Two words—repentance and unrepentance—the latter is our problem and the former our solution. In Luke 24:45-48, Jesus commissioned His disciples, and in doing so commissioned His church, to preach repentance to all nations. The message has never changed. The message of the Old Testament prophets was repentance. The message of John the Baptist was repentance (Matthew 3:1-2). The message of Jesus was repentance (Matthew 4:17). The message of the apostles was repentance (Acts 2:38). And the message Christ has commissioned His church to preach to the world today is still repentance (Luke 24:47).

Although repentance is what Christ has commissioned us to preach to the world today, no message in the world today is more readily ...

Jesus told a parable about a “certain rich man” whose material abundance necessitated his building of bigger barns (Luke 12:16-21). Upon the completion of his barn expansion project, he sit back, put up his feet and said to himself, “Soul, thou hast much goods laid up for many years; take thine ease, eat, drink, and be merry.” Although Smith Barney and E.F. Hutton would be proud to claim someone possessing such an impressive portfolio as their client, the eternal brokerage firm of the Father, Son and Holy Ghost considered him a “fool” for having never consulted them about his eternal investments. The very night that this rich fool figured himself fixed for life was the same night his life abruptly ended.