Without CHRIST, Life Means Nothing But Illusion And Disappointment

The contracting walls!
(J.R. Miller)

"It is appointed for man once to die--
and after that comes judgment!" 
Hebrews 9:27 

There was a mediaeval dungeon 
of singular construction. When 
the prisoner first entered it--
it seemed very bright and pleasant.
 It had a cheerful appearance. 

But in three or four days, he saw 
that the walls, which were of iron, 
were slowly contracting. On oiled 
hinges and in silent grooves, 
the metal plates were ever drawing 
nearer and nearer to each other. 

By and by the prisoner could 
hardly move. Then the place 
was too small for him to lie down in. 
The next day, there was only room 
for him to stand. Now he put his 
hands frantically against the iron 
walls to keep them from crushing him. 
But all was in vain. The walls silently 
and remorselessly closed upon him. 

In the same way, your years 
are the walls of just such a prison. 
They are bright and beautiful to you. 
But each day the prison is contracting, 
its walls are narrowing around you. 
With every pulse-beat, the iron walls 
draw closer and closer around your soul. 

The only refuge from this prison, is CHRIST. 
Without CHRIST, life means nothing but 
illusion and disappointment, ending 
in death and eternal damnation! 

CHRIST is the only door into liberty, 
into blessedness, into joy, into Heaven!

"For the wages of sin is death" 
Romans 6:23 

"I am the door; if anyone 
enters through ME, he will 
be saved!" John 10:9 

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