Racing to Eternity

Dan Wheldon died today in a MASSIVE crash at an Indy Car race in Las Vegas, Nevada (sin city).  The crash was horrific with a few cars going airborne for over 100 yards, bursting into flames and others being torn apart by the high speeds and concrete.  Dan Wheldon died later in the hospital.  My prayers go out to his friends and family.    

Every 16 minutes in the Unites States someone dies in a car crash.  We might be doing everything right not speeding, obeying traffic laws, hands at 10 and 2 and then bang: we get hit from behind by a drunk driver and that's it.  We are dead.  

Even if we don't die in a car crash, we all die one day.  All of us really are in one way or another racing toward eternity (our death).

So obviously the question is, what happens next?

The Bible tells us that we die and then comes judgement (Hebrews 9:27).  That means that God looks at our lives and has a record of every bad thing (sin) that we have thought, said or done throughout our lives.  

How would you do?  Let's take a look at just four of God's laws:

Have you ever stolen something?  Lied?  Looked lustfully at someone?  Used God's name as a cuss word (Blasphemy.  Like saying "Oh my G-d!")?  If you have, that makes you guilty of breaking God's laws.  And just like any good judge, God mush punish those evil deeds that you and I have done, even if you and I feel really sorry for them (otherwise he wouldn't be a good/fair judge).  

Does it concern you that being guilty of these things means that you will be going to hell?  I hope it concerns you, because there is a way out that I want to tell you about.

2,000 years ago God sent his only son, Jesus Christ, to die on the cross and to take the punishment that you and I both deserve since we are guilty of sin.  Jesus told His father "I want to take the penalty for (insert your name here).  I love him/her and want to take their place on the cross."

Can you see how much Jesus Christ loves you?  He was willing to take nails through his feet and wrists, being humiliated and tortured willingly so that you and I could avoid hell and go to heaven.  He died and three days later rose from the dead, proving His power over death so that we can be saved from hell.  

This isn't something that we can earn (Ephesians 2:8-10, Titus 3:5).  It is a GIFT of God.  All we need to do is to repent (change our mind about sin, doing our best not to do them anymore) and believe in Jesus Christ and will can be given the free gift of eternal paradise.

I pray that would would choose to repent and believe in Jesus Christ RIGHT NOW, before it is too late!

God bless you!

Kneel