The End! No, The Beginning?

 This is copied from the bulletin of the Calvary Baptist Church of Portsmouth NH. The bulletin is dated 02/11/2024. 


The End! no, the Beginning? 

"And a superscription also was written over him in the letters of Greek, and Latin, and Hebrew, This Is The King Of The Jews" (Luke 23:38).

"and one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Christ, save thyself and us.

But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Dost thou fear God, seeing thou are in the same condition?

And we indeed justify, for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man hath done nothing amiss.

And he said unto Jesus, Lord, remember me when thou comest into they kingdom.

And Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee Today shalt thou be with me in paradise." (Luke 23:39-43).

View these scriptures from the viewpoint of the dying thief on the cross. As he looked, he saw the first tract ever written in three different languages. He looked at the  inscription and stated to the King on the cross, "Lord, remember me when thou comest into thy kingdom."

The Lord then told him, "Today shalt thou be with me in paradise." There were the last words the thief heard before his death. He then died and woke up in paradise. I thought about Abraham asking him, "What are doing here?" The thief could have said, "All I know is that the King on the cross told me He would meet me here. Oh! There He is now!"

Then I thought about our time of death. The Bible says, "We are confident, I say, and willing to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord" (2 Cor. 5:8).

As we live this life, we are to look for His appearing and our disappearing (2 Tim. 4:8). When this event happens, we are gathered to meet the Lord in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air (1 Thess. 4:17). I thought about Gabriel asking, "What are you doing here? We could answer "All we know is it was just another ordinary day. All of a sudden we heard a trumpet, and we were caught up to meet the Lord in the air. Oh! There He is now!"

Think about it! In life, we are never alone or forsaken as the Lord is always with us (Hebrews 13:5). In life, I am with the Lord, and at death, the Lord is with me. From salvation, He is with us and promises never to forsake us! Inconceivable! This means that from salvation, He remains "with " us in life, at the rapture, in death. Then He promises we will eternally remain with Him. "Wherefore comfort one another with the words" (1 Thess. 4:18). Together forever!

The End! NO, The Beginning!

Pastor Donald Gum



AMEN CORNER

"It would be a great business transaction for me to di, for my Heavenly Father has insured me for more than I am worth, and I can only collect the policy by exchanging the cross for my crown. Hallelujah! Amen! 
    Bud Robinson

"Christ may wait long, but He will not wait forver"
George Whitefield

Jesus Christ is willing to receive the Devil's castaways.
George Whitfield





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