I just read the story online of a guy who sold everything in order to place a bet in Los Vegas. The article explains: “A British man who has sold all his possessions, including his clothes, will stand in a rented tuxedo on Sunday and bet everything on a single spin of the roulette wheel. If he wins, he doubles his money. If he loses, he will be left with only the television crew documenting his every move.” His net worth is $138,000 after he sold everything. He is doing that today, Easter Sunday. If he wins he will have a lot of money. If he loses he will be broke and naked.

May I suggest that you are making the same gamble? Some of us are betting everything we have on the fact that Jesus Christ died for our sins and rose from the grave so that we might live forever. Some of you may be gambling that it is all just a nice story. If those who believe in Christ are wrong, they lose

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