We all have a choice, every single one of us.

John {5:24} Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life. {5:25} Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live. {5:26} For as the Father hath life in himself; so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself; {5:27} And hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the Son of man. {5:28} Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, {5:29} And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. {5:30} I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.


If we hear Jesus' words and if we believe in God who sent Him, we will have everlasting life. We won't be condemned. We will pass from death to life. There will come a time and in fact even now when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.


Think about it, we are all dead in our sins. Death is promised to all of us if we do absolutely nothing it is ours. Only when we accept Christ are we given the chance to live without death's promise hanging over us.


Eph. {2:5} Even when we were dead in sins, hath quickened us together with Christ, (by grace ye are saved;)


We are brought to life, true life only in Christ through His grace and mercy.


John {5:28} Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, {5:29} And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation


Picture it.


There have been enough zombie movies to picture it with a bit of detail, of course our idea of things isn't God's idea of things. Still we've seen people coming up out of graves. Just imagine this scene- ALL that are in the graves -- ALL will hear the voice of Jesus. When all hear they come forth from those graves. Everyone who has ever lived and everyone who has ever died will come forth from their graves and some of them will come forth to life and others to damnation. Those who have done good to life, those who have done evil to damnation.


We've heard this tale over and over, the good go to heaven the bad suffer. We see try to emulate that in our own lives. We want the bad to be punished and the good to be rewarded. All too often the bad are rewarded while the good suffer and it seems so wrong to us that it should be that way. Our societies are founded with the hope of good prevailing but more often than not those governing our societies turn out to be corrupted. When we are told that those who have done good will live and yet we find ourselves filled with evil ways we despair of ever living eternally, we have to realize that the only good thing we can do is accept Christ and His righteousness.


All that are in the graves will hear and that day is soon arriving.


1 Thess. {4:16} For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: {4:17} Then we which are alive [and] remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. {4:18} Wherefore comfort one another with these words.


When Christ Himself comes down from heaven with a shout... the dead in Christ shall rise first.


The day is coming. Not all of us will be dead but when Christ comes our fate will have been decided. Only those IN CHRIST will live. The dead in Christ will live. Those alive in Christ will live. No one who doesn't have Christ in their lives, no one who is not IN Christ will live because it's only in Him we can live. Life is in Christ and only in Christ and while many will tell you differently and try to convince you of many, many things we can't believe them, we can't turn to man for the answers but only Christ. Mankind will fill our heads with all sorts of amazing and believable things to convince us of why we shouldn't live our lives in Christ. When Christ returns and calls His people to Him there will be many who won't be In Him, many who will have chosen to live for themselves and not Christ.


We all have a choice, every single one of us.


John {5:30} I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me.


Jesus of Himself does nothing. His judgment is just. He doesn't seek His ownself. Jesus seeks the will of His Father who sent Him.


If Jesus does nothing of Himself and He is our example, we can do nothing for ourselves, nothing of ourselves all we do is to be one through Him, by Him. Our Heavenly Father we live for Him to do His will. We must give ourselves to Him, now and forever.


By the Grace and Mercy of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Amen.