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Celebrity
Intelligence Test
What do they have
in common? They all earned big money. They are all
big name celebrities and they are all dead.
Many years ago
there was a popular hit song called "American Pie."
It contained the words:
Did you write the Book of Love?
Do you have
faith in God above?
Do you believe in rock
and roll?
Can music save your mortal soul?
Then it repeated
the words:
This could be the day that I die.
This could
be the day that I die.
Sobering, but
true this could be the day that I die. After all,
approximately 140,000 people will die in the next 24
hours.
The biblical
explanation as to why each of us will die is
fascinating. It says we have broken an
uncompromising law. Just as we suffer the
consequences of breaking the law of gravity if we
step off a six story building, so we will suffer the
consequences of transgressing God's Moral Law.
Let's see if you
have broken this Law (commonly referred to as the
Ten Commandments):
- Is God
first in your life? Do you love Him with all of
your heart, mind, soul, and strength? Do you
love your neighbor as yourself? Does your love
for your family seem like hatred, compared to
the love you have for the One who gave those
loved ones to you?
- Have you
made a god in your own image, to suit yourself?
- Have you
ever used God's holy name in vain substituting
it for a four-lettered filth word to express
disgust?
- Have you
kept the Sabbath holy?
- Have you
always honored your parents?
- Have you
hated anyone? Then the Bible says you are a
murderer.
- Have you
had sex before marriage? Or have you lusted
after another person? The Bible warns that you
have committed adultery in your heart.
- Have you
ever stolen something? Then you are a thief.
- If you
have told even one lie, you are a liar, and
cannot enter the Kingdom of God.
Finally, have you
ever desired something that belonged to someone
else? Then you have broken the Tenth Commandment.
Listen to your
conscience. The Law leaves us all sinners in God's
sight. On Judgment Day we will be found guilty, and
end up in Hell forever. Perhaps you are sorry for
your sins, and you even confess them to God. But
that doesn't mean that He will forgive you no matter
how sincere you are. Let me explain why. Imagine you
are standing guilty in front of a judge. You face a
$50,000 fine, and say, "Judge I'm truly sorry for my
crime." He would probably say, "So you should be!
Now are you able to pay the $50,000 fine or not?"
A judge must have
grounds upon which he can release you. If I paid
your fine, then you would be free from the demands
of the law. That's precisely what God did in the
person of Jesus Christ. Each of us stands guilty of
breaking God's Law, but because Jesus paid our fine
on the cross 2,000 years ago, God can forgive us on
the grounds of His suffering death. That's why you
need Jesus Christ as your Savior. Without Him, the
Law will send you to Hell, and you will have no one
to blame but yourself. God will make sure justice is
carried out.
The Bible says,
"God commended His love towards us, in that, while
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." He gave
His sinless life on the cross, showing the depth of
God's love for us. We broke God's Law. He paid the
fine so that we could be free from its perfect
demands. Then He rose from the dead, and defeated
the power of the grave.
If you repent,
trust in the Savior and obey His word, God will
forgive your sins and grant you everlasting life.
The Bible says that all humanity is held captive to
the fear of, and power of death (Hebrews 2:15). If
you don't face your fear of death, then you will run
from it until the day you die and that day will
come. The proof of your sin will be your death.
Today, not only face the reality that you will die,
but do something about it obey the Gospel and live.
Confess your sins to God, put your faith in Jesus
Christ, then read the Bible daily and obey what you
read. God will never let you down. Why is one box
empty on the cover of this tract? That's reserved
for you. Think about it.
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