Jan. 1999
During this time in my life I was thinking a lot about death because I felt like I was dying, even though I guess I wasn't. :) I just loved Piper's thoughts which I will share here:
Phil. 1:21-23
It Is Great Gain to Die Five Reasons Why
by Dr. John Piper (Emphasized by me)
1. At the moment of death, spirits will be made PERFECT. There will be NO MORE SIN in us. We will be done with the inner war and the heartrending disappointments of offending the Lord who loved us and gave himself for us...
2. At the moment of death, we will be relieved of the PAIN of this world...
3. At the moment of death, we will be given profound REST in our soul. There will be a serenity beneath the eye and care of God that surpasses anything we have known here on the softest summer evening beside the most peaceful lake at our most happy moments...
4. At the moment of death, we will experience a deep "AT-HOMENESS". The whole human race is HOMESICK FOR GOD WITHOUT KNOWING IT. When we go home to Christ there will be a contentment beyond any sense of security and peace we have ever known. "We are of good courage, I say, and prefer rather to be absent from the body and to be at home
with the Lord." (2 Corinthians 5:8)
5. At the moment of death, we will be WITH CHRIST. Christ is a more wonderful person than anyone on earth. He is wiser, stronger, and kinder than anyone you enjoy spending time with...Therefore Paul said, "BUT I AM HARD-PRESSED FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS. HAVING THE DESIRE TO DEPART AND BE WITH CHRIST, FOR THAT IS VERY MUCH BETTER." (Phil. 1:21-23)
With these five reasons for counting death gain, we only scratch the surface of wonder. There is more-so much more!
-(From Piper's book-Savoring the Supremacy of God In All Of Life-A Godward Life) Used with permissison. Listen to some of Piper's audio sermons on-line at www.desiringGod.org
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