The occasional gamble on the horses, or football, or the lottery would be called a ‘wee flutter’ and those who do gamble will give a lot of thought to the odds, and the chances of winning. The thought is for a little risk, you might just win a lot of money. If you lose, it isn’t the end of the world. You can have another go the following week.
Studies show that the vast majority of people believe in a god of some kind, and life after death, ie some kind of heaven. Most religions will also say that the opposite of heaven would be some kind of torment, or hell for ever. Christianity believes in a real heaven to be gained, and a real hell to be shunned or avoided at all costs.
Since most folks take a lot of trouble to check the odds on their wee flutter, you would think these same folks would give a lot more consideration to the ‘odds’ of going to heaven or hell. Sadly, that is not the case. We are conditioned to believe that we all get to heaven after death, and that’s in spite of the fact that there is an alternative. How many funerals have you been to that even mentioned the possibility of hell? I can’t think of any because it’s no comfort to the grieving family. However, the person who has died will have given a little thought to the question of their eternal destiny at some time, and considered it in the same way they thought about that lottery ticket and took the gamble.
Our eternal destiny is not a lottery, and we shouldn’t treat it as such. The trouble is if we think it through there’s a problem. We realise that we must do something about it, make a choice, and to be sure of heaven, we must actively believe in Jesus Christ as Saviour, and you know in your heart, that He will change your life. We are not ready for that, so we gamble our eternity on the chance that we will get into heaven somehow someway anyway, no matter how we have lived our life. Are you happy with that arrangement?
There is a way that people think is right, but it leads only to death. Proverbs 14:12
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