“His lord said unto
him, Well done, thou good and faithful servant: thou hast been faithful over a
few things, I will make thee ruler over many things: enter thou into the joy of
thy lord.” – Matthew 25:21
Through this little series we have spoke of: birth, sin, spiritual
death, spiritual birth, and now we come to death. In plain terms, physical death. Every man or women that comes to this earth
is one day going to leave it at a time which they know not. Death is on the path, it is the end of life
here on earth, and the beginning of eternity.
Once you have been made sanctified by the Holy Ghost and you
are continuing in his will, living the sanctified life. You nor anyone can ever know how much longer
your life on earth may be. It is in God’s
will to decide. The idea of physical
death to a person who does not have a full relationship with Jesus Christ is
something to fight against. It is the expiration
date on a life that they have invested in down here. To the Christian, death is a promotion. Jesus lived, so that we might live; not just spiritual
life here on earth, but life after, in heaven.
He who “lays up his treasures here on earth” will reap only the splendor
of this world, but those who do not and esteem the will of God rather; will
reap spiritual blessings here and life eternal in the world to come. You cannot indulged in the world down here,
gaining and getting, and expect to find welcome in the world to come. You are either a pilgrim here and a citizen
there, or a citizen here and a stranger there.
Your physical death gives absolute judgment on where your citizenship
truly is; though your sanctification is like a passport back to your homeland.
As the old folks in my church used to say (the wisdom in this still astounds
me) “we have a heaven to go to heaven in.”
If you have been made sanctified, and you are living the life through
the Holy Spirit. A little bit of heaven
is in you. Thereby you have been “set
apart” from the world, the flesh, and the devil. You have a little bit of heaven to take you
to heaven. As long as you keep His
commandments, hours will turn to days, days to years, and one day you will look
up and this road of life will be well traveled for Jesus Christ.
The glorious welcome of “well done” (in my opinion) should be
the mission statement of every Christian life (perhaps that statement is too
lofty). We are not living this life for
ourselves, but for Jesus Christ, and on the day when we die. The goal, the mission, the want of our entire
being should be, and I imagine will be, to hear “well done.” Mind you, and make no mistake; the Bible
clearly tells and shows that He is a just God, and welcome will not be extended
to those who have rejected Him. The
judgment of God is sure, clear, and absolute.
In the end, it won’t matter how big our house is, or how fast our car
goes. The bank account or resume will
not count for anything. What will matter
is love. Do we have the perfect love of
God on the inside? Did you love Him enough
to renounce your way each day and follow His?
Did you love God and love your neighbor?
Did you walk the path, the path that is in His Holy Bible? Though it seems on earth, these things count
for very little, at death and judgment, they will count for a great deal.
