RE: Eternity & where will You spend it

K-Fish, I agree that a person who just repeats the sinner's prayer and then goes back to the same life style with no change of heart or living is in danger of being rejected by God in that He will say " I never knew ye". When we pray the prayer for forgiveness, there has to be a change in our hearts and a change in our everyday life and style of living, also, a change in the way we treat our fellow man. Without these
changes and without the act of witnessing to our fellow men, what are we accomplishing? It is our christian duty to confess Christ openly and be a witness in
the way we live each day.
Just food for thought.

A King's Son

Where will you spend Eternity and how will YOU get there?

Interestingly enough to me, tonight in the book I am currently reading by John Bevere, "Driven By Eternity", in the chapter 'Judgement of Deceived', John states the following:

"The gospel we've preached has been lopsided with emphasis on accepting Jesus by praying a sinner's prayer. We confess Him as "Lord," and once done we are saved eternally. Yet this is not what Jesus teaches. He says, "Not everyone who says to me, 'Lord, Lord,' will enter the kingdom of heaven" (Matt. 7:21, NIV)"

He goes on to say that converts gained in this manner...

"...go back to their seats "just as they were." Except now they are deceived. Nothing has been said concerning repentance from disobedient lifestyles, denying their own desires... ...losing their lives for the cause of Christ. They've confessed Jesus as their "Lord," but there's been no heart change."

Hmmmm...... interesting... I want to say I agree with him a 100%.

"Driven By Eternity" and John Bevere

I started a new book. Not writing one, but reading one. Ha!

The book is titled "Driven By Eternity - Making Your Life Count Today and Forever". I am on page 52 of 260. Interestingly enough, John has used the parable method of telling a story so far.

It's a two-fer. A two-for-one deal. Let me explain.

The book starts out talking about eternity and what our concept, or lack of concept, regarding eternity is. Then suddenly, the discussion is abandoned and he switches to telling a fictional story to illustrate how life choices thrust us into very different eternal results. I haven't gotten past the fictional part of the book which is illustrating Bible truths so well, so I assume I haven't seen any of the meat of the book yet, but so far, I have looked forward to picking it up each evening to digest a bit more...

Speaking of which I probably should go read some more of it!