Questions about Life and Death I told you

Questions about Life and Death “I told you I was sick …. ” Georgia, USA “Here lies the body of our Anna, Done to death by a banana. It wasn’t the fruit that laid her low, But the skin of the thing that made her go!” Anna Hopewell, Vermont. “Looked up the elevator shaft, to see if the lift was on the way down. It was. ” Harry Edwell Smith, Albany, NY, 1942. “Here lies an atheist. All dressed up and nowhere to go. ” Thurmont, Maryland.

Questions about Life and Death • Aeschylus: “Once a man dies, there is no • • resurrection. ” Churchill: “I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is ready to meet me is another matter!” Paulinus and the Sparrow. Virgil: “Here comes Death, plucking at my ear. Live, says he, for I am coming. ” George Harrison: “The purpose of life is to find out who I am, why I am here, and where I’m going. ”

Questions about Life and Death Question: Is it okay for Christians to mourn the death of loved ones? ?

Questions about Life and Death Two huge truths in the Bible: 1. People are made for Eternity! 2. Our choices in the here and now have eternal consequences.

Questions about Life and Death If we say Yes to God: • John 14 v 3: Jesus will be there • John 3 v 16: Eternal Life • I Corinthians 15 v 51: We’ll be complete! • Revelation 21 v 1 -4: Better than we could ever imagine!!

Questions about Life and Death If we say No to God: • II Thessalonians 1 v 9: “Eternal destruction and exclusion from the presence of the Lord. ”

Questions about Life and Death Question: SO WHAT? ? ?

Questions about Life and Death • Don’t just drift • The best is yet to come • Speak out!