Changing Addresses

I greet you in Jesus’ precious name! It is Wednesday morning, the 1st of March, 2023, and this is your friend, Angus Buchan, with a thought for today.

“For in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.”
1 Corinthians 15:22

“O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?” 
1 Corinthians 15:55

Oh Hell, where is your victory?

The greatest weapon of satan is fear and especially the fear of death. It comes through sin, when Adam and Eve sinned in the garden death came, but Jesus Christ has overcome the power of fear by the power of love and faith in Him! 

“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.”
2 Timothy 1:7 

Yes, the Lord has taken out the sting of death and eternal damnation and He has replaced it with the reassurance that because He is alive, we shall live with Him forever. Do you remember what Billy Graham said? He said, “One day you will read in the newspapers that last night Billy Graham died. Don’t believe a word of it - I would have merely changed my address." That’s right, my address will be Heaven.  

My little grandson was heartbroken the other day when one of his best friend’s mom died of cancer, and we had a little talk together. She was a strong and committed Christian woman. I told him to tell his little friend that the Bible says in Psalm 116:15: 

“Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.”  

As someone once said, “Death is just like leaving one room, opening the door and walking into the next room." Oh, but what a glorious room that will be. What a glorious future awaits us, so let us keep our eyes fixed on Jesus, the Author and the Perfecter of our faith, and today go out and comfort someone who is hurting, who is mourning the loss of a loved one and remind them that if their friends love Jesus, they are not dead, they have simply changed address!

God bless you and have a lovely day,
Goodbye.