Requiem
There is a famous poem by Robert Louis Stevenson called Requiem that goes like this,
We all know that one day we will die. From the moment we are born the day of our death draws nearer and nearer. How long we have on this earth however is inconsequential because we as human beings are eternal beings. We are destined to live on throughout eternity.
The question becomes where will you spend eternity?
The apostle Paul is recorded in the book of Acts as saying this,
“Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.
For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you.
“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands.
And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.
From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.
God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
“Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by man’s design and skill.
In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead.”
When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.”
At that, Paul left the Council.
A few men became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others”Acts 17:22-34
Thus the question is in which group are you. Do you sneer and reject God completely. If so I respect your decision. You have that choice. I would however ask you reconsider and at least read what the New Testament has to say about God.
Are you of the group that wants to hear more about Jesus and God. If so I would suggest you start reading the New Testament and consider visiting a Church. Baptist churches around the world are good choices.
Did what was said above convince you that God is real. If so I would ask you to read the New testament and see what believers believed about Jesus. And I would also suggest that you look for a good church in which to meet other believers. Again world wide I suggest visiting a Baptist Church because over the years I’ve found them to be stable in their belief.
To all who have read this. I would ask that you consider what has been said. I would ask that you pray and ask God to make Himself real to you.
Please take time and think about it.
There is a famous poem by Robert Louis Stevenson called Requiem that goes like this,
Requiem
“Under the wide and starry sky
Dig the grave and let me lie.
Glad did I live and gladly die,
And I laid me down with a will.
This be the verse you grave for me:
Here he lies were he longed to be;
Home is the sailor, home from the sea,
And the hunter home from the hill.”
By Robert Louis Stevenson.We all know that one day we will die. From the moment we are born the day of our death draws nearer and nearer. How long we have on this earth however is inconsequential because we as human beings are eternal beings. We are destined to live on throughout eternity.
The question becomes where will you spend eternity?
The apostle Paul is recorded in the book of Acts as saying this,
“Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.
For as I walked around and looked carefully at your objects of worship, I even found an altar with this inscription: TO AN UNKNOWN GOD. Now what you worship as something unknown I am going to proclaim to you.
“The God who made the world and everything in it is the Lord of heaven and earth and does not live in temples built by hands.
And he is not served by human hands, as if he needed anything, because he himself gives all men life and breath and everything else.
From one man he made every nation of men, that they should inhabit the whole earth; and he determined the times set for them and the exact places where they should live.
God did this so that men would seek him and perhaps reach out for him and find him, though he is not far from each one of us.
‘For in him we live and move and have our being.’ As some of your own poets have said, ‘We are his offspring.’
“Therefore since we are God’s offspring, we should not think that the divine being is like gold or silver or stone—an image made by man’s design and skill.
In the past God overlooked such ignorance, but now he commands all people everywhere to repent.
For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to all men by raising him from the dead.”
When they heard about the resurrection of the dead, some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.”
At that, Paul left the Council.
A few men became followers of Paul and believed. Among them was Dionysius, a member of the Areopagus, also a woman named Damaris, and a number of others”Acts 17:22-34
Thus the question is in which group are you. Do you sneer and reject God completely. If so I respect your decision. You have that choice. I would however ask you reconsider and at least read what the New Testament has to say about God.
Are you of the group that wants to hear more about Jesus and God. If so I would suggest you start reading the New Testament and consider visiting a Church. Baptist churches around the world are good choices.
Did what was said above convince you that God is real. If so I would ask you to read the New testament and see what believers believed about Jesus. And I would also suggest that you look for a good church in which to meet other believers. Again world wide I suggest visiting a Baptist Church because over the years I’ve found them to be stable in their belief.
To all who have read this. I would ask that you consider what has been said. I would ask that you pray and ask God to make Himself real to you.
Please take time and think about it.
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