Choose Life!

(adapted from one of the topics Reggie Dabs gave out that night)

imagine, back in primary school or something, your friends kid you into wagging school and how 'cool' it would be to skip school for a day, and go do whatever tickles your pickles. But, instead you stand firm in what you believe is correct, and say: "no, i'm going to school!" 

so you do. you go to school.

and on that very day in school, your teacher says:

"okay kids, now we have a test this Friday..."

*kids all gasp*

"but, im going to give you all the answers. so get out a pen and paper, and write down what im about to tell you: 

   first question is true. 

   second question is false. 

   third question is false. 

   fourth is..., (etc.)

"now i want you to bring this piece of paper into the test on Friday..."

now, you would be loving that piece of paper! like literally keeping in your safe or something until Friday came. well wouldn't you?

the twist is, your friends wagged school! and didn't get to know the answers for the test!

This very scenario is happening right now in real life.

God gives you the answer to life in the Bible! in the Bible it tells you to CHOOSE LIFE! (or die)

in John 3:16 (again) - "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."

Deuteronomy 30:19 - "This day I call heaven and earth as witnesses against you that I have set before you life and death, blessings and curses. Now choose life, so that you and your children may live"

Romans 3:22(a) - "This righteousness from God comes through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe."

Romans 4:24 - "but also for us, to whom God will credit righteousness—for us who believe in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead."

Romans 10:9 - "That if you confess with your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved."

Galatians 3:22 - "But the Scripture declares that the whole world is a prisoner of sin, so that what was promised, being given through faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who believe."

(all verses sourced from the NIV Bible.)
The Bible tells us in many ways to CHOOSE LIFE! to believe and accept Jesus Christ into our lives. (now i'm sure that there are many more versus, which i am yet to find)

our lives are very much like the school scenario i mentioned earlier:

• our lives are like tests, that God has set us all, just like any test a teacher sets her pupils.

• God loves us so dearly that he provided the answer to that test by giving us the Bible. The teacher loves her students so much that she gave out the answers.

• yet there were still people that chose to wag school. that are ignorant of the answers to the test. so what are you going to do? if you had the answers, wouldn't you want to share it with your friends? even thought they wagged (which is a bad thing to do) you would still forgive them, just cos they're your friends! so of course, you would want to share the answers with them?

this is much like how the Bible is treated now. many people choose to ignore the Bible, the very book with the answers to Life. since i know the answers to life, then wouldn't i want to share it with all my friends? furthermore, to everyone i possibly can possibly reach to!?

well it's just something for you to think about for now.


May God bless you all.

written by WL