Message from God
John 5:24 “Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life.
My aunts funeral is today; she fought a good fight against cancer, but the Lord called her home this week. She knew Jesus Christ as her Savior, and now she is in his presence and in no pain. She is in a place of paradise that our simple minds cannot imagine. I may be asked to pray at the funeral today, and in my mind I have wondered what to say. Death brings pain and mourning to those of us that are left here after a loved one has departed, but if they are knew Jesus Christ as their Savior, we left here can truly rejoice, for we know that they are in heaven. We understand that as a child of Christ, our souls pass immediately into heaven, into his presence. 2 Corinthians 5:6 So we are always confident, knowing that while we are at home in the body we are absent from the Lord. 7 For we walk by faith, not by sight. 8 We are confident, yes, well pleased rather to be absent from the body and to be present with the Lord. Our bodies of flesh will lie in wait until Jesus Christ returns to the earth. Then we will live reunited with our bodies forever with the Lord in an earthly paradise. When we take our last breath here, our eternal journey in Jesus Christ’s presence has begun. This is truly a time that calls for us in mourning to rejoice!
Funerals bring the realities of death to many of us as a reminder from God. A best friend of mine died when we where in our twenties, and God truly got my attention in it. I may have ran from it, but his death changed me to the core, letting me feel my mortality when I thought I was invincible. Death will make you question yours if you are not secure in Christ. John spoke of how when we truly believe in God, we will believe in his son he sent to redeem us in this passage above. John 3:16 For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life. 17 For God did not send His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved. All roads do not lead to God; being a good person does not lead to heaven; going to church will not save your soul. The only way you will pass from death into eternal life is through repenting of your sins, asking Jesus Christ to forgive you, and Him to become the Lord of your life. There is no other way to get into heaven. John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me. Physical death of those that are close to us are a direct messages from God for your need of the Gospel in your life. Do not miss delete that message.
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