You'll Leave This World How You Entered, With Nothing

1st Timothy 6:7-12, “For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. But they that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. But thou, O man of God, flee these things; and follow after righteousness, godliness, faith, love, patience, meekness. Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.”

I was listening to Pastor J. Vernon McGee (1904-1988) last week in my car as I drove to go walking at Community Maritime Park in Pensacola. I wore my 20 pound weight vest, which I hadn’t worn since 2021 on Guam. I’ve been losing a lot of weight lately (27 pounds in just 4 months). This week I weighed 175.2 pounds on my digital scale. Amen! In September of 2023 I weighed 202 pounds. I’ve been taking prescription Mounjaro since late October, which is an amazing drug. I really like it. It’s a one week injection from a pen. I get 4 pens at a time. I started with 2.5 mg pens the first month; then 5.0 mg pens the second month, and now 7.5 mg pens. 15 mg is the highest dosage, but I don’t think my doctor will be raising my dosage any higher than 7.5 mg, because the drug is working well to control my glucose level.

Anyway, I was listening to Pastor McGee teach from Ecclesiastes chapter 5 and 6. He said that the rich man can only eat 3 meals a day, the same as the poor man. The rich man can pay for all the doctors he wants, but he won’t live any longer than the poor man. The rich man cannot enjoy seeing a sunset any more satisfying than the poor man can. The rich man eats food that grows from the same fields as the poor man does. The rich man can own 15 houses in different countries, but he can only sleep in one bed at a time. He can only live in one home at a time, while the rest of his houses sit idle uninhabited by him.

I watched an interview of David Lee Roth from Van Halen by Joe Rogan this week. Most Christians would likely consider such interviews as being a total waste of time. I mean, who wants to hear what a wicked heathen man has to say? As a Bible preacher I like to hear what everybody has to say. Pastor Jack Hyles used to wisely say: “Every man is my teacher.” As a musician myself I am curious about the lives of other musicians and singers. I like watching biographies as a hobby. People are interesting.

As I watched the interview of David Lee Roth, I felt sorry for him, because he is not a born again Christian. Roth professes to be Jewish in faith, which means he rejects Jesus as the Messiah. Being Jewish never saved anybody! Jesus plainly warned Nicodemus (a Jew) in John 3:3 that “Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.” Roth has shamefully lived his life glorifying the sins of lust, fornication, substance abuse, rebellion, et cetera. I am so glad to be a Christian! Time is running out for Mr. Roth. He is a lonely broken old man with a mansion in Pasadena, California.

In his reckless youth Roth chose not to get married or father any children, too busy chasing unholy skirts (which he openly admits). He has no kids or grandkids, which is sad. The guy has nothing! It would be wonderful if David Lee Roth would receive Jesus Christ as his personal Savior, so that all of his sins would be forgiven and then he'd go to Heaven at the end of this life. God desires for “all men” to repent (change their mind) toward God to be saved (2nd Peter 3:9). Military chaplain David Rutkin explains how to get to Heaven...

The Crystal Clear Gospel of Jesus Christ

Dear reader, this life is very short in lieu of eternity. When a man or woman is at their prime at age 35 and they feel on top of the world, just 40 years later they are 75 years old and well beyond the age that one is considered a senior citizen. What is 40 years? It's a drop in the bucket of time. My point is that if you are a young person, you’ll grow old before you know it; then like me you’ll look back over your life and wonder where the years went so quickly. Lord willing, I’ll turn 57 on March 5th, 2024. I feel like a teenager in my soul. My body feels about 80 sometimes due to my chronic neck pain. God is so good and I love Him as my dear Savior, Friend and Lord!

Oh, It Is Wonderful To Be A Christian

I follow a handful of preachers on X (formerly known as Twitter). I also follow Paul Stanley of the rock band KISS. I don’t support their wicked lifestyles, nor do I approve of their demonic rock music. I follow him out of curiosity to see what he promotes and how he thinks. Paul is now in his 70’s, as is also his band peer Gene Simmons (real name: Chaim Witz). Today on X Paul shared a post of himself holding a $1,000 bottle of expensive wine that he was drinking. He said that he worked hard and deserves it. Sadly, Paul and Gene are Jewish in their religious beliefs, both Christ rejecters (1st John 2:22; John 3:36). Unless these men repent of their unbelief and trust Jesus as their personal Savior, they will go to Hell in eternity.

