WHAT THEN?

Adapted from an article by David Sain

On graduation night, a father asked, “Son, what are your plans?”

The boy answered, “Dad, you know that I’m going to college.”

The dad said, “That’s right, but what then?” The boy replied, “Well, I want to get a good job, and hopefully get married.”

The dad said, “That’s fine, but what then?” The boy answered, “I want to have kids.

“Great,” the dad said, “but what then?”

“Well, when I’ve put in enough years on the job, I’ll retire,” the son said.

The father nodded his approval and said, “That’s good, but what then?”

The boy said, “Well...uh...I don’t know...I guess I’ll get old and die.”

The dad said, “That’s right, when then?”

The boy dropped his head, realizing that he had plans for life on earth, but no plans for the life beyond.

Think about this: Of all of the answers that the boy gave, there is only one of them that is inevitable.

The Bible teaches that it is appointed unto man once to die, and after this the judgment (Hebrews 9:27). What then?