REST IN PEACE: NOT SO QUICK
THE CALLED AND CHOSEN:
MOST OF US AT ONE POINT, HAVE LOST A BELOVED TO THE COLD HANDS OF DEATH.
WE OFTEN PRAYED FOR THE DEPARTED SOUL TO REST IN PEACE.
NOT SO QUICK. NO ONE CAN REST IN PEACE WITHOUT BELIEVING THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD. (JOHN, 14:-6)
JESUS CHRIST WAS THE SPOKEN WORD OF GOD IN CREATION
REASON ALL THINGS WERE CREATED BY HIM AS THE SPOKEN WORD. (JOHN, 1:-3)
THIS SAME SPOKEN WORD WAS SENT BY THE SPEAKER HIMSELF (GOD THE FATHER) TO THE WORLD IN FLESH TO SAVE WHAT WAS CREATED THROUGH HIM.
OUR OPINIONS, IMAGINATIONS,OR PRAYERS FOR THE DEATH HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT.
THE FACT REMAINS ACCORDING TO THE BIBLE.
MARK, 16:-15-16 “AND HE SAID UNTO THEM, GO YE INTO ALL THE WORLD, AND PREACH THE GOSPEL TO EVERY CREATURE: HE THAT BELIEVES AND IS BAPTIZED SHALL BE SAVED, BUT HE THAT BELIEVES NOT SHALL BE CONDEMNED.”
SOME MAY ARGUED, BELIEVED IN WHAT? HERE IS THE RIGHT ANSWER FROM THE BIBLE:
JOHN, 3:-18 “HE THAT BELIEVES IN HIM IS NOT CONDEMNED: BUT HE THAT BELIEVES NOT IS CONDEMNED ALREADY, BECAUSE HE HAS NOT BELIEVED IN THE NAME OF THE ONLY BEGOTTEN SON OF GOD.” (JESUS CHRIST)
THERE IS NO SIMILARITY BETWEEN CHRISTIANITY AND ISLAM.
ONE IS TO KILL TO OBTAIN SALVATION. AND THE OTHER IS TO LOVE THE ENEMIES AND TO FORGIVE, BECAUSE CHRIST HAS PAID FOR OUR SINS ON THE CROSS, AND SALVATION IS SURE IF WE ENDURE TO THE END. (MATTHEW, 24:-13)
THE BIBLE CLEARLY STATED THAT, ANYONE THAT BELIEVES NOT THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD IS ALREADY CONDEMNED.
ANY ARGUMENT CONCERNING CHRIST BEING THE SON OF GOD OR NOT: AMOUNTS TO BEING AN ANTI-CHRIST.
JESUS IS NOT A PROPHET OF GOD, BUT THE SPOKEN WORD OF GOD IN CREATION. AND PEOPLE TAKE YOUR WORD FOR YOU.
THERE IS NO QUESTION ABOUT IF THE DEPARTED IS TO REST IN PEACE OR NOT. NO PRAYER CAN CHANGE WHAT GOD HAS SAID.
IF THE DEPARTED BELIEVES THAT JESUS CHRIST IS THE SON OF GOD BEFORE BEEN PULLED OUT OF EXISTENCE, THEN BE REST ASSURED THAT, HE’S SAVED RESTING IN PERFECT PEACE. BUT IF NOT, HE IS ALREADY CONDEMNED.
IN CONCLUSION: FAILURE TO PREACH THE GOSPEL AS INTENDED, IS DENYING CHRIST. AND THERE ARE CONSEQUENCES. (MATTHEW, 10:-32)
MAY THE GRACE OF HIS RESURRECTION BE UPON YOU THIS DAY AND BEYOND.
IN JESUS MIGHTY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN.
THANKS FOR READING.