We Will Go To Our Own “Place”
Categories: Church of Christ Bulletin ArticlesThe writer Luke records that because of his transgression, the traitor Judas, “fell, that he might go to his own place”(Acts 1:25). There was no one to force him into it — he went to his own “place” of his own volition.
If we capture a worm, a beaver, or a bird and let them all go at the same time, they will each go to his own sphere or “place” — the earth, the water, and the upper atmosphere. We do not need to force them in order for them to go to their own “place.”
If we hold a stone and an inflated helium balloon in our hand, letting them go at the same time, one will descend, while the other will ascend. They will only rest when they find their true “place.”
Similarly, God will force no one to descend downward to hell, because He is not willing that any should perish (2 Peter 3:9). Thus, if we find ourselves descending downward to that “place,“ it will be because that is the natural course for such a character as we have willingly built for ourselves while here on earth.
Let’s remember that on that golden shore, there stands a loving Lord who delights in seeing men ascend in thought and in deed to forevermore dwell with him in a “place” He has prepared (cf. 2 Corinthians 6:14-18; 2 Corinthians 10:1-6; Colossians 3:16-17; Revelation 21:3; John 14:2).
On that great judgment day, we will ascend to our own “place” the Lord has prepared for us, only if we (through our own volition) have been obedient to the will of the Father (Matthew 7:21; Romans 2:13; James 1:22; 1 Peter 1:22; cf. Joshua 24:14-15).
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