You've Got to Be Kidding!

Recently I read the comments of a former mayor of one of America’s largest cities and read how this man- who has ruled a group of millions of people and made millions of dollars- could be so mistaken and ignorant of who God is. An April issue of the New York Times wrote this quote: “I’m telling you, if there is a God, when I get to heaven I’m not stopping to be interviewed. I’m heading straight in. I have earned my place in heaven, it’s not even close.” What a fool to even doubt the existence of God and then think he could in some way earn his way into heaven. He is delusional!

Unfortunately, there are many people in this world who believe they will go to heaven because of what they have done, because they go to church, or because they are a good person. The Bible says no one is going to meet in heaven except those who repent of their sins and put forth their entire lives into the hands of God. Thus, letting Jesus be the Lord of their lives; it’s not by being in control, doing good works or being a nice person.

The former mayor was right about one thing; he said, “It’s not even close,” because he is as far from God as one could be. The day he takes his last breath, if he hasn’t turned his life over to Jesus and repented of his sins, his eyes will be opened. He will see a place where he thought was make-believe or just for “bad people.”

Again, an example of the ignorance of mankind’s thinking versus the reality of God’s word. Thankfully, we are able to change the outcome, and it doesn’t have to be this way because the decisions made today will determine the future for anyone in the eternities of heaven or hell.