Vince700

Is there life after death?

Jesus has been recorded saying in chapter 16 of the Gospel of Luke.                                                              “There was a certain rich man who was splendidly clothed in purple and fine linen and who lived each day in luxury.  At his gate lay a poor man named Lazarus who was covered with sores.  As Lazarus lay there longing for scraps from the rich man’s table, the dogs would come and lick his open sores. “Finally, the poor man died and was carried by the angels to sit beside Abraham at the heavenly banquet. The rich man also died and was buried,  and he went to the place of the dead. There, in torment, he saw Abraham in the far distance with Lazarus at his side. “The rich man shouted, ‘Father Abraham, have some pity! Send Lazarus over here to dip the tip of his finger in water and cool my tongue. I am in anguish in these flames.’ “But Abraham said to him, ‘Son, remember that during your lifetime you had everything you wanted, and Lazarus had nothing. So now he is here being comforted, and you are in anguish.  And besides, there is a great chasm separating us. No one can cross over to you from here, and no one can cross over to us from there.’ “Then the rich man said, ‘Please, Father Abraham, at least send him to my father’s home.  For I have five brothers, and I want him to warn them so they don’t end up in this place of torment.’ “But Abraham said, ‘Moses and the prophets have warned them. Your brothers can read what they wrote.’ “The rich man replied, ‘No, Father Abraham! But if someone is sent to them from the dead, then they will repent of their sins and turn to God.’ “But Abraham said, ‘If they won’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they won’t be persuaded even if someone rises from the dead.’”
Luke 16:19‭-‬31 NLT
https://bible.com/bible/116/luk.16.19-31.NLT
03/26/2018

What does this verse say about what happens after you die?

What do you think about most when you think about death?

Jesus said in many places, and in these verses, that there is life after death. Our physical bodies are temporary, they hardly ever last  more then a 100 years. All forms of eternal life is for eternity. Jesus points out in these verses, that the rich man had much in this life but, he lived his life separate from God. The money did not separate him, because the Bible tells us it is the love of money that’s bad, not money itself. If God has allowed you to be rich He gave it to you to use it for His Glory.

The rich man did not seek to walk with God in this life therefore when he died he continued walking without God. The poor man was with Abraham. He did seek to walk with God here on this earth, He believe in Jesus and therefore after his body died, Jesus knew him.

It was brought to my attention once that if a person is not comfortable living with Jesus here, they will not be happy living with Jesus for eternity. Does this make sense to you?

If so understand that Jesus said He is the Way to the Father, He said in Chapter 14 

 “Let not your heart be troubled. You believe in God. Believe also in Me. 2 In My Father’s house are many  mansions. If it were not so, I would have told you. I am going to prepare a place for you.3 And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, you may be also.4 You know where I am going, and you know the way.”

5 Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going. How can we know the way?”

6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

If this make sense to you. Know that Jesus died to take all sin. All sin from the creation of the world to the end of the world. There is no sin too big or to small that He is not willing to take.

If we pray and ask Jesus to remove our sin He will. When He does Jesus Commands us to make Him Lord of our life. This means we change our old life, and we begin to walk with Him. We then know Jesus is Commanding our lives. We dedicate ourselves and discipline ourselves to do the things we know will please God.

1. We communicate with God through daily prayer.

2. We seek Him by reading His living Word, the Bible daily.

3. We find other Christians to fellowship and walk in this world with.

4. We share this gift of eternity with as many people as we can.

It’s up to you. God will not force you to except His Son Jesus.

Published by Vince700

To tell you a little about myself; I was raised Catholic, but we only went to Church 2 times a year. Graduated from high school at 17, not because I moved up in grades, I just started early. I served in the United States Navy and did three tours off the coast of Vietnam. Found out who Jesus is on November 1972 when I was 22. 1973-93 Worked with Amor en Accion Mission’s Stationed overseas in Buenos Aires, Cordoba, and Salta, Argentina. Rio de Janeiro & Porto Alegre, Brazil. Lapaz, Bolivia. Ecuador and Lima, Peru & directed three more Youth Retreats in Spain. My father had open heart surgery, so I came back to the States. 1995-98 Loan Officer and computer technician for First Guaranty Mortgage & for Citizens 1st Mortgage and Computer Sales at Sears. 1998-2015 Started A Plus Renovations LLC MHIC 88188. I designed and ran the internet site. I managed the jobs doing some of the jobs myself. 1998-99 Attended Evangelism Explosion classes. (The most fulfilling experience in life is to be with someone when they come to Jesus) 2010-2017 Worked in the Got Questions team and lead teams with Evangelism Explosion at Mclean Bible Church 2014-Present Came on staff with Evangelism Explosion http://evangelismexplosion.org/.

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