An extract
of a typical Obituary announced in the newspaper goes thus:
With gratitude to God for a life well
spent, we announce the translation to eternity of Chief Adolphus Bankole
Chukwuma Dandaudu who departed this world at the age of 80. May his gentle soul
rest in perfect peace
Questions:
Was it a
life well spent acquiring and multiplying houses that will become desolate
(Isaiah 5:8-9) or a life well spent and invested in an incorruptible heavenly
mansion (John 14:2)?
Was it a
life well spent acquiring earthly riches to become rich before men (Matthew
6:19-20) or a life well spent to be rich before God (Revelations 3:17-18)?
Was it a
life invested in sinful and worldly ease and pleasures (2 Timothy 3:4) (Romans
13:13) or a life devoted to holy living (Luke 1:75)?
Was it a
life spent in fulfilling the lusts of the flesh (1 John 2:16) or a life
invested in the preaching of the gospel of the kingdom (Mark 15:16)?
Was it the
life of a Minister of the Gospel who cried aloud and spared not, who told his
congregation what God wants them to hear (Isaiah 58:1), or was it a Minister
who served for personal gain and vain glory (2 Corinthians 11:23) (Philippians
2:3)?
Was it a
life that multiplied wives (Deuteronomy 17:17) or a life invested in
multiplying souls into the kingdom of God?
Was it a
life well spent investing in the salvation of the eternal soul of man (John
3:3) or a life well spent servicing the flesh and living for the perishing
flesh (Romans 6:19)?
Was it a
life spent in seeking first the kingdom of God and its righteousness (Matthew
6:33) or a life well spent seeking first the Kingdom of Satan and sinfulness (1
John 5:8)?
Was it a
life that defrauded the poor, looted public funds meant for the welfare of the
masses and perverted the judgment of the poor (James 2:4-6) or a life that
showed mercy to the poor (Matthew 5:7)?
Was it a life spent acquiring the wisdom of
the world (1 Corinthians 1:26) but had no time for the eternal Word of God by
which he shall be judged (Revelations 22:7)?
Was it a
life well spent in diligent search for the wisdom of God (Joshua 1:8) or a life
devoted to seeking the wisdom of the occult (Exodus 7:11)?
Was it a
fervent Christian life devoted to earnest prayers (Luke 18:1) or a lukewarm
Christian life to be spue out of God’s mouth (Revelations 3:15-16)?
Was it a Christian
whose light shone (Matthew 5:14); who was known by his good works –holiness and
love for the brethren (Matthew 5:16) (2 Corinthians 7:1), or a Christian whose
only evidence of Christ in his life are beautiful cars and houses? Is material
goods evidence of salvation? Is salvation evidenced by perishable material
resources?
Was it a Christian
who was truly in Christ (2 Corinthians 5:17) or a Christian in the church but
not in Christ, who worshipped God with his lips only (Isaiah 29:13)?
Was it a
wife who submitted to her husband as unto the Lord (Ephesians 5:22) or a wife
who willfully walked out of her marriage to become a single parent to conform
to the world (Romans 12:1-2); who saw marriage as an affair that can be
terminated at will?
Was it a
life well spent in the fear of the Lord and obedience to His commandments
(Ecclesiastes 12:13) or a life that lived in the opposite direction?
Ponder about this:
Can every life find perfect peace in
eternity? Will God recognize a life that was lived contrary to His expectations as a life well spent? A life well
spent for God or for the Devil?
Examine your life whether you are
still in the faith (2 Corinthians 13:5). Christ is coming soon. Are we ready to meet Him?
Ayodele Adegbulugbe
www.maritalsuccessresource.simplesite,com
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