A Thief in the Night

A thief in the Night
The apostle Peter writes,
“But the day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar; the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and everything in it will be laid bare.” 2Peter3:10
The apostle Paul writes,
“Now, brothers, about times and dates we do not need to write to you, for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night.”1 Thessalonians 5:1,2.
As Christians we believe Christ will return to the earth. That God will judge all people and that the world as we know it will pass away.
We do not know the time or day when Jesus will return to this earth. We only know he will and that God will one day judge this world.
Thus we need to be ready. To have our lives right with God. The writer of Ecclesiastes states,
“Now all has been heard; here is the conclusion of the matter: Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole  duty  of man. 
For God will bring every deed into judgment, including every hidden thing, whether it is good or evil.” Ecclesiastes 12:13,14.
Question, were Jesus to return today would you be ready to stand before God and give account of all you have done in your life both good and bad?
Do you have an assurance that you will get into heaven?
If you don’t Jesus offers that assurance.
The apostle John records Jesus speaking of himself and saying,
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.  
Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son”. John 3:16-18.
The question is do you believe this?
Are you willing to risk your eternal resting place on what you believe?
Please think about it.

Will you be happy?

Will you be happy?

Tony Campolo wrote,
“When you were born, you cried and everybody else was happy. The only question that matters is this - when you die, will you be happy when everybody else is crying?”
                                                                                                              Tony Campolo
The other day I was rushed to hospital light headed and short of breath. Such a thing had happened to me four years earlier. Then it was due to large blood clots on my lungs that kept me in hospital for over a week almost killing me.
This time it was a suspected heart attack. Like the blood clots of a few years earlier it could have taken my life.
Like the last time, as odd as it may seem, I also had no fear of death. I did honestly pray and ask God to spare my life and he did.
It was quite an unusual thing for me to be lying in the Emergency ward. I didn’t pray a lot just a quick prayer asking God to spare my life. It was not up to me to tell God what to do. My life was his to do with as he wished.
I have no fear of death for me it brings no sorrow. I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that when I die I will go to be with God for all eternity.
The Jesus said,
“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.  
For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through him.  Whoever believes in him is not condemned, but whoever does not believe stands condemned already because he has not believed in the name of God’s one and only Son”. 
                                                                                                                                John 3:16-18.
I believe in God. I believe in Jesus. That He is the one and only Son of God. That He died for my sins that I may spend eternity in heaven.
John the apostle referring to Jesus writes,
"Yet to all who received him, to those who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God—  children born not of natural descent, nor of human decision or a husband’s will, but born of God." 
                    John 1:12,13.
I can honestly say if what John is saying is true, which I believe he is, then I am a Child of God and thus do not have to fear death.
I can say when I die and others are crying over me, I will be happy.
Will you? Can you be certain?
Please think about it.