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 Written by Louis Mize, a good friend  @  https://www.facebook.com/louis.mize

“Don’t fear death, cause you CAN live forever !!”

And it is appointed unto man once to die, but after this, the judgment.

Hebrews 9:27

I have some very wonderful news for people who place their faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. The good news is something very wonderful comes right after death. There is definitely life after death. And the judgment that comes after death for the believer is NEVER penal in nature. You see, because Christ bore the sins of all believers on Calvary’s Cross, our judgment will be based, not on our own righteousness, but on and in the righteousness of Christ! Death for the believer is the ultimate victory over life on earth.

Psalm 23 promises us this in verse 4: Yes, all of us will walk through the valley of the shadow of death, without fear of evil. And God’s rod and staff that COMFORTS us, is always redemptive in nature! The believer will see death as just a fleeting shadow, that very soon passes away into eternal and everlasting life.

People will reveal the true state of their spiritual condition in the direction we turn when faced with sorrow, hardships, uncertainties, and the death of a loved one. We will grieve for we will miss their bodily presence with us on earth. But for certain we know this: to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord.

We know and believe that nothing could be better for the believer in Christ than to be present with the Lord. And even though we must pass through the valley of the shadow of death, we will emerge ALIVE on the other side, because of our resurrected Christ’s glorious victory over death and the grave. Praise God for these truths! For God’s rod and staff is for comfort and redemption for all true believers in Christ.

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To my brothers and sisters in Christ, please feel free to share this message of the cross with those in need…

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