22/11/2023
CHOICE
TEXT: Life brings man to a point of decision many times. Life is full of choices , the choice to either be a good person or wicked person, the choice to succeed or fail, love or hate,live as fruitful life or unfruitful life the choice to follow Jesus, or not to etc(Joshua 15:24 sxfays 'chose you this day whom you will serve, Werther the god that your father served in the region beyond the river, or the gods of the Amortizes . The choice we make now or later has a way of determining the outcome of our present and future life..
God when He created man. He bestowed upon man the privilege of choice, we can not side-stop this responsibility nor the result of our choices,for many will have eternal consequences. Genesis 2:17 says,"but you must not eat from the tree of knowledge of good and evil, for in the day you eat of it , you will surely die. God in His infinite mercy have us the choice of life and death . Deuteronomy the 30:19says " I call heaven and earth to record against you this day that I have set before you life and death, blessings and cursing, but choose life that both you and your seed may live.
GOD DESIRE WE CHOOSE LIFE
The life that God desire we choose is not this temporal life but eternal life. John 10:28 says And I give unto them eternal life, and they shall
not perish. John 17:3 says "Now this is eternal life that they know you the only true God , an,d Jesus Christ , whom you have sent. Choose life(Jesus Christ)is the greatest and wisest choice anyone can make, it comes with no regrets but joy, peace,happiness and fulfilment in life.
Lot choose the plain of Jordan and pitched his tent towards S***m(worldly pleasure) he lost it all when S***m was destroyed(Genesis 13:11-12). Daniel a young man in Babylon choose in his heart not to defile himself with with kings meat, and he was exalted with his friends who also made a noble choice.
Dear reader and friend, have you made the choice to follow Jesus Christ?. It is the best choice you will ever make in life.Mathew 11:30says "come unto me you that labour and are heavy ladden and I will give you rest.
GODS INVITATION
Come now and let us reason together saith the Lord; though your sin be as scarlet, they shall be as withe as snow, though they be red like crimson they shall be as withe as wool. (Isaiah 1:18). Today, if you hear His voice,(invitation) do not harden your heart.(Hebrew 3:12). Invite Christ Jesus into your life..