by David Shook
(Memorial
Service Message)
(1) "Let not your heart be troubled: ye
believe in God, believe also in me."
(2) "In my Father’s house are many
mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a
place for you."
(3) "And if I go and prepare a place for
you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am,
there ye may be also."
(4) "And whither I go ye know, and the way
ye know."
(5) "Thomas saith unto him, Lord, we know
not whither thou goest; and how can we know the way?"
(6) "Jesus saith unto him, I am the way,
the truth, and the life: no man cometh to the Father, but by me."
John 14:1-6
There are 3 attitudes we may have toward death-
1. Defiance - rembember, life is a gift
from jGod - we are stewards of it.
"The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away:
blessed be the name of the Lord." Job 1:21
2. Fear - some have a reason to fear
because they have not made peace with the Prince of Peace. "God
hath not given us the spirit of fear." 2 Timothy 1:7
3. Quiet Readiness - not right to long
for death, but when it comes, be prepared to accept it. Paul said in
"For I am now ready to be offered." 2
Timothy 4:6
There are 3 wonderful truths that God
would have us know today.
1. THE WORD OF GOD COMFORTS
(1) Christ is preparing a place for His
children.
v2 "I go to prepare a place for you"
Our home is not on this earth.
NOW AND THEN
Each day is a part of God’s never ending
whole.
Each hour and minute a test for our soul.
The events that are a part of each day
Would only cause us worry to have known yesterday.
The things that cause us the greatest pain
Are often those given for our greatest gain.
On earth there are trials, a race to be run,
In Heaven there is peace, sweet gift of God’s Son.
Our mansions await us and crowns are laid up
For Jesus’ own children, with Him we will sup.
All our heartaches that seem too great to bear,
Will someday be explained when we get over there.
-Dixie Lea Clouse Mozino
Heaven is a place of love,
Heaven’s builder and maker is God
Heaven is a place of reunion
(2) Christ is coming again
v3 "I will come again"
Some golden daybreak, Jesus will come,
Some golden daybreak, battles all won.
He’ll shout the victory, break through the blue,
Some golden daybreak for me, for you.
not only does the Word of God comfort , also--
2. THE WORD OF GOD INSTRUCTS
(1)God graciously invites His children to cast
all their care upon Him.
"Casting all your care upon him, for he
careth for you." 1 Peter 5:7
(2) God gives instructions about His plan of
eternal life and abundant life.
"For God so loved the world, that he gave
his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not
perish, but have everlasting life." John 3:16
not only does the Word of God comfort and
instruct, but--
3. THE WORLD OF GOD WARNS
(1) Of the uncertainty of life
"How do you know what will happen
tomorrow? For your life is like the morning fog - it’s here a little
while, then it’s gone." James 4:14(NLT)
(2) Of the certainly of death
"And it is appointed unto men once to die,
but after this the judgment." Hebrews 9:27
(3) Of the need to be prepared
"Therefore be ye also ready, for in such
as hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh." Matthew 24:44
(ill) "I’m not anxious to die, but I am
anxious to be prepared to die."
Jimmie Davis, former governor of Louisiana.
CROSSING THE BAR
Sunset and evening star, and one
clear call for me!
And may there be no moaning of the bar when I put out to sea.
But such a tide as moving seems
asleep, too full for sound or foam.
