THE LOST OPPORTUNITYOF ETERNITY (Proverbs 27:1)

Today, I want to talk about the lost opportunity of living every day for the rest of your life, and then all of eternity, with Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior.  

Now, when you think of all the people in just the last 20 years who have heard the gospel message of Jesus Christ, I would have to guess that there have been millions upon millions, upon millions of people who have heard this wonderful gospel of forgiveness and eternal life in heaven with Jesus Christ.  I would guess that millions of those people came to know the Lord Jesus Christ through the ministry of God’s Word.  

However, and I hate to say it, but I have to believe that millions of those people, in fact the vast majority, who heard the gospel message of Christ preached to them, go away unsaved.  They go away having not received the Lord Jesus Christ. There has been no change in their lives. They have heard the Word of God, and they’ve gone out unsaved. Now, I have to ask myself, “Why do some people hear the gospel and not receive it?”  God, in His Word, provides a compelling answer to that question.

Prov 27:1
1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
KJV

I believe far and away, the majority of the people who hear the gospel message and go out unsaved, and remain unsaved, are lost because of procrastination. They believe the gospel, and they are not self-righteous. They know that they need to be saved, and they say, “One of these days, I’m going to get saved.” But they keep putting it off. 

Click on the link below to hear a message on why you should ask yourself these questions, why should I not have the joy of knowing Jesus now? Why should I not have the peace of knowing Jesus now? Why should I not have the fulfillment of knowing Jesus now? Why should l not have the love of knowing Jesus now? Why should I not have a God that I can pray to now? Why should I wait to be saved?  Why put it off till tomorrow? Being saved is not like taking bad medicine in order to get well.  It is like that first taste of ice cream on a hot summer day.  It is so good, you have to eat more.  That is what being saved is like, it is so good, you want even more.

But most of all, ask yourself, Why should I miss the opportunity of eternity?

Amen.