Only One Person Opinions #66

God's Future Invasion of Earth in Force
by C. S. Lewis from his book “Mere Christianity”

“God is going to invade this earth in force.

But what is the good of saying you are on his side then, when you see the whole natural universe melting away like a dream, and something else—something it never entered your head to conceive—comes crashing in; something so beautiful to some of us, and so terrible to others, that none of us will have any choice left?

For this time it will be God without disguise; something so overwhelming that it will strike either irresistible love or irresistible horror into every creature.  It will be too late then to choose your side.  There is no use saying you choose to lie down when it has become impossible to stand up.  That will not be the time for choosing; it will be the time when we discover which side we have really chosen, whether we realized it before or not.

Now, today, this moment, is our chance to choose the right side.  God is holding back, to give us that chance.  It will not last forever.  We must take it or leave it.”
 
 

Read what C. S. Lewis wrote about
accepting or rejecting Jesus Christ

See my Letter #60 Why Does Evil Exist?
for my mention of C. S. Lewis

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