I looked through a list of obituaries recently. I could have wept - and not just for all the deaths - timely or otherwise - but because of the naive beliefs displayed by those left behind. They echoed the maudlin sentiments I have so often seen at the funerals of the ungodly.
There is a collection of piffle written or uttered: he is looking down from the stars; she is smiling with the angels; he's going to look after us from up there and you could undoubtedly add many many more. Utter drivel. Christians must not hold back from telling the truth about what rejecting God's Easter sacrifice actually means.
I do my very best to warn people about the reality of the situation. When you die it is either Heaven or Hell. Know and follow Jesus with a true heart and it will be the former; do not and it will be the latter. Is this really really too difficult to grasp?
Being a nice person; piling up more good deeds than bad; being a friend of the retired chaplain for the whole of the RAF (I kid you not!) simply will not cut it! End of!
You plan holidays and travel but make no plans for your ultimate journey?
You are going TO DIE. I do not know when and neither do you.
I have come across several very unexpected deaths recently. Are you fully prepared to face God's judgement? How will you fare?
This Easter, get right with God. Accept Jesus into your heart and involve an evangelical church of any hue at the earliest stage. Let them help and guide you. (Do find out if the church you know accepts the Bible or whether it makes lame excuses for not doing. Such places will damage your spiritual health - irreparably.)
