Death! Ready or Not, It's Coming for You

"Listen to the bell Grossbard, it tolls for thee." -- Kramer

Pop superstar George Michael, 53. Actor, author, and mental health advocate Carrie Fisher, 60. Mother of Carrie Fisher Debbie Reynolds, 84. What do these three people have in common? They all remind us death is coming for each one of us. No one is immune. No one will escape.

​So why even bring it up? The reason is simple. The Bible teaches us about the brevity of life. James writes, "You do not know what your life will be like tomorrow. You are just a vapor that appears for a little while and then vanishes away" (James 4:14). One day, the vapor you call life will vanish away, and when it does, where will your soul be? 

"The time came when the beggar died and the angels carried him to Abraham’s side. The rich man also died and was buried. In hell, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side. So he called to him, ‘Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue, because I am in agony in this fire.’ But Abraham replied, ‘Son, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things, while Lazarus received bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in agony. And besides all this, between us and you a great chasm has been fixed, so that those who want to go from here to you cannot, nor can anyone cross over from there to us’" (Luke 16:22-26). 

Will you be like the beggar who died and was carried by the angels into heaven? Or, will you be like the rich man who died and immediately found himself in torment? The choice is yours. "If it is disagreeable in your sight to serve the LORD, choose for yourselves today whom you will serve: whether the gods which your fathers served which were beyond the River, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living; but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD" (Joshua 24:15).

I implore you, come to Jesus! Come to Jesus and live. "Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved, you and your household" (Acts 16:31).

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