Thoughts
on Michael Wells’ teachings in My Weakness for His Strength - # 213
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Michael draws our attention to two very different “life”
perspectives, by the contrasting reality of “death.” He clearly points out that all human
perspective is directly related to one’s spiritual life…
DAY 59
Death!
For the Lord Himself
will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of {the} archangel, and
with the trumpet of God; and the dead in Christ shall rise first. --I Thessalonians 4:16
I find it interesting that when humanism competes with
any religion, it self-proclaims its superiority. It cannot compete with Jesus,
who was, to say the least, unique and not of the world; He brought us the wisdom of heaven and teaching not
heard in any religion. He is higher than all the man-inspired philosophies,
systems, compassion, or love. The humanists are working hard to make Christianity out to be a hate
religion. We know that
true hate is to see a man being destroyed and to say nothing. If only for this reason, the
humanists prove themselves to be full of hate, which does not exclude them from
being wickedly wise. Since
the believer has the hope of heaven, death on earth is not paramount in our
thinking. It is here that the humanists believe they have found the
chink in our armor. They are all about life on earth and want to appear to be
very compassionate. They constantly cry, “See the suffering children, see how
many have died from disease, see how easy it would be to alleviate suffering,
and see how we have the answer?” The humanist has made death out to be the worst thing possible; it
reveals his heart, for to him it will be the worst thing possible.
However, we are not to be
deceived into his way of thinking. Death is not the worst thing that can happen to a
person, whose life on this earth was never meant to last forever. Christians
are a unique group that does not fear death. Yet more and more believers are sacrificing
integrity and effort to support the cause of doing anything and everything to
see life on earth continue. Matthew 10:28, “And do not fear those who kill the body, but are
unable to kill the soul; but rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul
and body in hell.”
Yellow – VIP, Very Important Point Green
– IT, Incredible Truth
Red – GP, Greatest Promises
Turquoise – UR, Unfathomable Riches Pink
– PV, Priceless Victory
I love this verse!
Almost every opportunity I have of presiding at graveside services, I
read this verse and then state: “I think the two best places to be when Christ
comes again would be, (1) with someone who has just placed their trust in the
Lord Jesus Christ to be their very own personal Savior, or (2) at the graveside
when the trumpet sounds, and the dead IN CHRIST rise first…” Can you imagine what either would be like!?!
Michael unequivocally states the TRUTH…Humanism
(or any religion) cannot compete with JESUS.
Period. “He
brought us the wisdom of heaven and teaching not heard in any religion. He is
higher than all the man-inspired philosophies, systems, compassion, or love.” Well, amen.
Michael also gives us a tremendous life lesson: “True
hate is to see a man being destroyed and to say nothing.” Michael’s surrounding statements show us what we DO is relative to what is IN us: “The
humanists are working hard to make Christianity out to be a hate religion…If
only for this reason, the humanists prove themselves to be full of hate.”
Finally, Michael states the inevitable with timeless encouragement, then
closes with Jesus’ comforting words: Matthew 10:28, “And
do not fear those who kill the body, but are unable to kill the soul; but
rather fear Him who is able to destroy both soul and body in hell.”
And as one who is now seeing His Savior face to face, Michael is
experiencing the One which nothing can compete with! And we can all hear Michael saying, “Well,
amen!”
Try thinking of all this the next time you are at the graveside of a
loved one, or close acquaintance…
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