Man's Strange Sense of Values

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Most people are looking for all they can get in this world. They will accept pleasures, riches, honors, or anything which will add to their enjoyment here.
But when it comes to accepting true riches from God, pleasures for evermore, and a place with Christ in glory, they are not so ready or willing.
Salvation, forgiveness of sins, eternal life and an everlasting inheritance in glory are freely offered by God to every needy sinner. We either accept these gifts or we reject them and spend eternity in hell. The same God who created us in the beginning also has something much better for us in the end. All that is required is our acceptance.
Yet how few there are who are willing to receive these priceless blessings! How freely God, in His Word, offers His gifts to every believing sinner!
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord." Rom. 6:2323For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23).
"Being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus." Rom. 3:2424Being justified freely by his grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus: (Romans 3:24).
"For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God." Eph. 2:88For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: (Ephesians 2:8).
No matter what your past life has been, if you will just bow to God in true repentance, and put your trust in the Lord Jesus Christ, the Son of God, then all these blessings and many more will be God's free gifts to you.
If you are not saved, why not? Remember God has told us: "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many." Heb. 9:27,2827And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment: 28So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation. (Hebrews 9:27‑28).
Why not come to Him now? "Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved." Acts 16:3131And they said, Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house. (Acts 16:31).