“If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
1 Corinthians 15:22

Have you ever heard of Bill Maher? If you haven’t, you are not missing anything: He is one of the many snickering, mocking, arrogant cynics that spew his own brand of bitterness on cable TV. He believes that all Christians are idiots for believing the bible and it’s made up lies. He especially drips contempt for anyone who holds to the idea that there is life beyond the grave.

I warn you, if you let him, he can really get under your skin. And he doesn’t care – – that is precisely what makes him so maddening. But we Christians need to get used to it because there are a lot of people out there like him.

What if they are right? What if the afterlife is all a lie?

Take some time and think through this. It is one thing to mock God and decry those who believe, but what if? Really…what if your years of living, striving, sacrificing ended in death and nothing more? Think through this a second. Psalm 49 is a great guide on this hopeless tour:

(1) Psalm 49:10 “Even the wise die; the fool and the stupid alike must perish.” This news is terrible! Think about this logical end-road: Those who argue the loudest that life has no meaning are going to be silenced in the same way as those who don’t give a rip. The worst part in my mind is that the wise atheist will never get the chance to say, “I told you so.” Dirt has no voice. So go ahead and make your argument now, because death will lay you down next to the man who was a complete ignoramus. Your desire to be right is just as empty as the person who has been wrong his whole life and doesn’t care.

(2) Psalm 49:12 “Man in his pomp will not remain; he is like the beasts that perish.” The rich man living in Trump Tower and the dog licking vomit on the sidewalk both will rot. So why take pride in your current position, you’re fish food soon.

(3) Psalm 49:17-19 “When a person dies, he will carry nothing away; no more glory, even though you were praised while alive, when dead all that is left is dark silence.” You may be famous today, but will not be remembered tomorrow.

So who cares what you have to say? Even if you win your argument you lose in the end.

Death wins.

Have a nice day, or not, go drink, get drunk, kill someone, work out, or die young, the only hope you have is dirt. But boy are you cool now, you have your own TV show. So pointless. Look at Robin Williams, he was funny for a time, but he is dead now. Oh, but you can find him on Youtube. No one really cares. Only fake sentimentalists who cry so they sound like they care…but you can only care for so long until you forget.

But there is another what if? What if hell is real?

Everything changes…..