Trust Jesus Christ
Has someone ever asked you to "Trust Jesus"? I would guess that you have not heard this phrase very much -- maybe you have never heard it at all. The reason for this is that most people today put "trusting Jesus" pretty low on their lists of priorities. And how about you? Where is Jesus on your list of priorities?
Money represents material goods - the things of wood, gold, or other materials that money can buy. If you trust money, then you are not trusting Jesus. Whatever you trust instead of Jesus is your "god". If you trust "gods" of gold, silver, wood or any other earthly material, then you are an "idolater". The Bible says that all idolaters will all go to Hell. (Revelation 21:8) Therefore, if you trust money, you will go to Hell when you die, because you are an "idolater", not a Christian.
Money is "deceitful". Money lies to you because it makes a false promise to you. Money deceives you into believing the promise that the riches which money can by will last forever. But even if you somehow do obtain lots of money, how much of it will you still have just one second after you die? The answer is: none. Even if you become a billionaire, you will still not have any of your money one second after your death.
Jesus gave a parable about a rich man, a man with lots of wealth and money. Jesus said that this rich man was burning in the torments of Hell an instant after he died. He had nothing in Hell. He could not even get a single drop of water to cool his tongue in Hell.
No, money is a false idol. If you trust money, then you will not have anything after you die. Trust Jesus instead of money. Then, when you die you will have a mansion in Heaven on a street made with pure gold. Trusting Jesus is therefore much better than trusting money, since it has great eternal rewards.
Jesus is a real person. He is alive. Jesus is up in Heaven right now. Jesus can be a much better friend to you than any of your so-called friends on Earth could ever be. Your friends on Earth really don't care if you spend Eternity in Hell.
But you say, "That cannot be true! My friends really care about me." If you were to tell your friends that you wanted to be a real Christian and go to church every Sunday and stop sinning - that you wanted to really go to Heaven when you die - what do you think the reaction of your friends would be?
Well, you already know what their reaction would be. They would get very angry at you and then they would try their best to persuade you to reject Christ -- to not become a Christian. They would want you to live a life of sin, just like they are living, which would end up sending you to Hell when you die. If you persisted in your desire to be a Christian, most, if not all of your friends would turn their backs on you. They would "dump" you for deciding to go to Heaven instead of Hell when you die.
Now your friends would not come right out and say, "Hey, we all want you to go to Hell when you die". No, that would be too honest. No, instead, they would lie to you and tell you that they were "trying to help you", (i.e. trying to help you to reject Jesus and thereby trying to help you to go to Hell when you die.) Really though, with friends like yours, who needs enemies?
You may have other things that you trust instead of trusting Jesus. You might trust pleasure, such as sex, going fishing, or some other pleasure. But pleasure only lasts for a few minutes. It is only temporary. Pain and discomfort often come after pleasure, as is the case with Aids, VD, having a bastard child, or getting a hangover after you get drunk. No, pleasure is not what you need to put your trust in. Jesus is who you need to put your trust in. Trust Jesus today. Jesus will never let you down!
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