“One minute after you die you will either be enjoying a personal welcome from Christ or catching your first glimpse as you have never known it. Either way, your future will be irrevocably fixed and eternally unchangeable” Erwin Lutzer
I’m no stranger to death, I wasn’t there when mam & dad took their last breath but I had the greatest privilege of being there when Jude took hers. It was holy ground.
I think it’s only fair and Jude would endorse what I am about to say. You see death, our last breath is not the end! The Bible is very clear that at this point our spirit and soul, (the real you), go to either “Paradise” or “Hades”.
For those who were “born again” repenting of their sins and accepting Christ-they have the promise of not just sins forgiven but eternal life. Their natural bodies “sleep”. Their spirit and soul are absent from the body but present with The LORD. Jude is very much alive!
For those who never appropriated the message of the Gospel by accepting Christ are immediately in a place called “Hades”. It is not “Hell”, but a holding place pending, “The Great white throne judgement”. The end result is” Hell”. It is 100% for all those in Hades…no escape. As Erwin Lutzer said it is;
“Irrevocably fixed and eternally unchangeable”
I can rejoice that not only will I see Jesus one day; I will also be reunited with Jude and others in Christ who have gone before.
But even as I rejoice, I also carry a great sadness that many will not make it. If you are reading this devotional and you do not have the assurance of salvation, please re-visit the following page by Clicking Here .
“The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but all should come to repentance” 2 Peter 3:9
Prayer
Father, as I come to the end of this devotional, I make an appeal to you on behalf of its readers.
My appeal is that they would know the assurance of personal salvation in your Son, The LORD Jesus Christ.
We have seen through this devotional that life can be brief, changes can come very quickly that affect our eternal destiny. We can put things off but my prayer for those is that they will put Christ on now…..this very minute by calling upon your name.
“For whosoever shall call upon The LORD shall be saved”
In Jesu’s Name, Amen
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