Has your dad, or even you, tried to put something together without bothering to follow the instructions? I am sure it happens all too often, because there is a saying, “When all else fails, read the instructions!” This advice has even been printed on T-shirts. As I followed a man one time, the advice written on his shirt said:
Read the
Basic
Instructions
Before
Leaving
Earth
Did you notice what the first letter of each word spells? This man was giving us the advice to read the Bible, for it is there that God has given us instructions, not only on how to live, but also on how to die. God made us, and He knows just what is best for us and also knows what will harm us. He tells us, and repeats it twice so that we will really take notice, “There is a way which [seems] right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death” (Proverbs 14:1212There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death. (Proverbs 14:12) and 16:25). That is a very serious statement, for when we think we are doing all right, we could be all wrong.
So like the man walking in front of me, I would urge you to read God’s basic instructions before you leave this earth. One verse you will read says, “If thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised [Jesus] from the dead, thou shalt be saved” (Romans 10:99That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. (Romans 10:9)).
ML-05/31/2015