Preaching with a purpose

I was talking with some friends tonight about what it would be like here on earth without the influence of God. There would be no love between people, no helping one another. In Norway on Friday hell seemed to have broken out, but still there was the love of the young people for one another; helping each other to hide from the gunman. In situations like that good always surfaces. Hell itself will have nothing of God in it. It will not be a cosy place to spend time with your mates. There will be no mates, just enemies. Do you really want to go there? Then put your trust in Jesus and spend eternity in heaven with me and what is more important, with God, whose love justice and holiness will shine there, to the delight of all His followers.

We are always taken off guard by these terrible shootings by lone gunmen and yet there has been a steady stream of them over the years. In this country we have had Dunblane, Hungerford and Cumbria. There will always be such events because there is evil in the world and now and again it takes over some seemingly innocent mother's son and turns him into a monster. We like to think it could never happen to us, that our children are safe. Our child will never get shot, our son could never be the killer. Sin is a very potent force and any one of us could do these terrible things. It is only God's mercy which stops us. If we do not repent and turn to God we too could turn into a monster.