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No Speculation
Recently, my missionary friend and I were visiting in the village of Greiggs, on the island of Saint Vincent. We were handing out gospel tracts and Scripture calendars for the new year, and speaking to folks about the Lord and the way of salvation. While passing down the street, my friend met a young man, and, when he offered him some literature and spoke to him about eternal matters, his reply was, “Anything concerning life after death is only speculation.”
My friend quickly assured him, by quoting several verses from the Bible, that there was no speculation as to what happens when we leave this life. The Word of God is very specific, and we need to take heed and be ready to meet God. One of the verses quoted was, “And … it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment” (Hebrews 9:27). There is no speculation in that verse!
The young man was not convinced, nor willing to hear what the Bible has to say on the matter. How sad! I trust there are none reading this calendar page who feel this way. Read the story in Luke 16:19-31. There we are left in no doubt as to the next life. This is not speculation, this is reality and certainty. “Be ye also ready” (Matthew 24:44).
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