THIS IS THE DAY THAT THE LORD HAS MADE LET US REJOICE AND BE GLAD IN IT. (PSALM 118:24). STATISTICS FROM JULY 2005 SHOWED THAT APPROXIMATLEY 6,446,131,400 PEOPLE WERE ON THE PLANET EARTH AND OUT OF THAT NUMBER 155,OOO DIE DAILY.
WHY AM I TALKING ABOUT DEATH ? BECAUSE IT`S REAL AND IT IS ALSO INEVITABLE. THE DICTIONARY GIVES THIS DEFINITION OF THE WORD DIE IN THIS MANNER; TO STOP LIVING, DEPART, EXPIRE, FADE ,DISAPPEAR OR TO PERISH.
PEOPLE SPEAK OF DEATH SO NONCHALANTLY THAT I BELIEVE WE HAVE BECOME TO WELCOME IT MORE THAN THE GIFT OF LIFE ITSELF. PEOPLE ARE KILLING THEIR PARENTS, WIVES, NEIGHBORS, STRANGERS ,BABIES AND SOME EVEN ATTEMPT TO TAKE THEIR OWN LIVES.
ONE STATEMENT THAT PIERCES MY HEART IS: WHEN I HEAR OTHERS SAY "I LOVE YOU TO DEATH".THIS IS PROFOUND BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THERE IS POWER IN THE TONGUE AND THOSE WHO SPEAK WILL EAT THE FRUIT OF THEIR SPEECH. AGAIN THIS IS WHY WE LOSE FRIENDSHIPS AND OUR LOVED ONES LIVES ARE BEING SHAPED BY THE WORDS WE SPEAK. PEOPLE WILL KILL EACH OTHER, CHEAT ON ONE ANOTHER AND BECOME POSSESSIVE BECAUSE THEY LOVE SOMEONE TO DEATH.
BIGGIE SMALLS WHICH IS ACTUALLY A OXYMORON WAS AND IS STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITE RAPPERS. HIS CREATIVITY WAS UNMATCHED AND HE LIKE MANY OTHERS LIVED A LIFE OF STRUGGLE. HE USED HIS WORDS TO HIS ADVANTAGE AND WAS ABLE TO PROVIDE FOR OTHERS IN A MANNER WHICH HE NEVER REALLY EXPECTED. BUT DO YOU NOT KNOW THAT THE SAME TOOL YOU USE TO HELP YOU, CAN ALSO HINDER YOU?
ANY BIGGIE FAN WILL TELL YOU THEY REMEMBER THE INTERVIEW WHERE HE STATED : HE WAS PARANOID AND FELT LIKE SOMEBODY WAS TRYING TO KILL HIM. HE EVEN HAD A CD COVER WITH A PICTURE OF A HIRSCH ON THE FRONT OF IT. PEOPLE WE MUST GET OUR LIVES RIGHT WITH GOD ! . TODAY IS NOT PROMISED. MANY PEOPLE AROSE ON SEPTEMBER 11TH THINKING IT WOULD BE JUST ANOTHER DAY AND FOR MANY IT WAS THEIR LAST.
WE GO TO FUNERALS TO MOURN THE LOSS OF OUR LOVED ONES AND FRIENDS BUT DO WE REALLY KNOW IF THEY WERE SAVED ? DO WE JUST TAKE FOR GRANTED THAT BECAUSE SOMEONE ATTENDS CHURCH THAT AUTOMATICALLY QUALIFIES THEM TO ENTER INTO THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN ?. MOST PEOPLE WHO ATTEND THESE FUNERALS DON`T NORMALLY WORSHIP IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, OTHERS WERE BROUGHT UP IN CHURCH BUT GOT GROWN AND FORGOT ABOUT GOD. WE CAN`T JUST CALL ON JESUS WHILE ON A AIRPLANE, WHEN A FIGHT AT A PARTY BREAKS OUT OR WHEN THE VERDICT IS ABOUT TO BE READ !. IF JESUS IS GOING TO BE LORD HE HAS TO BE LORD EVERYDAY NOT JUST WHEN ITS CONVENIENT FOR US.
NOW BACK TO MY POINT, ALL ROADS DON`T LEAD TO HEAVEN AND WE NEED TO STOP TELLING PEOPLE THAT. MAKING THEM THINK THEY CAN JUST LIVE ANYWAY AND CALL THEMSELVES CHRISTIANS , WITHOUT RECIEVING THE CHRIST WHO DIED FOR THAT RIGHT. I HAD TO CONFESS ,REPENT AND ACCEPT THE AWESOME GIFT OF SALVATION. NOBODY IS EXEMPT. HOW DARE I THINK I COULD LIVE MY LIFE ON EARTH AS AN ENEMY OF THE SAVIOR, BUT STILL WANT A FAVOR FROM HIM LIKE WE WERE BEST FRIENDS?
WHEN PEOPLE DIE WE ALWAYS SAY R.I.P. BUT IF THEY ARE IN HELL THEY ARE NOT RESTING OR IN PEACE. AND IF THEY ARE IN HEAVEN THEY ARE WORSHIPING THE LORD. WHEN WE DIE OUR SOUL HAS A FINAL RESTING PLACE AND IT IS NOT AT THE CEMETARY. LET`S JUST BE REAL ABOUT DEATH WITH ONE ANOTHER .
TELL YOURSELF, THEN TELL YOUR FRIENDS THE TRUTH (JOHN 14:6) SAYS : JESUS SAID TO HIM "I AM THE WAY,THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE". NO ONE COMES TO THE FATHER EXCEPT THROUGH ME. GOING TO CHURCH DOES NOT MAKE YOU A CHRISTIAN ANY MORE THAN GOING TO KFC MAKES ONE A 2 PC. AND A BISCUIT. WE TELL EACH OTHER EVERYTHING FROM THE LATEST GOSSIP TO WHERE WE GET OUR HAIR DONE WHY WON`T WE TELL THEM ABOUT THE ONE WHO DIED THAT THEY MAY LIVE?
IN CLOSING I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SAY I KNOW EVERYONE WON`T AGREE WITH WHAT JESUS SAID, BUT I WOULD RATHER BELIEVE IN HIM AND HIS SACRIFICE .THEN TRUST HIM TO HELP ME WITH THE THINGS I DONT UNDERSTAND. THAN TO REJECT HIM TODAY AND BE SEPERATED FROM HIM FOR ETERNITY .(ROMANS 10:9-10).
FRIENDS DON`T LET FRIENDS GO TO HELL !!! .
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