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At your funeral
One of these days you will be dressed in fine clothes and surrounded by those who love you.
Flowers may line the wall and you will be the center of attention. Tears will be shed as people
talk fondly of you and stories will be repeated. You will not notice the flowers, or take part in the
conversation, or be able to shed a tear with everyone else. Singers will sing, but you will be
silent. Most likely the family will arrange a preacher for this occasion. It will be one lesson
you won’t hear. The words will be of no benefit to you, but may help those that can still hear.
His words will not cause you to go to heaven or hell. No preacher will be able to affect your
salvation at this time. Your fate will be determined by the Word of God and your manner of life.
"He who rejects Me, and does not receive My words, has that which judges him — the word that
I have spoken will judge him in the last day" (John 12:48).
If you have been obedient to the law of Christ, your family will have the comfort of you
being in the hands of a just and righteous Judge. "Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of
righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me
only but also to all who have loved His appearing" (2 Timothy 4:8). While your loved ones will
miss you, you’ll be in a better place. However, do not expect to go to heaven if you are not living
for that eternal reward. Heaven is a place for prepared people.
If you live your life with little thought of God, Jesus, the Word of God, and your soul, there
is no hope. The righteous Judge will condemn those who are in sin. Your loved ones will be
saddened by your death and mourn as those who realize that all is lost. At your funeral, your soul
will be in the hands of God, but your destiny will have been determined by your life. Remember,
it is your funeral.
