"Grace" is her name. Lorene MacKenzie had us build this cabin for her. It is nice on the outside, but you should see the inside. It is gorgeous -- a work of art, built by the loving hands of LaMar Lamb -- gone to be with Jesus.

Eph 2:8-108 For by grace you have been saved through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God, 9 not of works, lest anyone should boast. 10 For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared beforehand that we should walk in them. NKJV

"Grace" cabin makes me think of our relationship with Jesus. It may look nice from the outside, but the outside is nothing compared to the inside. I never dreamed that a relationship with God through His Son, could be so wonderful. The last thing in the world I wanted to be was a preacher. It seemed so bland and boring from my view outside His Grace. But once I surrendered to Him, I thought to myself "You mean this world of peace and joy has been here all the time, and I didn't know it??" From a world of strife and torment, I moved by His Grace to a world of freedom, joy, and PEACE. Peace, Peace, wonderful peace, coming down from the Father above... Now, I can't imagine how anyone can tolerate existence without a personal relationship with God, by His Grace, through a relationship with Jesus Christ.

My father is 81 years old this January and does not know Christ. He has battled through prostate cancer and a heart bypass. What hope is there when you are old, sick, and without God. You can only hope that you will make 82 --- And if you get sick enough you can only hope that your suffering will end when you finally die. But the truth is, without Christ your suffering has only begun. I don't know where hell is physically, and I don't know much about what it will be like. But I know it will be a place totally without God. Can you imagine being stuck in a place with Hitler, the Muslim terrorists, Charles Manson, the child rapists, and never being able to get away from them. Not to mention the devil and all his demons. The Bible describes it in Revelation like this:

Rev 20:10-1510 The devil, who deceived them, was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone where the beast and the false prophet are. And they will be tormented day and night forever and ever.
11 The Great White Throne Judgment
Then I saw a great white throne and Him who sat on it, from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away. And there was found no place for them. 12 And I saw the dead, small and great, standing before God, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their works, by the things which were written in the books. 13 The sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades delivered up the dead who were in them. And they were judged, each one according to his works. 14 Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And anyone not found written in the Book of Life was cast into the lake of fire . NKJV

Whatever the lake of fire is physically, an actual fire or the most posh resort in the world, it will be hell, without God or hope.

We have set before us today two pictures. One is a place of Grace the other a place of torment. The place of Grace, once inside, is more beautiful than you can imagine. The other, the place of torment, once inside, will be suffering beyond imagination. Which will you choose??

If you choose a life, here on earth, without Jesus, you are choosing an eternal future without Him. It is your choice. I pray you and your loved ones make the best choice.

God Bless You

Ridge & Elizabeth