Fear. It is the cancer that eats at the heart. It darkens the brightest day filled with sunshine and it destroys the most beautiful hope for the future. Fear paralyzes and suffocates the soul. It keeps you awake at night and steals sleep from your eyes. It takes away your appetite so that you don’t care about eating the very food that strengthens your body.
So many people fear multiple things. They have real fears and they have imagined fears. You may find yourself today in the grip of fear. Do you fear tomorrow? Do you fear the report from the doctor about that severe pain in your body? What about tomorrow? Do you fear you may not have a job or you may not have food for your family? These fears may not even have a reasonable expectation for coming to pass. But they are real in your heart nevertheless.
Others fear family. They fear the opinion of the community or they fear they will be rejected if people find out what really is going on in their secret lives. Perhaps these things are real reasons to be afraid for you.
But the Holy Bible tells us something of such greater importance than the fear of man or his opinion. It says in Luke 12:4 and 5, “And I say unto you my friends, Be not afraid of them that kill the body, and after that have no more that they can do. But I will forewarn you whom ye shall fear: Fear him, which after he hath killed hath power to cast into hell; yea, I say unto you, Fear him.”
And perhaps you fear this death. What will happen to me when I die Where will I go? What will my next life be like here on earth? There are many questions and they do need an answer.
You need to know that Hebrews 9:27 says, “And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.”
Dear friend, there is no denying it – the One True Living God Who gave you life and breath today declares that after this life, there is no other chance to prepare for Eternity. Yes, you will live forever. You will either live in Hell, in flames and torment with the Devil and his evil angels. Or, you will live in Heaven with a loving, caring God and the blessed ones who have followed Him in the way of truth, holiness and love.
Revelation 1:18 “I am he that liveth, and was dead; and, behold, I am alive for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.” The wonderful thing is, He has the power over death! Jesus died upon a rugged, wooden cross for you. He can set you free from that eternal death of the soul. Your soul and body will forever suffer pain and agony because of sin and rejection of God’s gift of Salvation. The Apostle Paul spoke of Jesus Christ and said that He “…came into the world to save sinners; of whom I am chief. Howbeit for this cause I obtained mercy, that in me first Jesus Christ might shew forth all longsuffering, for a pattern to them which should hereafter believe on Him to life everlasting.”
Jesus Christ was merciful to save a wicked man like Paul. The Apostle later said that God did this to show a pattern of what God would do for all who would believe on Jesus. That includes you! Confess your sinful state to Him today and ask Him to forgive you. He will and you won’t have to fear death and hell anymore!
