Show Two Minute Sermon Dy By B Thomas Hastwell MAN IAN CHOOSES illS HIS FUTURE LIFE WHILE liE HE IS HERE HEREON HEREON ON EARTH I was talking to a aman aman aman man I chanced to meet m et up with the other day about matters having to do with religion and the future life I cant can't picture he said a God who is supposed to be a kind and just and loving father lather banishing a man from heaven because of the sins and errors of his life on earth A kind and loving father such as God is pictured to be could not do such a thing I pointed out outto outto outto to him it was not God who ban ban- banishes banishes banishes a soul from heaven It is the soul itself To better under under- understand understand understand stand this thise we e must think of heaven as a spiritual world de de- devoid devoid de- de devoid void of any material thing We must think of the streets of gold and alabaster walls as figures of speech Heaven is a spiritual world in which will be gathered the spirits of those who have lived their lives on earth in har har- harmony harmony harmony mony with Christs Christ's teachings Whether a mans man's spirit goes to heaven or elsewhere is auto auto- automatically automatically mati cally determined by the life he has lived on earth and the values he has created within himself If he has not not lived in accordance a with Christs Christ's teachings teaching he could not find happiness in heaven among spiritually harmonious souls Our future life is determined here on earth by our earthly lifes and our own acts or fail fail- ures We not God choose where we will spend eternity |