What The Lost Must Remember Forever...
Jerri Manasco
One's memory can be
a rewarding and refreshing thing. It can also be a terrifying
thing! The joy of the memory of one's first date, his or her wedding day. The
date
of one's baptism and numerous other great events in life can be uplifting.
On
the other hand, the memory of painful moments in life can pull the rug from under a
person. Painful memories can rob one of joy and self esteem, and can cast a
shadow
even in the midst of an occasion of rejoicing.
Yes, memory can make us glad we have lived, but it
can also remind us of what
never should have been!
The lost people will have a lot to
remember in their eternal misery.
They Will Remember Why They Are Lost.
The memory of sin
in their lives will be renewed…constantly, "Son,
remember," was
The kindling of
remembrance of life's lost opportunities for one man (Luke 16:25).
Hell's tenant must
be intensified by the memory of the sins that send people there.
No one in Hell will
ever wonder why they are there.
They Will Remember That They Didn’t Have To
Go There.
The love of God is
too full and graciously shown for one to be forever ignorant of it.
"The love of Christ"
constrains the believer to work for him (2 Cor. 5: 14).
Paul declared that the love of Christ is what compelled the Lord to die for him
(Gal. 2:20).
The cross of Christ
may well become reasonable after all to those who in life rejected it!
The memory of the
way of salvation in Christ surely shall remain with those who have
Spurned it while
they lived here on earth. Many who have not given a moment's thought
To salvation here
will have eternity to reflect upon it, but it will be too late.
They Will Remember That Others Were
Concerned About Them.
Angels are
concerned about the lost (Luke 15:7). The church, the bride of Christ, is
Concerned about the
lost (Rev. 22: 17). Preachers and personal workers are concerned.
In eternity the
lost will have to remember all those times they ignored the pleas of godly
People.
They Will Remember That They Rejected The
Gospel.
God has given us
only the gospel as His power to save us (Romans 1:16).
The lost will forever remember that they could have obeyed the gospel and been
saved (Mark 16: 16; 1 Peter 1:21-22; Acts 6:7).
What a tragedy that the lost will have to
forever remember what they
spurned in life.
