The Life After Death

TOPIC: THE LIFE AFTER DEATH.

TEXT: REV. 14:13. AND I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, write, Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours and their works do follow them. KJV 

If you try to meditate on this scripture, you will know that our lives do not end in the grave. When God made man, he breathed into him his eternal spirit which cannot die. At death only the body decays in the grave.

Death looks very dreadful and everyone is afraid of it. It defeats and the dead has lost the battle of life. The Bible says that those who die in the Lord should be envied and celebrated. We should not be sorrowful over those who die in Christ.

If you want to be celebrated at death then you must be born again and live the rest of your life for Jesus.

DEATH is the doorway to three things. 

1. To rest. They cease from their labours. Life here on earth is filled with activities but no more in the grave. Those of us who still have parents should maximize their relationships with them while they are still alive.

2. To rewards. The passage we read earlier in this sermon says that their work follow them. What record do you have because they will follow you. Is your work that of defrauding others and making them unhappy? 

Some will receive the rewards of condemnation  while some will receive the reward of eternal life. 

3. To resurrection. 1 Cor. 15:20-22. All the dead will rise in one particular day. No matter the state of their bodies when they died. 1 Thes.4:15-17. Although death is painful but when it is in Christ it becomes a glorious passage. No one knows the date of his departure, therefore accept Jesus today and your eternal life will be assured. We should be prepared at all times.