MORNING MANNA 7-31-23
ETERNITY
“And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.”– Matt.25:46
The following comments by James Smith (1840) are as simple and serious as it gets:
It is destined by the immutable decree of God, to exist eternally.
O eternity! Who can conceive your dimensions!
Forever! Who can grasp the mighty idea!
To exist forever! Solemn consideration!
Millions of ages as numerous . . .
as the stars in the skies,
as the sands on the sea-shore,
as blades of grass on the surface of the globe,
as leaves which fall from the trees in autumn
–are as nothing in comparison with eternity!
But where shall I exist?
How will I spend eternity?
In happiness–or in torment?
That will entirely depend upon the character, the state, the condition–in which I live and die.
If I live in sin, if I serve self and Satan, if I die accursed–then I must suffer the due desert of my deeds.
Let the solemn fact that you are immortal, deeply impress your mind.
Try to realize the overwhelming thought:
“I must live forever!
I must live forever in unspeakable happiness–or inconceivable misery!
My eternal state depends on my present state.
If I live unconverted, then I must die accursed. I am lost–and once lost, lost forever!”
O eternity! Tremendous sound! Incomprehensible idea!.
“And these shall go away into everlasting punishment: but the righteous into life eternal.” Matthew 25:46
So, where are you headed? Where will you spend eternity? HDS
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
Humble, Tx.
