Because of Christs death on the cross the good news of the gospel can go out to all the world, telling them to Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved. (Acts 16:37) What a truly priceless gift God gave to mankind when he sent his Son into this world that lost souls might be saved!

Peter Strumfs Stradivarius lay in a garbage dumpster and soon a truck would come and haul it away to a landfill where it would be lost forever. Fortunately the cello was rescued before that truck arrived. A young lady spotted it in the dumpster and picked it out of the garbage. She thought she might be able to convert the cello into a CD container. She brought it home, and on closer inspection discovered it was the missing Stradivarius that was being reported about in the news. With a few scratches and dents on it she was able to return it to its rightful owner.

The Stradivarius was recovered but it came very close to being lost forever. If a soul dies never having come to the Savior they will be lost forever. The Lord Jesus spoke often on the reality of hell. He likened hell to a site called Gehenna in the valley of Hinnom just outside of Jerusalem. In ancient times it was a place where human sacrifices were offered by fire to an idol.

Then for hundreds of years the place became a garbage dump. City dwellers dumped and burned all manner of trash and refuse there. It was a maggot ridden trash heap with fires constantly smoldering in it. The Lord Jesus used this dirty, smoldering site to illustrate what hell was like. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out: it is better for thee to enter into the kingdom of God with one eye, than having two eyes to be cast into hell: where their worm dieth not, and the fire is not quenched. (Mk.9:47,48) Hell is a terrible place where lost souls will suffer forever.

Oh wont you realize that you have a soul that will be lost forever if you dont come to the Savior. In love and grace he is willing to save you the moment you realize your need and turn to him in faith. He knows all about you. He knows where you have been, and he knows what you have done. You cant hide anything from him. The incredible thing about his love is that even when he knows all about us he still loves us anyway. Dont fling your soul away like the thief threw the cello worth 3.5 million dollars away. Instead, come to him who said, He that cometh to me I shall in no wise cast out. (Jn.6:37)

For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans.6:23)

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