We make decisions every day, and often we do so automatically without giving them much thought. Do we turn on the light when we walk into a room? If it is dark in there, then yes, without thinking about it, but if not, then what will you be doing in there? If it is mealtime, what will you eat, and will you go somewhere to eat?
Our choices often reflect what we prefer and the experiences we have had, helping us achieve the results we want. Some decisions involve less experience and can produce unknown results. With those decisions, we evaluate both the risks and odds, then make our choice. When employed, workplace policies and regulations often influence our choices. If we are married and have children, then we have other sets of rules and factors that significantly impact many of our decisions. Therefore, we accept that other people may be involved in how we decide on our actions.
Our assumptions have more impact on our daily decisions than we might think. When we wake up each morning, we assume we will still be alive by the end of the day and expect to have more years ahead of us. Truth is, we really cannot know what might happen tomorrow or at any point. We buy life insurance to help support our spouse and children in situations we cannot predict.
When we die, the decisions we have made determine what happens then. If you buy life insurance before passing away, your policy will ensure money is paid out according to its terms. If you have purchased burial insurance and plots, then those items will already be covered, and if not, money from the life insurance can be used toward those costs. What happens to you when you die, and what can you do about that? Let me approach this in a binary way.
Option one: When you die, that is all there is, and nothing more happens – no heaven or hell. How you live your life only impacts those you leave behind. This option requires that every book ever written, and every statement made about life after death or about a human soul, is wrong.
Option two: Heaven and Hell are real, and your soul now has a new address at one of those locations. Your new location was determined before you took your last breath, and it is forever. This choice relies on believing in a god, multiple gods, or a divine being connected to certain religious beliefs.
I am a Christian because Jesus Christ chose to die on the cross, to pay the price for my sins, so that I can be forgiven for my actions and spend eternity in Heaven with Him. Jesus makes it clear in the Bible what the path to Heaven is and that all other paths will take you to Hell. All other beliefs and non-beliefs will take you to Hell. No process can move a soul from Hell to Heaven after you have died.
The biggest gamble you can make is to assume you will always have time to make that decision to become a Christian or that there are other ways you can get to Heaven. You can bet on option one: that life just ends – if you are right, then nothing more happens. If you are wrong, then you will discover what Hell is like for eternity. If you believe there is a heaven and hell and chose another religion other than Christianity, if you are right, then whatever that faith says will control your destiny.
If the Christian faith is true, then all other beliefs are lies. For the Christian who dies, their destiny is Heaven. If the Christian faith is false, then life is over, and we have only had a more meaningful life and made things a little better for others.
Matthew 7:21-23 New International Version
True and False Disciples
21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. 22 Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name and in your name drive out demons and in your name perform many miracles?’ 23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you. Away from me, you evildoers!’
Alan Jackson – Only Trust Him
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