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Facing The Facts: ABOUT THE FUTURE No. 4 of 4 |
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The future begins now. What we shall be tomorrow depends on what we are today. What a man sows, that will he reap. If he lives -- and goes on living -- a life of self-indulgence, he can look forward only to the empty old age of the burned out sensualist. If he is content to be one of the crowd -- "no worse than anybody else," as he might say -- he will rob himself of power to grow, and sink into worthless mediocrity. And what comes after? The Bible says that "he that sows to his own flesh will from the flesh reap corruption," -- and it means what it says. With the decay of the body comes nothingness, for that is what death is. The man who aims high has the satisfaction of having done his best, of possessing the love of his family and the respect of his friends, but the bitterness of death still mocks his endeavours and makes a waste of all his labours. But for the man who learns to know God, and to rest on His promises and to follow His ways, there is a very different prospect. It is said that "he who sows to the Spirit will from the Spirit reap eternal life." Those who follow that course are received by God as His sons and daughters. They will belong to the age that is coming when God will reign as King, one Lord over all the earth. If that is to be our future, something must happen now. In the words of Jesus, we must be "born again." We had no choice when we were born naturally with our human instincts and desires, but we can choose to enter on a new kind of life with God's help through baptism. Then we can look forward to the full unfading life of His Kingdom on earth.
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