According to the Scriptures all human beings have these two things in common: we are all born with a sin nature and possess an eternal soul. As a result of these two commonalities all of humanity enters life with a major dilemma. Stated simply, we all have sinned against an infinitely holy God. And without God intervening in a supernatural way, because of our sin, we all stand judged guilty eternally, and our soul must stand eternally separated from God.
I must admit, that humanly speaking, I am not comfortable with this eternal separation from God in a literal hell, but I also know as a Christian that God is always fair, even when I don’t fully understand His ways. But thankfully while God’s wrath against sin demands an eternal payment, His mercy and love offers an eternal pardon through Jesus Christ!
With eternity on the line, for each and every soul, the paramount question is how can we best use our very limited time here on earth to share the only antidote for rescuing each soul from hell – that being accepting God’s free pardon for our sins through the substitutionary death of His Son – Jesus Christ.
As Christians, not only are we here to worship God, but we are here to share the good news that Jesus can change and restamp all passports from hell-bound eternally to heaven-bound eternally. I like what Harry Ironside said regarding time: “Time is given us to use in view of eternity.”1 And to this thought, R. C. Sproul, adds: “Right now counts forever.”2 With our time on earth being so short, compared to eternity, as Christians, we must do everything in our power to share Jesus to prevent souls from being eternally lost.
So, what can we do to fulfill our role here on planet earth as Christ’s messengers? Simply put, we can take every opportunity to share Christ with those people we come in contact with. We can live exemplary lives so that our testimony will convict lost souls. And we can fervently pray that the Lord will open blind eyes and hardened hearts to the message of Calvary.
My friends, the eternal destiny of souls stand in the balance. In closing may I leave you with this powerful quote from Thomas Watson, that I pray will not only touch your heart but motivate you to share Jesus – the only light of the world – both now and forever: “Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise.”3
1 Harry Ironside – Time is given us to use in view of eternity.