Wake Up

In olden times, before going to bed, little children used to
sit in their grandmother’s lap and ask her to tell them some fairy
tales and stories of animals or dragons. Grandma was expected
to satisfy the children’s hungry imaginations with an exciting
story that might have a hidden lesson. (In fact grandmas used
to be living encyclopedias for their grandchildren.) After the
story, the little children would slip into the valley of dreams, sometimes
becoming a part of the tale they heard from grandma.
One of the stories grandmother’s told was about an innocent
dove and a shrewd cat. The story tells how the dove saw
a cat and became frightened, because the cat could devour
her. Terrified, the dove closed her eyes to hide from the sight of
ferocious cat. She thought that if she could not see the cat, the
cat could not see her. But Dove forgot that the eyes of Cat were
open to catch her and make her his prey. While Dove was
feeling hidden and safe, Cat pounced, and soon he was enjoying
a wonderful feast of dove.
Though this story was told to entertain children, it carries
a big message for lost brethren. Let us understand this story in

the context of our lives.
My brethren, you close your eyes, kneel down and worship
false prophets or idols or even scriptures of various religions,
feeling that you have hidden yourself from the ferocious
teeth of death. Death just laughs at your innocence, as your
closed eyes do not safeguard your soul. You pray before socalled
men of God, for your deliverance from the punishment of
your sins. You worship those who are also under the yoke of
sin. They will also face the wrath of the Lord for their transgressions.
They may be worse sinners than you, for they themselves
trample and lead you on the road of destruction. They
have strengthened your unbelief against God. Finally they will
also be in queue with you before the judgment seat on the Day
of Judgment. Like Dove, you hide yourselves in their shadow
and feel comfortable keeping a false hope of escape from eternal
death.
Let us presume that the prophets you worship were righteous
people and lived a holy life. Do you think their good deeds
are going to be credited to your account for your salvation? Will
your kneeling down before them or their images wash away
your sins that are written in God’s ledger? Have those prophets
ever said that they will take away your sins? No scripture that
you worship gives assurance for your deliverance. Rather they
speak loudly, “Your account will be opened by the Lord to weigh
your deeds for the granting of eternal life or eternal death.” Do
you know that your sins or virtues are not even accountable to
your own children? If your children cannot inherit your legacy
of virtue, how do you expect to be the heir of those men of God
who are not even distantly related to you? Open your eyes and
discard this deceptive belief: otherwise you will meet absolute
ruin. The Word of God says, “The soul who sins shall die”. This
is the verdict of God for you. I only want to give you a shake so

that you wake up, at least now.
The Word of God says that three of the most righteous
men of all time were Noah, Job and Daniel. Then it says that
even they could not save their own children by their
righteousness. How do you expect that kneeling down before
so-called men of God will save you from the fire of hell? Do you
know the command of God about whom you should worship?
Thus spoke God: - I am the Lord thy God. Thou shalt
have no other gods before me. Thou shalt not make unto thee
any graven image, or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven
above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water
under the earth. Thou shalt not bow down thyself to them, nor
serve them: for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, visiting
the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and
fourth generation of them that hate me… (Exodus 20:1-5)
What do you gain in worshipping these prophets or images
or scriptures? You place them above God the Creator and invite
His wrath upon you and your family. Save yourself from the
wrath of God, as He is a jealous God. He does not accept that
you should worship anything other than Him. Do you know that
sicknesses you suffer are for your sins against Him? Do not
deceive yourself. Do not close your eyes and fall into the trap
of death but keep your eyes open and worship Him, and seek
His forgiveness of your sins. He is very kind and merciful God.
He will talk to you when you clear the fog of falseness you created
around yourself.
You are suffering from another false belief that all roads
lead to the same destination. This is for your short-sightedness.
You know that you carried your dead ancestors to the graveyard.
For you, the journey ends in the graveyard. But, beyond grave-

