in theology realm, that those who were chosen by God will hear and believe the gospel [as an adult] before they will die. But we live in the here and now. We don’t know what God knows. In the situation I described above, maybe the Lord would use my volunteering and death as a means to draw others whose life was spared in that situation. Then of course there is my wife and family to think about. But they all believe in the Person and work of Christ, so I would see them and they would see me again, right? J

Ahhh, too much thinking can be dangerous, amen? I would like to think that by the grace of God, I would look forward to being with Him if faced with death. But I’m still in this flesh. Sin still abides in me. I’m finite. I need to take heed I stand, lest I fall. But this world is not my home, I’m just passing through. My citizenship is in Heaven with the Lord, not here in this earth. I’m stuck between two. To remain here to preach the blessed word of God in hopes that there will be reformation, restoration and reconciliation in the body of Christ, and souls saved. Or to be home with the Lord where there will be no sin, sorrow, sickness, pain or death. Even so Lord Jesus, come!!!

Brother Bret

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