The Greatest Story Ever Told Has No Ending

He who was seated on the throne said, “I am making everything new!” (Revelation 21:5)

All great stories, whether they are presented on the big screen or little screen, on stage or in print, are designed to move the audience to a great ending. Sometimes when we are telling someone about one of these great stories, we’ we’ll say something like, “Wait till you get to the end. You won’t believe it!” Inasmuch as we all love great stories with climactic, unforgettable endings, the greatest story ever told is found on the pages of sacred Scripture . . . and this story has no ending!

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. (John 3:16)

A story with no ending is promised to all those who trust in Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord. Jesus came to earth and conquered sin, Satan, and death through His sinless life, sacrificial death, and supernatural resurrection from the grave. And don’t miss this: YOU are in this story, and you were cast in it by the Divine Director of the universe before the foundation of the world. You did not go to a casting call to earn, achieve, or deserve the part because of your great attitude or abilities. No! You were simply cast into your part by God, who loved you enough to send His Son to take your place on a cross so that you can be with Him forever.

Here is how C. S. Lewis described this never-ending story in The Chronicles of Narnia, The Last Battle:

All their life in this world and all their adventures had only been the cover and the title page: now at last they were beginning Chapter One of the Great Story which no one on earth has read: which goes on forever: in which every chapter is better than the one before.  

Have you joined in this greatest story ever told? Do you want to be part of it? You must decide. You can choose a thousand other stories . . . but all those will come to an end. Or you can chose this one story, which goes on forever and ever. Like the characters in The Last Battle, all those who, by grace through faith, place their trust in Jesus Christ alone will live happily ever after in the new heavens and the new earth with the Lord Jesus and all the people of God, world without end.

This is the Gospel. This is grace for your race. NEVER FORGET THAT . . . AMEN!