Notes On Life

Years ago while walking in a mall a young fellow taking a survey asked if I frequently wore dress shirts and would be willing to evaluate and comment on some samples. We went into a small office and on a table were half a dozen white shirts. He asked me to rate them on a scale of 1-to-10 and comment what I liked or disliked about each one, but when I got to the last shirt I didn’t answer. He then somewhat curiously asked me what I thought and I replied, “I Wouldn’t Be Caught DEAD In That Shirt!” This is how many (maybe you?) also view the message of the Gospel! You also would not want to be 'caught dead' associating yourself with something so seemingly naive and out-of-touch with our evolved, enlightened, modern world that it too would likewise be AN EMBARRASSMENT to be seen associating yourself with the Gospel to others. Jesus said  “Wide is the Way that Leads To Destruction…but Narrow is The Way That Leads to Eternal Life.”  (Matthew 7:13-14) When going with the flow it’s al...

  There Is No Incognito Tab Before God “For nothing is secret, That shall not be made manifest; Neither any thing hid, That shall not be known And come abroad.” Luke 8:17 In an on-line world of VPNs, private chat-rooms and encrypted messages, many think that surfing the web in 'Igcognito Mode' is a  private  way to look at what we don’t want others to know about. That may work in principle — but not in practice. As the words of Jesus says in today’s scripture, nothing is hidden from God. Not only is it seen, instead Revelation 20 verses 11 & 12 says: “And I saw a great white throne, and him that sat on it, From whose face the earth and the heaven fled away; and there was found no place for them. And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books [of 'incognito'] were opened: and another book was opened, which is the BOOK OF LIFE: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.” Friend, NOTHING...