Ron Hutchcraft Ministries - The Most Expensive Mistake - #8291

Thursday, June 11, 2009

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NFL player Marquis Cooper was one of four men who set out for a fishing trip off the Gulf Coast of Florida. When they hit rough seas, their boat capsized, and Cooper and a friend never made it back. Sadly, the Coast Guard never received a distress signal from Cooper’s fishing boat. But here’s the sad footnote to the tragedy. Two days before that fatal trip, a friend had urged Cooper to buy a life-saving device that self-activates radio signals when a boat flips over, but he never got what could have saved his life.

I’m Ron Hutchcraft, and that is the kind of mistake the Bible says has cost a lot of people their lives–forever, as in eternal life. We may not realize it, but according to the Bible, we are all in a deadly situation. We were created by God and for God, but we’ve all lived for ourselves instead. We’re rebels against the God who made us, which leaves us separated from the One we were made for. If we die that way, we’ll be away from Him forever. As the Bible says, though, God does not want “anyone to perish” (2 Peter 3:9 ). So He sent Jesus, His only Son, to do the dying for our sins.

Jesus paid the price to give us eternal life, but He doesn’t force it on us. We make it ours when we say, “Jesus, I’m Yours.” Then God asks this sobering question: “How shall we escape if we ignore such a great salvation?” (Hebrews 2:3 ) You don’t have to reject Jesus to miss heaven, just neglect Him. The life-saving option is there within your reach.

We’d love to help you make that personal connection with Jesus today. I hope you’ll check out our website. That’s what it’s there for…ALifeThatMatters.org.

This radio program references: 2 Peter 3:9 ; Hebrews 2:3