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Take care of your time to be saved

Your timer will cease soon, be prepared

26/10/2017

By: Obispo Amaury de Farias

All of us who believe in Jesus, we have eternal life. Life continues even after death. Everyone just goes from one life to another. The clock of life never stops, the timer of our goal ends, the one of our time to define where we will spend eternity. At any time, the timer will stop, and it will be the end of the period you had to decide and define your life. If you do not set or determine your life, there will be no more chance when that happens. In Luke 16:18, the Bible tells the story of two timers, one from a wealthy man and another one from Lazarus. One day, Lazarus` timer stopped, and later, the timer of the rich man stopped. That is the moment when we tell you what we did and what we didn`t do. The Bible says that the rich man dressed in purple and lived on benefits, day after day. Lazarus` life ran simultaneously, but he was full of wounds, at the gates of the rich man, looking forward to eating crumbs that fell from the table of the rich one, licked by dogs. One day, Lazarus` timer stopped. When he died, was taken by angels to the bosom of Abraham. Days later, it was the timer of the rich one that quit. We all walk to the end. At birth, our timer starts and the time spins until it stops. Different from Lazarus, the rich one was taken to hell, in torment. He cried out unto Abraham for mercy, to which Lazarus touched the water and wet his fingers, to provide him with what to drink. Abraham said, however, that he had all the time in the world to fix his life, which had all the perks in life and that Lazarus made the correct choices, while he, the rich one, made the wrong decisions. Now, it was too late because the timer stopped. At any moment, our timer can stop. Some people think it will end whenever we want, but it's not. God gives us all the chance to enter the eternal Kingdom, the Kingdom of Heaven, but he wants us to do what we need, we need to cast off, but quickly because at any moment, the countdown will end up. You need to get rid of what prevents you from entering the Kingdom of Heaven. None of us knows if there will be tomorrow, and Jesus said that what we have to do, it's necessary to be done soon. That rich man never imagined that the clock would stop all of a sudden for him too. So we have to be prepared without having shame on us, not getting caught in surprise, but practicing our faith. We need to be cautious so that our heart is not overwhelmed with the epic debauches, drunkenness, and the concerns of this world that take away the salvation of many, for that not to come upon us like a bond suddenly. When the timer of Lazarus stopped, he was ready; he did what he needed, while the rich man was caught by surprise. Everyone had circumstances of life and time to do what was necessary. If Lazarus, in subhuman conditions, did what was required, everyone can do. After the timer stops, time's up. There is a gulf between the saved and the damned. There is no purgatory or means of progressive spirit or soul of anyone. Who invented candle was a smart factory owner who became rich, probably. There are no additions, or "penalties." It's over; time`s over. What you have to do, do it now. Don’t wait for you to get baptized or to regret. The Bible says if it is necessary to put an eye or an arm, do it so that you won't be released in hell. You need to do that while the timer runs.

Give your life to Jesus today. Peter was a disciple and was with one foot at the Church, another in the world, thinking you were with God, but we are with God when we fulfill His will, not when we are physically close. He thought he could do his way and later he would have time to rearrange the things in life.

One day, Jesus came to Peter and said that if he died, everything would be lost. Satan asked his soul for him to use it and Jesus was the One who begged on behalf of him to prevent his faith from fading away. Peter was almost caught by surprise. For that, we need to save our soul, keep the practice of faith constantly. None of us knows when the timer stops, then we can't take long, but we have to do what we decide to do quickly so that we can enter the Kingdom of God. When aware of lack of time for him, the reach one asked Abraham for Lazarus to come back to talk to those who were still alive, to give testimony because they still had a chance. Abraham declined it and said there were Moses and the prophets, and they could hear them. In other words, Abraham said that the timer that ran for the rich one and Lazarus was the same that was running for everyone, those who want to do anything there is still time to do it because they all receive the same. You have to enjoy this time because it will stop one day. Do what you need to do while there is still time, don't waste your time. We need to run our lives with solutions, in relaxed condition because if our stopwatch stops today, we are allowed to enter the Kingdom of Heaven. What you have to do, do it now for you to live in peace, sure that you will not be caught by surprise. Don't let anything drive your focus of God`s things away. Always look at Christ, alive practicing your faith. We have to live day after day in the activity of the faith, not to get caught off guard. The Lord wants our life with Him in Heaven; He wants you to be safe.