HEAVENLY HOME COMING
MEMORY VERSE
We are confident, I say, and
willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.
2
Corinthians 5:8
Read:
2 Kings 13:20
2 Ki 13:20 And
Elisha died, and they buried him. And the bands of the Moabites invaded the
land at the coming in of the year.
MESSAGE
Death is a sure
event that is bound to happen. It strikes with no regard to the status of its
victim. The earlier we realise the certainty of death, the better for us as it
brings us freedom. When a believer dies, people will be hit with sorrow,
including ministers of God. Is this not ironical? Are we not the ones preaching
that Heaven is far better than the earth? So why are we sorrowful when one of
God's beloved has gone home? Or how else will they go home? Are they going to
ride a bicycle there? Oh, we want to go there by the rapture: fine, but do you
know the exact date for the rapture? 2 Corinthians 5:8 says,
“We are confident, I say, and willing rather
to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.”
Yet, we don't want
to be absent from the body through death but we want to be in the physical
presence of the Lord. What an irony! If you take time to study Revelation 21,
you will have a good picture of Heaven – golden streets, no night, no sunlight, the
temperature is supernaturally regulated, everlasting joy, etc. If you truly
want to get to Heaven, you should be prepared to know more about one method of
passage into it - death. I lost my fear of death from my mother's experience.
Death separates the dead from the living and from other things they had been
close to.
Unfortunately,
today, many people are still living in deception – still holding to old stereotypes about death and
eternity. Some including highly educated people, still believe in reincarnation
– that when they die, they will return to
this world as a baby. Some believe if they commit suicide for a religious
cause, that they will go to Heaven. But they will find themselves in hell. You
have no right to stop the life you did not start. You are God's property and if
you dare take your life, you will end up in eternal hell. You cannot kill a
human being like yourself in the name of religion and think you will ever get
to Heaven. Which heaven? God's judgment will take its full course. The sad news
for suicide bombers is that while they terminate their lives and go to eternal
hell, those who sent and paid them on that mission would still be living, and
may give their lives to Christ and end up in Heaven.
ACTION POINT
Pray for prisoners
on death row worldwide that they will have a contact with God that will make
them to end up with God. You can also create the time to visit the prison and
preach to them
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR
Psalm 25 – 27
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