And I heard a voice from heaven saying, “Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.”   “Blessed indeed,” says the Spirit, “that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!”  Revelation 14:13 One day soon, all of us will be in another world.  The purpose […]

“I am going away, and you will look for me, and you will die in your sin.” John 8:21 Some years ago, I came to know a man who had emigrated from England to South Africa.  He came to the church I served in London while he was visiting his elderly mother.  She was in […]

For we know that if the tent that is our earthly home is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.  2 Corinthians 5:1 Today as we continue our series about your future life, we’re going to focus on three questions… What is death? What actually […]

Behold! I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.  1 Corinthians 15:51-52 When you go to a burial service, the pastor says “We commit his or her body to the ground. Ashes to ashes […]

“We do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who fall asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope.”  1 Thessalonians 4:13 The subject before us is full of joy for every Christian, and today I want to bring a word of hope and comfort.  First, for all […]

“The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away.”  Matthew 13:24-25 God sows good seed in a field.  Satan comes at night and sows weeds.  So, the field ends […]

Every person who has ever lived will personally experience either heaven or hell.  No one will experience both. All of us need to hear about hell, either as a warning of what we’re heading for, or as an appreciation of what we’ve been delivered from in Jesus Christ.

“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” (Revelation 7:10) All of us are on our way, either to something that is infinitely better, or to something that is infinitely worse.  People sometimes talk about “living your best life now.”  That’s only possible if you are going to hell.  If […]

“Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!”  Revelation 7:10 All of us are on our way, either to something that is infinitely better, or to something that is infinitely worse.  People sometimes talk about “living your best life now.”  That’s only possible if you are going to hell.  […]