Q: [ARE YOU GETTING READY FOR ETERNITY]
A: Physical life is a possession that we all cling to, and yet
we know we must all sooner or later bow to death. It enters the home of the rich
as boldly as it enters the apartment in the projects. It brings down the final
curtain as swiftly on the famous as it does on the unknown. Before this year
ends many people reading this message will keep their appointment with death.
There are many who say “I believe in life after death, but I’m not concerned
about crossing that bridge until I get to it.” How strange that people should
spend years preparing for retirement and not take so much as five minutes to
prepare to meet God.
Another attitude toward death is this: “I stand with Christ, the Lord of life
and death, and rest my case in His hands.” David said “Even though I walk
through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for You are with
me” (Psalm 23:4). The Apostle Paul said, “For to me, to live is Christ and to
die is gain” (Philippians 1:21). Both men were looking ahead to death with calm
assurance. They knew that this life was only a dressing room for eternity.
Jesus said “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me will live,
even though he dies” (John 11:25). Death need not be a bitter end...it can be a
bright dawning.