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Unprepared
“Be ye therefore ready” (Luke 12:40).
Caesar Borgia (born c. 1475/76, probably Rome, Italy — died 1507, near Viana, Spain) was an Italian nobleman and politician, as well as a man of impassioned purpose. His ambition was to have wealth and power, and he achieved both. First, he became Archbishop of Valenza, then a cardinal, and afterwards Duke of Valentinois. But when death claimed him, he left his riches, position, and power, and took only his sins with him into eternity.
Realizing this, he groaned while dying: “In the course of my life, I have provided for everything except for death. Now I am dying though completely unprepared for it!”
The question may be asked, “Is Caesar Borgia the only one so foolish?” The answer is “No!” Multitudes of young and old alike are totally unprepared for eternity. They think only of the present, and provide for everything, except death, not considering the fact that they will spend eternity in hell. They fail to grasp the Lord’s question, “For what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Or what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?” (Mark 8:36-37).
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