I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel
What assurance do we have today that we’ll be okay when we die?
Pastor Tom
October 18, 2009
Romans 5:1–11
Now say a financial advisor came to you and asked “what assurance do you have today that you’re family will be okay when you die?” I suspect the amount of importance you place on that question depends on your assessment of how close you are to death.
The closer we get statistically to death, the more weight you might place on this issue.
The same can be true spiritually. Imagine I’m your spiritual advisor coming to visit you this morning. I also have a question that is similar yet has one important difference. See if you can pick out the difference. “What assurance do you have today that you’ll be okay when you die?” Did you catch the difference? I’m not asking if you’re family will be okay. I’m asking if you’ll be okay.
The Good News this morning is God provides great assurances that true Christians will be okay when we die. But now I face the same dilemma any financial advisor faces in trying to get people to take this question seriously. The value you place on this assurance may directly depend on how close or far you believe you are from death. That value dictates whether or not you will listen over the next minutes.
