Who are You? What's Your Name?

Luke 13 describes a scene where Jesus was asked if few or many would be saved. Of course Jesus answered… “few” and went on to describe a scene where the gates to Heaven were slammed shut and those who were not saved tried to defend themselves and to persuade God to let them in and God told them… I never knew you workers of iniquity.

To make matters worse the lost could see in the gates of heaven and see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, etc. They could also see strangers from faraway lands sitting in places of honor where they should have been sitting.

Fast forward to our day and time. Maybe you’ve attended church with your family. Maybe you’ve shaken hands with the preacher every Sunday. Maybe you sang the loudest and even shed a tear or two at the Lord’s Supper but basically when away from the church building you did whatever you wanted to. You were just a Christian on Sunday mornings.

Jesus comes and gathers his sheep and carries them to Heaven. You’re there but you can’t get in. Wait… what’s that you see? Some stranger is sitting next to your wife. There’s your mom and dad. The last time you saw them was at their funerals. Oh look! There are all your kids and grandkids. But no one can see you and everyone is laughing and singing and it’s like you never ever existed and you have all of eternity to think back on how you lived and on what you have missed and maybe just maybe those are the real agonizing fires of Hell.

Wake up and prepare yourself for Heaven so you can enjoy Heaven with the ones you have loved the most in this life or sleep on and pay the price.