A VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION

A sixteen-year-olds question

I remember the time when we were sitting around talking with friends when one of their teenage boys asked me a question, “where do we go when we die?” I said that’s a good question and went and got my Bible. I told him the only way we can know for sure is what God’s Word (the Bible) says. Anything else is just shear speculation. God did not originally make man to die physically but after Adam and Eve disobeyed God, He sentenced them to a physical death (Genesis 3:17-19). One of my favorite stories concerning death and life after death is Luke 16:19-31. It tells of two men and how they lived and what happened after death. One, a rich man lived it up and had no regard for God. The other a poor man with many problems but had a regard for God. The question is not about wealth or poverty but what was in their hearts. They both died but went to totally different places. The poor man went to Abraham’s bosom (near God) and was comforted. The rich man went to a place of great suffering and agony. Once physical death arrives, we can not change where we will be in eternity (Luke 16:26). This is not Hell just the first stop on the way (Revelation 20:11-15) If God is in our in our life we don’t have to worry about life after death, (Revelation 21:1-8). See you in Church next Sunday. Brother J