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You Ready? In Medieval times, a king would often have a jester to entertain him and to cheer him up when he was sad or troubled. The jester would tell funny stories, perform tricks, and do most anything to amuse and distract the king in his difficult moments. The jester was called the king’s “fool.” A
certain king enjoyed his jester’s performances very
much; the jester could make him laugh so easily.
One day, the king handed the royal scepter to
the jester and said, After a while, the king grew deathly ill........... Feeling
very melancholy, the king called for the jester,
hoping that he could make him feel better.
When the jester arrived the king said, “Ah,
jester, I fear that I am about to depart upon a long
journey.” “Have
you known about this journey for long?” “Then this belongs to YOU - for you are a greater fool than I.” Wise are those who prepare for appointments that they know they must keep. Two such appointments that each and every one of us must keep are: death (unless the Lord comes first) and the judgment to come. “It is appointed for men to die once, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27). Have YOU prepared yourself for these appointments? Because of His great love, God sent His Son Jesus into the world that through Him we might be prepared for these unavoidable appointments. ‘So Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many” (Hebrews 9:28). On the cross, Jesus bore the sins of the world upon Himself; He paid the price for sin. One may receive the benefits of His sacrificial death by faith (Acts 16:30), repentance (Acts 17:30-31), confession (Romans 10:9-10), baptism for the remission of sins (Acts 2:38), and then “walking in the light as He is in the light” through a life of obedience to God’s will (1 John 1:7). To those who have obeyed the Gospel and “eagerly wait for Him, He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation” (Hebrews 9:28). No remedy remains, however, if we die in our sins and enter eternity without God. If Christ is not our sin-bearer, we will bear our own sins in judgment. Are you ready? God bless you!
David A. Sargent,
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