Dr. Johnson. Org
Are you destroying yourself?
In the gospel of Luke Chapter
12, verses 16-20, we read of a parable told by Jesus. "And he told them
this parable: The ground of a certain rich man produced a good crop. He thought
to himself, ‘What shall I do? I have no place to store my crops.’
"Then he said, ‘This is
what I’ll do. I will tear down my barns and build bigger ones, and there I will
store all my grain and my goods. And I’ll say to myself, "You have plenty
of good things laid up for many years. Take life easy, eat, drink and be
merry."
"But God said to him,
‘You fool! This very night your life will be demanded from you. Then who will
get what you have prepared for yourself?"
There are many rich people
around us who think and live like this man in the parable. There may be someone
in your family who lives like that. May be you, yourself. Think about it.
The rich man that Jesus spoke
of in the parable had only worldly thoughts about today and tomorrow, but no
thoughts about the never ending eternity.
Once a rich man came to me
for treatment of his illness. When he saw the advertisement of my first book
"Jesus is coming soon" he mocked and asked me. "Is this the
place where you issue tickets to heaven?" Since he was mocking I did not
reply to his question. That year he again came to me once or twice for
treatment. He lived a life of luxury. He had 2 vehicles, lots of property and
of a lot of money. He had no thoughts for God or eternity.
If you talked to him, he had
no desire to listen to it. I did not see him for quite sometime after that.
After 2 yrs, he again visited me. Very sad, sulken face, he sat before me with
a file in his hands. He was panting when he spoke. "I had been sick;
cough, expectoration and wheezing". I took the file from him and examined
it and saw that he had been on various treatments for the past 1 year. Because
he did not get any relief from the treatment that he received in Kerala,
After investigation there, he
had been diagnosed to be suffering from a medically incurable lung disease. He
was just prescribed some medicines for temporary relief.
I looked at him, and thought
in my mind, "Unless Jesus does a miracle; this man has no hope for healing
now."
I tried to initiate talks
about spiritual matters but even now he did not show any interest. After
sometime he departed. About 2 weeks later he passed away from this world.
When I heard that, I
remembered the question that he had asked me 3 yrs. back, "Is this the
place where you issue tickets to heaven?"
In the Holy Bible in the book
of Isaiah Chapter 55; verses 6 & 7 the prophet says,
"Seek the Lord while he
may be found; call on him while he is near. Let the wicked forsake his way and
the evil man his thoughts. Let him turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on
him, and to our God, for he will freely pardon."
Dear Brother, Dear Sister,
Are you waiting to call upon
God for the first time when death stares you in the face?
Are you waiting to call upon
God for the first time after being struck by an incurable sickness and death
stares into your eyes?
Are you waiting to call upon
God for the first time after drinking alcohol and your liver swells and you
start vomiting blood?
Are you waiting to call upon
God after chain smoking for several years and you are diagnosed to be suffering
from lung cancer?
Let it never be like that!
I keep advising many people,
"Alcoholism destroys the body. It brings eternal judgment."
I advised a man to stop his
alcoholism many times, for 8 years as and when he came to me for treatment.
"I drink only 2 pegs at night, and that too with my own money" Is
that alcoholism? He used to laugh and ask me.
After 8 yrs. he came to me
with swelling all over his body. I checked his liver function and the tests
showed that his liver had failed almost totally. Death was not very far from
him then.
Dear Friend, the Bible says,
"Don’t you know that you
yourselves are God’s temple and that God’s Spirit lives in you? If anyone
destroys God’s temple, God will destroy him; for God’s temple is sacred, and
you are that temple"(1 Corinthians
Are you destroying your body
by smoking?
Is it by alcoholism?
Is it by taking drugs?
God hates all such things!
All this is sin in God’s
presence.
Are you living as a slave to
sin?
Sin is the way to death dear
Brother, dear Sister, Not only bodily death, but eternal death.
Remember, there is an
eternity after your life on earth.
When you die on earth, though
your fleshly body becomes nonfunctional, your spirit and soul lives on forever
either in heaven or in hell.
To all who accept Jesus
Christ as their Lord and Savior and live a holy life according to the Word of
God, God has prepared eternal joy in heaven which will be their permanent home.
To all who rebel against God
and His word eternal pain and sorrow awaits for them in hell.
What will you choose? Today
is your day of decision!
In March 1994, a man came to
visit me. He was very rich, had a big bungalow and several acres of land in
I asked him, "Why do you
want this picture?"
"I want to build a house
like that, he said"
"But you have a bungalow
in
"It’s so
beautiful", he said, "I will build a house just like this. Kindly
give me this picture."
I told him, "This page
of the calendar is of the month of March. You can come on April 1st and I will
tear this page and give it to you as soon as March ends.
When I talked about God and
Eternal Salvation he, said
"We can talk of that
some other time."
While going his eyes were
still on the picture on the wall.
I forgot this matter totally
because of my hectic work. On April 1st when I glanced through the paper, I was
shocked to see his photo in the column for the deceased.
He had died of a heart attack
on March 31st. I remembered his words, his worldly desires and his habit of
postponing in making a decision for accepting Jesus.
What a pity!
Remember what God told the
rich man in the parable that Jesus said.
"You fool, this very
night your life will be demanded of you."
God loves you! Jesus loves
you!
Do not delay in accepting
Jesus as your Savior.
God is calling you today!
Jesus is calling you today!
Accept his call today and be
blessed!
Dear Brother, Dear Sister,
This is the day of decision
in your life.
Are you ready to accept Jesus
as your Lord and Savior?
Are you willing to give up
all your sinful deeds?
If you read Galatians Chapter
5 verses 19-21 the apostle Paul says,
"The acts of the sinful
nature are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and
witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition,
dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you,
as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the
Today are you willing to give
up any of the sinful deeds mentioned above that you may be doing?
If yes, you can pray the
prayer after reading these verses which speak about salvation
"For all have sinned and
fall short of the glory of God"(Romans
"Blessed is he whose
transgressions are forgiven, whose sins are covered"(Psalm 32:1).
"Salvation is found in
no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given to men by which we
must be saved"(Acts
"If we confess our sins
he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all
unrighteousness."(1 John 1:9).
"If you confess with
your mouth, "Jesus is Lord," and believe in your heart that God
raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you
believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are
saved"(Romans 10:9, 10).
PRAY THIS PRAYER OF ACCEPTING
JESUS CHRIST AS SAVIOUR
Dear Father in Heaven,
I confess that I am a sinner
and that I will perish in my sins if I do not accept Jesus as my Savior and
Lord. Forgive me all my sins and unrighteousness and wash me with the blood of
Jesus and make me a new person this day. I believe in my heart and confess with
my mouth that Jesus is your son and He died on the cross at