How should we live our lives if we know we are dying? Would you live it frivolously? Would you party the rest of your day? That may be the case for those who don’t know Jesus.
However, when you do know Jesus as your Savior from your sins, what should be your response if you find out you’re dying?
At first, you would grieve, hopefully mostly for your loved ones who will not have you around to be of help to them and love them.
Then you should think about Jesus and Heaven and what you will experience with Jesus and also with your loved ones who have gone on before you.
We need to do what Jesus said we should do while on earth as Christians. We need to tell others about Jesus and His salvation that they, too, can have salvation and eternal life in Heaven.
If you are not yet dying, you should not let that keep you from telling others about Jesus. Afterall, in a way, everyone is dying, Every day lived, means you are closer to the day you die a physical death, whenever that may be.
Fortunately, true Christians will not die a spiritual death because of their faith in Jesus’ shed blood and death on the cross to pay for their sins and penalties. They will go directly to Heaven when they die a physical death. That is such a wonderful Truth and promise!
If that is such a wonderful Truth, why are we keeping it to ourselves? Shame on us for doing that. That is selfish of us for not passing that Truth on.
Why are we not passing Jesus’ Truth on? Because maybe we are too entrenched in this world, or because we are fearful that we might be rejected by a friend or friends. If they do reject you personally, maybe they were not the friend or friends you thought they were. At that point, you need to continue praying for them to see and understand the Truth. Don’t reject them!
If you live your life for Jesus as though you may not have another day to tell others, you may have the opportunity to lead someone to Jesus as their Savior. Then they will have the opportunity to tell others about Jesus, too, and God’s Truth will get passed on to others – God’s Plan!
So, we as Christians need to think about life differently and about death differently. We need to live life with urgency to serve God and serve and tell others about Jesus before our earthly life ends!
To have the desire to tell others about Jesus doesn’t just happen. It comes when we focus on Heaven more than on earthly things. Earthly things will pass away and be like dust. Heavenly things are forever.
True Christians are forever friends, but non-Christians are not, unless they decide to put their faith in Jesus and their sins are forever forgiven.
What a shame to lose non-Christian friends to a forever death in Hell. If you feel that way, then for goodness’ sake…tell them about Jesus’ salvation! They need to hear it!!! It’s one thing if they still reject Jesus after hearing the plan of Salvation through faith. It’s another, if they never hear it. How eternally sad!
By the way, keep the Rapture in mind, too! We may not have another day to tell others about Jesus, even without dying a physical death! Jesus may come through the clouds as He promised to take up to Heaven all of His true children! I, personally, am looking forward to that day when I will be taken up to Heaven and will see my personal Savior, Jesus, face to face. What a day THAT will be! Woo Hoo!!!!!!!
Thanks for reading!
Sharon
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