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yard, your sins will lead you either to the fire of hell or to His free
gift of eternal life. He will grant you eternal life in His Heavenly
Kingdom.
You know that Jesus resurrected from the grave on the
third day and He is the living God. He gave defeat to death, not
only for Himself but also for you and me. We too will resurrect
after death and live, in everlasting life with Him in His Heavenly
Kingdom. Get yourself prepared for the resurrection, accepting
Jesus as your Savior. He has paid the price for your redemption,
but you must accept His free gift of eternal life by acknowledging
Him as your Savior. You are born in flesh and your body is
corruptible. It will perish. To have an incorruptible body, you
have to be born of God’s Spirit. Your sinful body of flesh and
blood cannot enter the Heavenly Kingdom, as nothing unholy
will see the Holy One.
Remember, you may accept Jesus as your Savior only
while you live on this earth. Once you die, you permanently lose
the free gift of eternal life. There is no second chance for it.
It is the ‘END TIME’ of this world. His second coming could
be any moment. So don’t delay accepting the free gift of eternal
life in Heaven. ‘Today’ may be the last day for you or for the
creation. The Lord may come any time. There may not be any
tomorrow for this earth and for everything in it. Accept Him now
and just now.
Remember the grant of eternal life or eternal death is in
the hands of the Savior who paid the price for our sins through
His blood on the cross.
Read the following verses with me: -
Romans 3:23 “For all have sinned and fall short of the
glory of God”.

I accept that I have sinned. I hope you would agree that
you too have sinned. No one born of woman is sinless.
Romans 6:23: “for the wages of sin is death, but the gift
of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”.
We have just confessed that we have sinned and fallen
short. We are in areal mess because the wages of sin is death
(eternal separation from God). We are sinners and on our own,
we are absolutely without hope. But the good news comes in
the second half of the verse. We do not have to suffer this
spiritual death on account of our sins because the “Gift of God
is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord”. He lived a perfect life
and died on the cross as our substitute and paid the penalty for
our sins. He graciously offers us forgiveness for our sins and
eternal life in heaven as a free gift. The gift is one we could
never earn or obtain at our own. It is not enough to know: we
must accept it.
Romans 10:13: “Everyone who calls on the name of the
Lord shall be saved.”
If we are willing to humbly receive Jesus as our Savior, we
will be saved.
Come, be my companion and follow the Lord to claim the
FREE GIFT OF “ETERNAL LIFE”.
Know your God: - All the gods and goddesses of the world
came to punish sinners. They came equipped with weapons to
kill you and me. They preached against sinners and put sinners
to death to make us understand the way of righteousness. Tell
me, are there any of your gods who loved sinners? Who loved,

lived and ate with sinners like you and me? You will not find a
single god other than Jesus who loved lived and ate with
prostitutes and the corrupt people of society. You know all His
apostles were from low and discarded lower communities of the
world. Read the Holy Word of God: -
Mathew 9:10-13; “And it came to pass, as Jesus sat at
meat in the house, behold, many publicans and sinners came
and sat down with him and his disciples. And when the Pharisees
saw it, they said unto his disciples, why eats your Master with
publicans and sinners? But when Jesus heard that, he said
unto them, they that are whole need not a physician, but they
that are sick. But go ye and learn what that means, I will have
mercy and not sacrifice: for I am not come to call the righteous,
but sinners to repentance.”
See His love for you and me. He sacrificed His Holy blood
on the cross for saving sinners of all generations from the
beginning to the end. We have acknowledged that we are
sinners. Come and let us know our God, the only Savior, and
follow Him.
There is a wide gap between “Religions” and “Faith in Him”
The theology of religions is “DO IT”. You try to do good
deeds like praying, being good to others, or giving money to the
poor, but you never know how many good deeds you have to
do to secure heaven. Your credit report is hidden from you.
You can never do enough to reach His standard of judgment.
The Lord says “DONE”. Jesus has done for us what we
could never do. He lived a perfect life and died as our substitute
and paid for our sins.
Come and claim your “FREE GIFT” of eternal life, just

accepting Jesus as your Savior. Remember, you cannot wash
your sins on your own but only He who paid the price for your
sins through His holy blood on the cross can set you free.
Jesus said, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man
cometh unto the Father, but by me. John 14:6
You may carry the burden of your sins on your own and
land up in hell or throw it on the shoulders of Jesus and have
eternal life in Heaven. Choice is yours.
Open your eyes and follow Him who said: -
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
I Corinthians 15:55
Listen to His gentle voice and follow Him. He is calling
you.
Come unto me, all ye that labor and are heavy laden, and
I will give you rest. Mathew 11:28
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AMEN
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