THE BENEFITS OF DEATH - (PREAMBLE 2)

The fear of death has been classified as the “mother of all fears” under the sun. No one wants to die, even those who want to go to heaven don't want to die and yet death is the principal way to heaven. But the other side of the coin is that death could also be an exit into hell. 

After death you either joyfully go to heaven or sadly go to hell; heaven and hell are real; there are not fictional and once we cannot escape death then we will either end up in heaven or hell. 

We can use money to employ someone to drive us, employ someone to cook for us, employ someone to manage our business, employ someone to take care of our properties, we can even use money to buy beauty from the beauty shop, but we can never use money to employ someone to take away our death, all human beings have a date with DEATH.

 The nuances that comes along with the loss of loved ones, with its accompanying ceremonies such as funerals, wake keeping etc. are evident of the painful and the dreaded fate that death visits on the family and love ones of its victim; However, death is unavoidable and It is an open acceptance that all human’s will have a date with death at least once in their lives, the bible put it this way “And as it is appointed unto men once to die” according to Hebrews 9:27A.

We are mostly clueless of the time and how death will meet us, but because we are Christians and are assured of a better place in Christ Jesus to us death is a transition into a better space. Death is the exit for every living soul from this material world; it is part a gradual social and spiritual process.

So if all of us have an appointment with death, then it is important that we live our lives in a way that will invigorate us with an assurance and confidence to meet death joyfully when the appointed time arrives. we should not be like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death when the time comes; we must not weep and pray for a little more time to live our lives over again in a different way.

How you are living right now is carving the new about you, but someday not too long from now, when death meets you the news about you will become history; what kind of history do you want to be remembered for.

 Would you be remembered as someone who has impacted his generation positively for God and the greater advancement and well-being of the community you lived in or someone who brought shame, disgrace, wickedness, strive, division and all the wrong reasons to your community.

Let face it, we have a very limited time on earth, a time will come when we will leave this material world, and we cannot revert the hand of time, so it is important that stop wasting our time to living wrongly and someone else’s life; we all have an assignment on this earth, so we must discover it and begin to fulfill it.

 Jesus said in John_9:4 (KJV) “ I  must work the works of him that sent me, while it is day: the night cometh, when no man can work.” Right from the onset of his life Jesus Christ knew his purpose on this earth, the   do you know the reason for your existence in this world?

We should grow into maturity in our walk with God by knowing His assignment for our life and pursue it with all our energy so as to come to a juncture where, we can confidently have a deep assurance in our heart that “We have fought a good fight, we have finished our course, and we have kept the faith” – 2^nd Timothy 4:7.

It is only when we know God and begin to pursue his assignment for our lives that we can come to a point where death becomes beneficial to us and the greater good of the human race? Apostle Paul, in one of his letters touted death as gainful by saying that “…………………. and to die is gain” Philippians 1:21B (KJV); how can we live our lives fully so that we are prepared to die at any time? 

The only way you and I can come that point where we can begin to live meaningfully is to accept Jesus Christ as first of all as the LORD and the savior of our lives, until we do that you cannot embrace that benefits that accompanies death, it is only in Jesus Christ that death becomes beneficial, the bible says in Colossians 2:14 

“Blotting out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, and took it out of the way, nailing it to his cross”. The totality of the human being both in this world and the world to come can only be actualized in Christ Jesus the bible puts it this way “For in him we live, and move, and have our being…………………………………………..”  Act_17: 28A (KJV).

Everything in this world was created by Him and for Him “For through him God created everything in heaven and on earth, the seen and the unseen things, including spiritual powers, lords, rulers, and authorities. God created the whole universe through him and for him.”  Colossians 1:16 (KJV). 

Accepting the Lord Jesus Christ your LORD and personal savior will automatically make you the partaker of the following benefits that accompanies death:

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