I can't really take credit for the title since it's from an Emery song, but I thought it was fitting with what about to write.
With various things that have been happening around me, it is becoming more and more clear that death is very real and life is very short. I even thought about it today and I'm personally not afraid of death because I have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and because of that, heaven is my eternal home. I have no interest in dying though because I know God is not done working through me and I want to touch people with my life and people still need to hear the gospel. Like I always say, this blog isn't about me so my question is, how do you feel about death?
I've never been very good at sharing the gospel with people around me and now I want to use this blog to do it. At Grace church, where I am a member, they are currently studying Revelation and just today I received an email concerning Revelation 20: 11-15. If you go to verse 15 it says " If anyone's name was not found written in the book of life, he was thrown into the lake of fire" This is truth and it's hard to ignore something like this. Luckily there is a way to get your name written into the book of life. Jesus said in John 14:6 "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." Many people say they believe there is a God, but do you really believe IN God? Do you believe that you can go to God in prayer, ask for forgiveness and ask that he would take away your sins and fill you with the holy spirit? When you get to that point, that is when your name is written in the book of life. Some people might even think you need to act a certain way or fulfill a list of do's and don'ts in order to get into heaven, this is what the bible says about that in Ephesians 2: 8 and 9 For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God— not by works, so that no one can boast. It's not about acting a certain way to get yourself into heaven, it's about having a personal relationship with Jesus.
Death is real, Life is real, which one do you want to have? Jesus gives life, do you accept his gift?
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