By Michael BUSH
About a fortnight ago, I stumbled on some online material; something about the fact that no human being shall leave this world alive. I thought I had saved it to read later but I have searched to no avail. Yet, I have not been able to get the thought out of my mind. No living thing shall end up alive is the truest truth I have heard lately.
Some really chilling reality. At the end of our earthly stay, everybody dies. At the end of existence, everything on earth dies. Sorry, I am just running the message in a loop in order to get over its echoing concomitant terminal helplessness.
So, what the heck, the over-seriousness we attach to and the humongous price we pay for what is only a brief stay on this planet? Sooner or later, it all ends in death. All the betrayal, all the hate, all the troubles culminate in death.
Unfortunately, ditto all the loyalty, all the love and all the sweetness.
Everything ends in nothing. Everybody, as well. Wealth and poverty end in nothing. The wealthy and the poor end the same way.
Power, too. Let alone powerlessness. Complete with the strong and the weak. Death is one-way traffic; the final terminus (emphasis mine).
The gloom is real. Curtains fall and lights go out, at the end. Men and women, and kings and subjects and slaves leave the earth -perhaps on different dates and at different time- the same way. Mortals all end up only one way.
But, there is good news. Good news that depends on whether you say yes now that you have the opportunity. That is the one big snag about this good news. It is not eternally available.
Sssh, don’t run away to broadcast that incomplete truth to the nations. This post text is fundamental. This good news is not eternally available in that you can neither hear nor answer it in death. This good news is limited to life.
If you are reading this, it means you are alive. Or, there is at least a 95% chance you are alive. And, you ask: can life be 95%? And, I answer: yes, it is possible to walk about or to boast that you are alive when you are 5% dead.
The 5% dead demographics make for an interesting findings. An alarming majority here are Team Satan regulars. The tiny minority are those purportedly on the Lord’s side. They are those candidates for rejection who God addresses in His judgement day warnings.That cannot and should not be you. Go ahead and prove it. Choose Christ today. Hear the word of God, believe the word, run with the word.
The central message of Christ coming like man, living like man, dying like man, being buried like man and on the third day resurrecting like the Saviour of mankind is the only window of hope and life in death. By simply accepting the gospel of Christ, you guarantee for yourself -in the afterlife- an eternal place in light. That way, when you die, you keep living in the beyond. No threat unintended, now may be your last chance though.
Please take it by saying after me. Dear God, I want henceforth to be able to call you Father. Thank you for life and for the gift of Jesus. I believe that He died for mankind. Right here and now, I accept and confess that Jesus died, was buried and on the third day forever resurrected so that I may have eternal life. Thank You, Jesus, for saving me. My place in light in eternity is booked. Once saved, forever saved.
Glory! This is the only way to evade a gloomy afterlife. This is the only way to enjoy the best of two worlds. Thank you for rightly dividing this word of truth, my father, Global Ba’aba, Dr. Abel Damina.
Just how would the eyes of my understanding be enlightened daily without you, Daddy? Just how would I have known what is the hope of His calling? Just how would I have understood what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints? And, just how would I so soon be know firsthand what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ?
Christ is so sweet. He is in you when you are in Him. On earth, you enjoy physically and in the spirit. Part two of the enjoyment (call it joy, peace, rest) holds in the hereafter; when switch from mortality to immortality eventually.
The in-Christ person is a believer, who trusts God like a child. The in-Christ person is a lover, a peaceable fool who turns the other cheek every time the need arises. The in-Christ person is mindful of his conduct. The in-Christ person embodies and personifies Christ 25 hours a day!
When they gather one way against in-Christ worshippers, the latter flee seven ways to safety. When wicked and unreasonable men, women and children march upon an in-Christ city, everyone stands still to watch the glory of the salvation of the Lord. When they rise against him in envy and in hate, the in-Christ man seeks solace in his Master. When they seek to lay their hands on her because of empty malicious accusations, the in-Christ woman prays a prayer to The One who answers all; The One who is so loving He answers even those who claim to not know Him.
Glory to God! Seek God more. Turn to Him even on routine tricky matters. Trust Him completely and totally.
Never be anxious, don’t fret. Never believe that it is over even when you are down, don’t accept that you are out. The truth is that with Christ in you, you can never lose. In fact, it is an anathema, such evil report.
Praise the Lord, Somebody. Soak yourself in the word. Once you do so, no little or heavy wind of doctrine can toss you, to and fro. And, finally, no matter what it takes, please do ministry: preach or support the gospel; get it to even far-flung corners of the earth and in the process depopulate the house of Satan.
God bless Nigeria!
Akparawa Michael BUSH, President-at-Large of BUSH HOUSE NIGERIA, writes from Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.
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