Which One Will You Choose?

An artist wrote an extensive description of heaven  and hell, detailing every aspect of life in both places. He then painted a large painting of each place on the wall in his office. Later, as people came to see him, he would casually ask them, “Which place do you want to live?” Not surprisingly, as they looked at the painting, everyone picked heaven. Not one soul ever picked hell.

Heaven and hell are destinations and before we get to the destination, we must choose the way we are going to travel. The way to the destination is determined by the nature we choose for our life. Will we have a Godly nature or a sinful nature? Peter describes both in chapters one and two of I Peter because he wants to show us what it really means to serve Christ. You have the opportunity to choose either a Godly nature or a worldly nature. One leads to heaven, the other will take you to the fires of hell.

Which one will you choose? Would you choose the nature of God which leads to eternal life in heaven or the worldly nature which leads to eternal condemnation? II Peter helps us see the choices in three short chapters.

• Chapter 1 looks at the Godly nature.
• Chapter 2 gives us a picture of the sinful nature.
• The last chapter takes a look at the judgment.

Think about it! I’ll see you in church Sunday.

Dean