It’s On Your Schedule!

May 30, 2025

KEY FROM GOD’S WORD:

Hebrews 9:27-28
And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.

 

THOUGHTS ON GOD’S WORD:

 

     Death! Even the word sounds creepy. The idea of dying is not something most people want to dwell on. I heard tell of a preacher who stood on the platform behind the pulpit and said, “Everyone who wants to go to heaven, please raise your hand.” Almost every hand in the building went up. He reached under the pulpit, pulled out a pistol, held it above his head, and said, “Who wants to go right now?” All the hands went down. You see, we all want to go to heaven, but we all like what God has provided us with here and now.

 

     The Bible says every person who was ever born has an appointment to keep with death. It is a time when we will close our eyes to the things of this present world. What happens then? That depends on what you believe while your eyes are still open. If you have trusted in Jesus’ death and resurrection to pay the full price for your sins and completely turned your life over to Him, when you close your eyes here, you will open them in a wonderful place called heaven. You will be judged as an athlete who finished a race. The Righteous Judge of all eternity, Jesus, will reward you for all the things you have done for His Kingdom. However, if you have not trusted Jesus for salvation, you arrive in a place of torment for the lost. There is a judgment there also. This judgment is not one of reward, but a sentence to a second death. Brought before Jesus, the same Righteous Judge of all time, He will say, “Depart from me, I never knew you.” A second time, you will be separated from Him but this time for all eternity and placed into outer darkness. This is called the second death.

 

CARRYING THAT THOUGHT THROUGH THE DAY:

 

     Check your schedule. You have an appointment you will keep. 

 

Where are you making plans to go?

 

IF YOU ARE JOURNALING:

Ask yourself, what are MY THOUGHTS concerning this Passage and today’s Devotion?

 

Do I find within this reading a CHALLENGE for my life?

 

What are one or two things I WILL DO today or this week to accept that CHALLENGE?

 

  

GOD TALKING TO ME:  May 30, 2025

THROUGH THE BIBLE ACCELERATED READING
^{(OT-1, NT & PS-2, Prov-Monthly)}
2 Samuel 19, 20 / Psalm 119:97-112
Proverbs 30 / Hebrews 8, 9

 

THROUGH THE BIBLE OLD & NEW TESTAMENT DAILY
2 Kings 4-5  /  John 10:1-21