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How to be Saved and know it....
If you should die today, where would you spend eternity? No one likes to think about dying, but death comes to everyone. Since death is so cetain, you must prepare to meet God. According to God's Word, you will spend eternity in one of two places-either in heaven or in hell. Wherever you are right now, tell God that you are a lost sinner, ask Him to forgive you of your sins, and receive the Lord Jesus Christ as your Saviour. You may pray this simple prayer, meaning it with all your heart:
Dear Lord, I know that I am a sinner, but I am sorry for my sins. I believe that the Lord Jesus died for me and rose again, and with all heart I turn from my sin and receive Him as my Saviour right now. Thank you, Lord, for saving me! Amen
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MAKING A NEW FRIEND OUT OF AN OLD
ENEMY
Have you ever formed a negative opinion of another person based solely on what you heard others say? But then, after you met that person and got to know him (or her), you realized your previously formed opinion was not really accurate? Is it possible the same is true of death? People often have a negative connotation of death because of what they have heard others say. Consequently, they refuse to think about death, much less talk about it. But when we study what the scriptures say about death, we learn that, to a faithful Christian, death is not an enemy, but a friend.
First, the scriptures speak of death as going to sleep. Jesus said Lazarus was asleep. Jesus’ disciples, mistakenly thinking Jesus was referring to physical sleep, told Jesus that Lazarus would get well. Jesus then plainly told his disciples, "Lazarus is dead" (John 11:11-14). Jesus’ reference to death as sleep reminds us that death is only temporary. Our physical bodies will one day be raised as spiritual bodies (I Corinthians 15:52-54).
Second, the scriptures speak of death as taking a trip. Paul wrote, "I am now ready to be offered, the time of my departure is at hand" (II Timothy 4:6). When a person departs, he does not cease to exist but merely goes from one place to another. Likewise, when we die we do not cease to exist. We simply go from one place to another, either to an eternity in heaven or to an eternal punishment in hell.
Third, the scriptures speak of death as a change of residence. As Christians, we long for a better country (Hebrews 11:8-16). Upon death, we move from a temporary dwelling (a physical, corruptible body) to a permanent dwelling (a spiritual, incorruptible body).
Fourth, the scriptures speak of death a gaining an inheritance. Paul wrote that to live is Christ but to die is gain (Philippians 1:21). Christ died in order that we may have a hope of an inheritance in heaven (I Peter 1:3-5). However, there is a difference between gaining an earthly inheritance and gaining an inheritance in heaven. We gain an earthly inheritance when someone else dies. But, in order to gain our heavenly inheritance, we must die.
Article by Rod Halliburton
I love you all...
Rev. Kyle Waddell
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