Msg#1624 Great Plainness of Speech

What The Bible Says

Good Samaritan's Penny Pulpit by Pastor Ed Rice

Death is certain, only the timing is uncertain. For Mohamed Ali it was expected and prepared for; for Christina Grimmie, of The Voice, age 22, it was a sudden, senseless shooting. So too, the car that ran the stop and met a semi saw six teenage lives snuffed out in a moment. We cannot know any tomorrow with certainty. “As it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment, so Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many” (Heb 9:27-28a). If he died for yours sins and you accepted him as the Saviour of your soul, the Bible says, “Precious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints” (Ps 116:15). If you have not, the Bible says, “As I live, saith the Lord GOD I have no pleasure in the death of the wicked” (Ezek 33:11). The Evangelist uses a double acronym on D-E-A-T-H: The believer is Delivered, but the lost Done; the one has Eternal-life, the other Eternal-death; the saint sees Allelujah, the sinner Agony; the saved find Treasures the unsaved Tears; one goes to Heaven, the other to Hell. The Apostle Paul said, “Seeing then that we have such hope, we use great plainness of speech” (2Cor 3:12). Apostate churches, yeah Protestant churches, do not display such plainness, but clearly there are two deaths and two resurrections. You need to know which one you're headed for, “Blessed and holy is he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years” (Rev 20:6). If you are born once, you die twice; if you are born twice, you die once. Ye must be born again.

An Essay for week #24 Jun 12, 16

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