GOD’S WORD FOR  APRIL 2

We are reading from a daily devotional  called “Running To Win” written by Erwin Lutzer  and the late, great D.L. Moody.   Erwin Lutzer is a light in our day as D.L. Moody was in his.  Besides his many ministries, and many books, Pastor Lutzer was Senior Pastor at Moody Church in Chicago for 36 years and now serves as Pastor Emeritus there.  He is  Chancelor and a former professor at Moody Bible Institute, where he taught Theology and Ministry, and now has numerous radio teachings.

PASSAGEWAY TO ETERNITY

John 5:24

“Truly, truly, I say to you, whoever hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life.  He does not come into judgment, but has passed from death to life.”

D.L. MOODY

In my native village in New England, it used to be customary as a funeral procession left the church, for the belle to toll as many times as the deceased was years old.  How anxiously I would count those strokes of the bell to see how long I might reckon on living!  Sometimes there would be seventy or eighty tolls, and I would give a sigh of relief to think I had so many years to live.  But at other times, there would be only a few years tolled, and then a horror would seize me, as I thought that I too might soon be claimed as a victim by the dread monster, death.  Death and judgment were a constant source of fear to me until I realize the fact that neither shall ever have any hold on a child of God!

ERWIN LUTZER

Death for a believer means we will finally be exempt from the pressures, the pulls, the heartaches, and the pains of this world.  Death becomes the passageway into everlasting bliss if we have been born again.  It is part of God’s total package of redemption for humanity.

Death for an unbeliever – one who has never personally put faith in Jesus Christ and transferred their trust to Him alone – will ultimately be judged in hell.  That truth comes from the Son of God, who says, “I have the keys of Death and Hell” (Revelation 1:18).  Only He is qualified to tell us what lies on the other side.

PRAYER

Father, I pray for my family and friends who do not know You.  Please open their hearts to receive Your gospel.

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Psalm 23:4

Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.

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John 11:25-26

Jesus said, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die.’

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Revelation 21:4

He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain.

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1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

We do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope.

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Philippians 1:21

 For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.

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Romans 14:8

If we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord. Therefore, whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s.”

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John 11:25-26

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

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Philippians 1:21

For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain.

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2 Timothy 2:11

This is a faithful saying:

For if we died with Him,

We shall also live with Him.

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1 Corinthians 15:22

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.

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