When the Lights Go Out (John 10:9)

I’m talking about the inevitable. That moment when everything goes quiet, and our contact with this world fades. The moment when our eyes close, for the last time, to the light of this life, and our soul slips away.
 
If things do go dark at this moment, my friends, let me share some things with you about ‘that’ darkness.

We’re told that if we go through the ‘door’ of Jesus Christ, we pass into a new reality. (John 10:9) - here and now, and forevermore. Have you gone through that door? This ‘door’ – Jesus Christ -  is God’s ‘rope’ to save us, God’s ‘anchor’ to steady us, God’s ‘salvation’. We pass through this door of eternal life through repentance of our sin, and faith in Jesus Christ.

After taking the hand and Spirit of Jesus, we are told that we ‘never die’. (John 11:26) Yes, we do ‘die’ in the flesh, but our souls have been ‘banked’ with God and we will never actually ‘perish’, or cease to be. One verse in the Bible puts it this way:

‘Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?’ (1 Cor 15:55)

Followers of Jesus in the bible, when they die here on earth, are said to ‘sleep’. That’s where we get R.I.P. – or, ‘Rest in Peace’. Because in Jesus, to die here is just to ‘rest’ for a while, until he ‘wakes’ us for Heaven. (1 Thes 4:13-18) This is all in the Bible, my friends, this is the promise and power of Jesus Christ!

And you know, darkness actually belongs to God. In fact, a beautiful verse puts it this way:

‘Darkness is as light to God.’ (Psalm 139:12)

So when the lights go out, my brother, my sister, and you close your eyes to this world, there is a sweet and peaceful passage you can pass through, carried by the Spirit of God.

For more on the ‘door’ that is Jesus, and taking his hand today, please visit: https://1peter1three.weebly.com/first-steps.html

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