| A writer for a
newspaper, talking about Osama Bin Laden recently, said:
"Is he in Heaven? Is he in Hell? We know he ought to
be in Hell." Now, the writer may not have been perfectly serious about what he was saying; he was really saying that he's hiding somewhere, but no one knows where. But the writer probably really believes that Osama "ought to be in Hell". Now, this page is a message for you, the reader. I write it solely on the authority of the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, as revealed through the Holy Bible. Quite possibly you also think that Osama ought to be in Hell. But do you know what God says? Well, He says that I ought to be in Hell. He says that you ought to be in Hell. "What", you say, "I'm not evil like Osama is. I haven't arranged the murder of thousands of people." Well, I'm sure you haven't done things which are quite as bad as that. But did you know, you're still worthy of Hell. I'm worthy of Hell. Why? Well, the Bible says: "All have sinned and fall short of the glory of God", Romans 3:23. Also, the Bible tells us that "The scripture hath concluded all under sin", Galatians 3:22. So, to summarize, we're all guilty and deserving of Hell. We're all sinners. In one of the Psalms, King David writes: "Behold, in iniquity I was born, and in sin my mother conceived me", Psalm 51:5. What this means, is that each one of us is not only born as a sinner, but also conceived as a sinner. So what hope IS there for any of us? Well, that's the GOOD news. |
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