Resolved

I have been reading Jerry Bridges book 'The Pursuit of Holiness.' I love all that he has to say and in chapter 9 he quotes Jonathan Edwards "Resolved, never to do anything which I would be afraid to do it is were the last hour of my life." Wow! This is a powerful quote. The awesome thing about this quote is that Jonathan Edwards did not just quote it, he lived it.

So where does this quote leave you and I today? Will it leave us in the same place we are when we hear some other truth quoted by another Christian influence? Will we merely say "Thats a good one", but not resolve to live by it?

Eternity is real and we all will face it one day. According to the scripture we will be judged for all the good and bad that we have done while we were alive. It also says that 'IF' we repent (turn 180 degrees for the sin and then to God) that the sins we repent of will be thrown into the sea, and never remembered. Heaven is real and Hell is real according to the scripture, and I believe this to be true. It will be a terrible thing in the end to find out that our opinion on who will, and who want enter into Heaven, or be cast to Hell was not right. The clear plumbline is this "Is what we are living for worth what Christ died for?" Was that football game, sitcom, book, magazine, or anything of our pleasure worth our eternity? Jesus said that He will come back as a thief in the night. What IF He comes back this very hour? Where will you honestly be with the decision you have made. We must not 'Try' to do better. We must be 'Resolved' to choose kingdom things over worldy passions and lust. Then and only then will we know that we are His~