The Choice Is Yours This Morning!

“There they crucified Him, and with Him two other men, one on either side, and Jesus in between. (John 19:18)

Hey Gang, did you know that Edwin Thomas became a renowned master of the stage as a Shakespearian actor at the age of fifteen? Did you also know that his brother, John, played the part of Brutus in Julius Caesar with Edwin?. But did you also know that two years later John assassinated President Abraham Lincoln?

Did you also know that Edwin, while waiting for his coach, saw a young, well-dressed young man who lost his footing and fell between the platforms and into the path of an oncoming train? Without hesitation, Edwin locked his legs around a railing and pulled the young man to safety. And finally, did you know that the young man was none other than the son of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant?

Edwin and John had the same mother and father, profession and passion – yet one choose life the other death. One wonders how that happens, but this we know, it does indeed happen.

Cain and Able - both sons of Adam and Eve; Cain choose murder, and God let him.

David and Saul – both kings of Israel; one choose God, the other chose power – and God let him.

Peter and Judas - both denied the Lord; one sought mercy and forgiveness, the other choose death, and God let them.

And no one delineates our choices more clearly than Jesus; according to Him we, too, choose.

Matthew tells us that we have the option to choose a narrow gate or a wide gate, a narrow road or a wide road, a big crowd or a small crowd. (Matthew 7:13-14)

We can choose to build on a rock or sand (Matthew 7:24-27); serve God or riches(Matthew 6:24); be numbered among the sheep or the goats. (Matthew 25:32)

Soooo, good folks, before this day is over we will have opportunities to make choices on feeding the white dog or the black dog. Jesus put it this way, “Then those who make the choice to go their own way are choosing eternal punishment but, praise God, we also have the option to spend all eternity in the place prepared for His sheep”. (Matthew 25:33-34)

Blessings,

Gramps