Cruise Ship or Battle Ship

If I am a little caustic today it's because I pulled out some old Keith Green music. It is amazing to me the audience that Keith was gaining at the time of his death. His approach was absolutely in your face. The first line to "O God Our Lord" is, "Who ya gonna throw in the lake of fire?" Some responses in the song to the question are, the devil and the man with the dark desire or the liar and the thief and the ones half ready. Keith also wrote, Jesus rose from the dead, you can't even get out of bed. You may think this is a little bit overboard, but I would contend that in this day of ecclesiastical sleeping the only way out of a deep sleep is to be startled. If you are really comfortable in a deep sleep you can be really be put out if someone tries to wake you up. Why is it that a message of severe judgment is so hard to stomach? Is it untrue Biblically? Do we not believe the Bible? Or, might it be that it might not sound very inviting to the hearer?

I like the idea of taking an Alaskan cruise. I would love to see the glaciers, a whale, the majestic scenery. There could be nothing much better than being on a cruise ship enjoying all that is good around you. Unless, you are in the middle of a war!! The cruise ship is ill-equipped to defend or protect you, and it certainly cannot destroy the enemy. Is the lake of fire a reality or imagination? Do we love our pleasure, sleep or comfort more than our family, friends, neighbors or God? The Bible says in the last days they would be lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God. What days are we in?

Awake O Sleeper!! People of God arise!! It is so good to serve Him with abandonment. It is even better than all the pleasures you can contrive and more profitable than a lifetime of deep sleep zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!!!

We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment in the twinkling of an eye at the last trump!! The ultimate reward is just around the corner.