What Are You Waiting For?

I'd asked on an earlier post, “What more could God have done in order to make His existence known?”

There is another question along the same lines. The question is, “What more could God have done to provide for your safe arrival in heaven?”

. He's revealed His existence to us.

. He's told us the ground rules regarding our situation far in advance:

  - We're sinners in need of forgiveness.

  - We must repent of our sins and allow Jesus to be Lord of our lives.

. He's paid the penalty for our sins so we don't have to pay it ourselves.

Did you get that?

Jesus has already paid the penalty for our sins

Jesus has already paid the penalty for your sins

I said, Did you get that?

The penalty that is due as a consequence of your sins has already been paid.

Your sins are already forgiven!

It doesn't matter if you're an atheist, Buddhist, or Hindu. It doesn't matter if you worship Dung Beatles or if you have given your allegiance to satan.

Jesus has paid the penalty for your sins. All you have to do is reach out and accept that forgiveness. The guilt can be gone. You can be set free.

. It's like you've been acquitted of a crime. All you have to do is walk out of jail.
  - So why do you stay sitting in the cell?

. It's like you're lost in the desert, on the verge of death and there before you is a tanker truck full of water. A cup of cold water is handed to you. All you have to do is raise it to your lips and swallow.
  - So why do you throw the water out into the sand?

. It's like you're a starving street person standing outside a soup kitchen. All you have to do is go inside and enjoy the warmth and free food.
  - So why do you refuse what's being offered?

. It's like you are dying from HIV/AIDS. A cure has been found and it is free. All you have to do is go to the doctor's office.
  - So why not receive the health you so desperately want?

. It's like Someone has offered you eternity in paradise. All you have to do is be willing to say, “Thank you. I accept.”

That's all you have to do. God has done everything else.

In fact, your missing out on this opportunity, and going to hell, will require more effort than is required of you in order to go to heaven. For going to hell will require the deliberate act on your part of stepping over the dead body of Jesus in order to get there.

The debt for your sins has been paid.

All you have to do is reach out and take the receipt.

What kind of person would reject an offer of that kind of Love?