Monday, April 3, 2017

Appointments

    All of us have appointments or have made appointments and agreements. We all do this many times throughout our lives. We have appointments with doctors, dentists, lawyers, business associates to have lunch with them, etc. Oh, I almost forgot that it was time to write this article and send it to be printed. And, how about the date of April 15, income tax deadline? We all fail sometimes, don’t we? I suspect it all depends on how important we think the appointment (responsibility) really is.

    Death is certain for all of us. It is reported that even Freud said, “The goal of all life is death.” Whether we want to admit it or not, all of us do have an appointment with God. The Bible clearly puts it in these words, “And inasmuch as it is for man to die once and after this comes the judgment” (Hebrews. 9:27).

    I really hope you do remember you do have this appointment with God. All of us do. There is no exception. Whether we are young, middle aged or older and whether we like it or not, we have this appointment with God Almighty. This same loving and righteous God has told us in His Word how we all need to prepare to meet Him at His appointed time. He has sent His Son the Lord Jesus Christ to pay the penalty for the sin of all mankind. The apostle John put it this way, “For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have everlasting life. For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world but that the world might be saved through Him (John 3:16-17),