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How Long Is Eternity?
Contributed by Dr. Larry Petton on Dec 22, 2022 (message contributor)
A young boy went up to his pastor after his sermon and said, "Pastor, how long is forever?"
The pastor knelt down by the side of the boy and said, "Why would you ask me that question, Billy?"
Billy said, "Well, Pastor, you said that we were going to live in one of two places for the rest of eternity. Either Heaven or Hell. And I want to know just how long eternity is?"
The pastor smiled and said, "Listen to this story. If a little bitty sparrow could take a grain of sand and fly all of the way to the moon, and that's over 200, 000 miles! And If he could fly all of the way back to earth another 200,000 miles and get one more grain of sand and fly it back to the moon.....and keep transplanting the earth to the moon grain of sand by grain of sand. Then, my friend, that would be the BEGINNING OF ETERNITY."
Eternity is forever and you are going to be somewhere forever.
Reject Christ and you choose eternity in Hell.
Receive Christ and you are given eternity in Heaven with Him.
And you can't be neutral. You are either in or you are out.
What is your decision?
- Dr. Larry Petton
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