We’ve Got a Problem

[The following falls under the category of a "springboard to the Gospel"]

Hi friends, my name is Keith and I’m a born-again Christian and I want to share the Gospel with you.   Gospel is an old Bible term that means Good News.    I want to share the Good News with you, but before I do that I have a little bit of “bad news” I have to give you first.

You and I have a problem.    It’s bigger than any pandemic.   It’s worse than any financial trouble.   As horrible as those things are, and they are bad, you and I have a problem that’s worse.   It’s our mortality.   Yes, we will all die.   It’s a reality no one wants to talk about.   It’s as if, maybe, if we just don’t talk about it, death won’t come for us.   We always think, “oh it’s going to be someone else”; never us personally.   Or we think, “it’s so far off in the future”, we don’t have to worry about it right now.  That’s why it’s such a big deal when someone famous passes away, or when a close family member passes away.   It's like; “wow, that was close.   I dodged that bullet”, so-to-speak.

But each of us needs to face up to the fact that we will die, and after that comes the Judgement.   We will be made to give an account of our lives to our Maker.   If you’re saying to yourself, I don’t want to think about this right now.   It’s a waste of time and energy to think about something that happens to everyone, there’s nothing you can do about it.   If you say to yourself, I have life to live, I need to think about life and living, not death and dying.   I say to you, you need to prepare to meet your Maker, just like you prepare for so many things in life; you prepare for school; you prepare for your career; you prepare for your vacation; you prepare for retirement.   You prepare for everything and every day of your life.   If you don’t prepare for your death, you’re being foolish.

Everyday 150 thousand people on planet earth die.  They step out of time and into eternity.   That translates to about 2 people every second.   Some day one of those seconds is going to have your name on it.   Those who died yesterday probably didn’t plan on that being their day.   It probably wasn’t on their calendar.   But the jaws of death seized upon them.

So, here’s the BIG QUESTION, when that day comes for you, when the grim reaper shows up at your door, where will you spend eternity?

[The Gospel goes here]

[An explanation of repentance and faith goes here]