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The
popular TV show “Deal or No Deal” is a game played with 26 numbered briefcases
containing different amounts of money from one cent to $1 million. The
contestant doesn’t know which case has the million dollars. The player chooses
to eliminate cases one at a time. Each case is opened to reveal the
amount inside.
The banker then offers the player a guaranteed amount of money to quit playing. If the offer is refused, the player keeps choosing briefcases to possibly win more money or lose it all.
On one episode, a woman had eliminated all but two briefcases. One case contained $1 million while the other only had $5,000. The banker offered her a guaranteed deal of $530,000 if she would quit playing. She could take home over a half million dollars if she would accept his deal, or she could turn down the deal and take a 50/50 chance at winning $1 million. No one in their right mind would turn down the guaranteed $530,000 deal to keep gambling.
The audience yelled for her to go for the $1 million. A family member begged her to take the guaranteed $530,000. Instead, she listened to the audience and yelled, "No deal! I KNOW that I'm going to win the million dollars!" They opened the case she had picked, which only contained $5,000. She made the wrong choice and forfeited $530,000!
Everyone is playing Deal or No Deal with their souls. Jesus said, "For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world, and forfeit his soul? For what shall a man give in exchange for his soul?" (Mark 8:36-37). We’re betting our eternal souls that what Jesus taught about the afterlife is either true or not true. Like the woman choosing between the two suitcases, we are choosing between two eternal destinies—heaven or the place of torment.
Jesus died for your sins and is offering you a guaranteed deal of eternal life (John 3:15-17). If you will give your life to Him, He will rescue your soul for all eternity. If you ignore His offer, you’re gambling your soul. Deal or No Deal? www.makinglifecount.net www.kentcrockett.blogspot.com
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