“Forsaking All!”

 “Forsaking All!”

 

Everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for My sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life.  But many who are first will be last, and many who are last will be first.   Matthew 19:29-30

 

To FORSAKE something or someone is to LEAVE it or GIVE UP a habit or a way of life.  In this account of the Rich Young Ruler, who had come to Jesus, asking Him how he might receive ETERNAL LIFE, but he was NOT willing to give up his wealth and give it to the poor, in order to FOLLOW JESUS.  The young man was not WILLING to FORSAKE ALL in order to have ETERNAL LIFE with the LORD JESUS CHRIST, instead he wanted to KEEP his WEALTH and his position of being FIRST in the eyes of MANKIND.

 

So, this Rich Young Ruler, walked away from the LORD, REJECTING Him, because of his WEALTH and his POSITION in THIS TEMPORARY LIFE. And he ends up with the same ETERNAL DESTINY that he came to JESUS with.  He WALKED AWAY from an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, and faced an ETERNAL LIFE in HELL, with ALL its HORRORS, and NO WAY to ESCAPE, once he was there.  The question is WHAT are you HOLDING ON TO that is KEEPING you AWAY from JESUS and an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, with ALL its BLESSINGS?

 

If you have NOT given your WHOLE HEART and LIFE to God, you are running out of time, we TRULY are living in the LAST DAYS, and your opportunity for an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, is at RISK.  NOW, is the TIME for you to be WILLING to FORSAKE ALL, to FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST.  This means that YOU MUST be WILLING to TURN AWAY or FORSAKE your old, sinful life-style, and TURN TO GOD, with a TRUE REPENTANT HEART.  And ADMIT that you are a SINNER in NEED of the SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.  And BELIEVE, with ALL your HEART that JESUS died for YOU, and is NOW ALIVE in HEAVEN, making intercession for you, before God.  You MUST CONFESS your sins to Him and ask Him for His FORGIVENESS.  And ACCEPT God’s Gift of SALVATION, and FORSAKING ALL else, FOLLOW JESUS to an ETERNAL LIFE in HEAVEN, and be counted FIRST and not LAST because of your WILLINGNESS to FORSAKE ALL to FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST.  Do this NOW, while you still can.  He’s WAITING and COMING SOON.  BE READY!!!