People in the 21st century

People in the  21st Century
The apostle Paul speaking to the Athenians said,
“Paul then stood up in the meeting of the Areopagus and said: “Men of Athens! I see that in every way you are very religious.”  
                                                 Acts 17:22.
Irrespective of what century people live, people are religious. People today in our secular society may not admit it but they have god’s in abundance.
There’s the god of the stock market, and the dollar bill. People treat to them as god’s. They want to have favour with these god’s hoping they will bring prosperity and happiness to them.
   Here in Canada for many years now governments have bowed to the god of natural resources. Noting how they go so goes the economy.
In North America as Christmas approaches we see the god of consumerism worshipped. With people everywhere quite often paying out more money than they have, going into debt to obtain things they think will make them happy, content and fulfilled.  
These are god’s made with man’s hands of stone, plastic, and other materials. Things like the dollar bill, stocks and bonds, the latest gadgets, toys, and such are not wrong in themselves. They are things that make our life easier or more fun. There’s nothing wrong with that.
The problem comes when we put ourselves into debt for them. When we subconsciously or otherwise start worshipping material things. Making these things essential to our happiness.
Jesus said,
“Do not store up for yourselves treasures on earth, where moth and rust destroy, and where thieves break in and steal.  
But store up for yourselves treasures in heaven, where moth and rust do not destroy, and where thieves do not break in and steal.  
For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” 
                                                                       Matthew 6:19-21.
Man is more than flesh and blood. Man is body soul and spirit. Man is an eternal being. Life does not end in death but continues eternally.
It is here and now, in this life however where we decide our eternal resting place shall be. Jesus said,
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.
   Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son”. 
                                                                                                        John 3:16-18.
The apostle Paul tells us,
“For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God—  not by works, so that no one can boast.” 
                                                                    Ephesians 2:8,9.
The Apostle John writes,
“Yet to all who received him,(Jesus), to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—  children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God.” 
                                       John 1:12,13.
God has given every man and woman on this earth a choice. They can believe that first of all God exists and secondly that Jesus is the Son of God the saviour of mankind.

Please think about it.