Jesus Gives You a Choice

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Then Jesus said to his disciples: If any of you want to be my followers, you must forget about yourself. You must take up your cross and follow me.  If you want to save your life, you will destroy it. But if you give up your life for me, you will find it.

Matthew 16:24-25 - CEV

How does a man forget about himself and give up his life?  

At our local hospital there are a number of older men and women who volunteer every day to park cars for those who have come to see the doctor and find it hard to walk all the way from the parking lot.  There is another group of the elderly who push wheel chairs and serve as guides through the maze of hallways to help visitors find the person they want to see.

In the United States, at this time those who are part of the military are all volunteers.  No one is forced to "serve" as a soldier.  

Disciples of Jesus Christ are all volunteers!  No one is forced to follow Jesus and no one is compelled to walk in His steps!

Some who are not Christians often accuse followers of Jesus of "forcing" others to live by the standards of righteousness.  That is not true of Jesus.  Jesus wants you to come to Him of your own free will!  Jesus opened the door to Heaven for everyone who will walk through it by faith in Him.  But the door to Hell is also wide open for anyone who choses to go that way!

Jesus did not come to keep you from making the wrong choice.  Jesus came so that you would have the right choice available because of His Blood!  Jesus is the Way to Heaven, but you must choose Him in order to go!

"Lord Jesus, thank You for making it possible by Your own Blood for me to spend Eternity with You in Heaven!  May Your Holy and Righteous Name be praised now and forever.  Amen."