Paul Stanley is living large, having a net worth of $200,000,000. His food doesn’t taste any better than mine. His bed is no softer than mine. He can only sleep in one bed at a time. He cannot eat any more food than I do. He may be able to travel the world, buy more expensive possessions, enjoy massive fame, et cetera; but he is living on borrowed time, just like everyone else on the planet. I thank God for the precious blood of Jesus that washed away all my sins when I was 13 years old in 1980. I simply knew that I was a sinner and I trusted Jesus as my personal Savior; believing that He died on a cross to pay for my sins, was buried, but then resurrected from the dead three days later (1st Corinthians 15:1-4).

Dear reader, you will leave this world exactly how you entered into it one day, with nothing. Country singer Toby Keith died on February 5th, 2024. Sadly, I doubt if he went to Heaven. His profession of faith in God and a Creator are not the same as being a born again believer. I like the following Bible verse from 1st Timothy 6:12, “Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.” That is very interesting. We know that we were born into this world with nothing, and we know that we will die taking nothing out of this life with us.

When billionaire Steve Jobs (1955-2011), founder of Apple Inc. computers, died, he left behind a staggering net worth of $10,200,000,000. Steve couldn't take even one penny of his amassed fortune with him into eternity. Biblically he died in his sins and went to Hell, being a devout Christ-rejecting Buddhist. Each and every day on average on the planet roughly 250,000 people die. According to Matthew 7:13-15 and Luke 13:23-24, most of those people go to Hell. That's nearly 2,000,000 people that die weekly! I dare say that at least 99% of those people go to Hell. What saith the Scripture? John 14:6, “Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”

If you are a born again believer, you ought to thank God with all your heart, mind and soul. So few people ever come to the saving truth of the Gospel of free grace. Most religious people are deceived by the Devil. Satan's greatest weapon is to con people into living the Christian life without ever being born again. Satan is a beautiful liar!

The Apostle Paul exhorts Timothy to fight the good fight of faith, and to lay hold on eternal life. That means to make the best use of our remaining time here on earth as saints. We already have eternal life through faith in Christ. Paul is saying to lay hold (seize the moment) on our eternal life, so that we can be used of God for the cause of Christ. Every believer should be a soulwinner. We all have a duty to share the Gospel with lose sinners. Tragically, less than 1% of Christians today care about sharing the Gospel. This is primarily the fault of pastors for not teaching and inspiring their church congregation to share the Gospel. Everything rises and falls on leadership. Soulwinning pastors are very rare!

Dear reader are you born again? If not you need to take care of that immediately because today could be the last day of your life. And if you are saved you should be serving God. When is the last time you shared the Gospel with a lost sinner? I witnessed to my doctor and her physician’s assistant. I witnessed to four of my neighbors.

I don't claim to be a great soulwinner. I still feel convicted about the times when I hid my candle for the Lord. I cannot go back and fix it, because I'll never meet those people again very likely. But I can use my past failures to strive to do better in the future (2nd Corinthians 10:6). Usually I fail when I get caught off guard and I'm not thinking clearly. When I am on the ball and I am prepared, I do much better. This is true of everything in my life.

This is why it is important that we all purpose in our heart to be soul-conscious. If we intentionally think about sharing the Gospel with lost sinners, we are much more likely to do it. God help me to be a better light for Jesus in this dark and dreary world. Matthew 5:16, “Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”

This earthly life will be over before we know it. James 4:14, “Whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.” I bought t really nice humidifier last year. I love this thing! It has a visible mist that comes out, which I love to breathe at night while sleeping. It keep it set on HIGH. It also has a cool nightlight. I have to fill the reservoir a couple times each day (I use a one litre fill container), but it's well worth the effort. Anyway, the water mist that comes out of the humidifier vanishes after beyond about 2 feet. The water vapor dissipates into the air, gone. The Bible says that is exactly how long our life is in comparison to eternity. Our earthly life is as a vapor of water that exists for just a moment, and then it is gone.

At the moment we die, the only thing that will matter then is if we are in Christ or not. Revelation 14:13, “And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them.” Everyone will either die in the Lord, or die in your sins. John 8:24, “I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am he, ye shall die in your sins.” If you die without having trusted Jesus Christ as your personal Savior, Hell will be your eternal fate. The choice is yours alone to make dear friend.

And if you are a child of God, all that will matter when you die is what you did in this short lifetime for the sake of Jesus and the Gospel. What works did we do in Jesus' name for others? Did we help the poor, needy, hurting, imprisoned and lonely people along life's way? Or did we selfishly live choked by the cares, riches and pleasures of this life (Luke 8:14)? We all make our choices in life. I have chosen as a born again believer to live for Christ. I stand with Joshua, who said in Joshua 24:15, “As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.”

Dr. Law & Dr. Grace
(Evangelist Lester Roloff)