LIVING A LEGACY
by Eddie Snipes
Living a Legacy
Eddie Snipes
Today, each of us lives in the legacy of others while at the same time we are leaving our legacy for those who will come after us. There are those who have gone before that have surrendered all to God and He has used them to pave the road we now walk on. These are the spiritual giants on whose shoulders we now stand. Our Christian heritage came at a great cost and the personal sacrifices of many men and women.
There is also a legacy of sin that has laid a path before us. This path has been crafted to draw attention to self-gratification rather than giving of ourselves to a purpose greater than ourselves. The empty promises of vanity line the wide path. Solomon explored this path for most of his life. At the end of his life, King Solomon said, "I did not deny myself anything but pursued every pleasure my heart desired." At the end, he said it was all vanity, like someone grasping for the wind. Jesus made it clear that two gates lay before us. In Matthew 7 He said,
13 " Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 "Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Even to the Christian, there lays two paths. One inherits a promise, the other shame. Look at these two passages:
Daniel 12:3 Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever.
Matthew 5:19 "Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
These are the legacies that everyone will choose. We will either shine like the stars for eternity, or we will be called the shame of heaven. In our modern culture, we are being taught by our very churches that the path of ...
Eddie Snipes
Today, each of us lives in the legacy of others while at the same time we are leaving our legacy for those who will come after us. There are those who have gone before that have surrendered all to God and He has used them to pave the road we now walk on. These are the spiritual giants on whose shoulders we now stand. Our Christian heritage came at a great cost and the personal sacrifices of many men and women.
There is also a legacy of sin that has laid a path before us. This path has been crafted to draw attention to self-gratification rather than giving of ourselves to a purpose greater than ourselves. The empty promises of vanity line the wide path. Solomon explored this path for most of his life. At the end of his life, King Solomon said, "I did not deny myself anything but pursued every pleasure my heart desired." At the end, he said it was all vanity, like someone grasping for the wind. Jesus made it clear that two gates lay before us. In Matthew 7 He said,
13 " Enter by the narrow gate; for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leads to destruction, and there are many who go in by it. 14 "Because narrow is the gate and difficult is the way which leads to life, and there are few who find it.
Even to the Christian, there lays two paths. One inherits a promise, the other shame. Look at these two passages:
Daniel 12:3 Those who are wise shall shine Like the brightness of the firmament, And those who turn many to righteousness Like the stars forever and ever.
Matthew 5:19 "Whoever therefore breaks one of the least of these commandments, and teaches men so, shall be called least in the kingdom of heaven; but whoever does and teaches them, he shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
These are the legacies that everyone will choose. We will either shine like the stars for eternity, or we will be called the shame of heaven. In our modern culture, we are being taught by our very churches that the path of ...
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