At the graveside of His friend Lazarus, Jesus told his grieving sisters Mary and Martha two all-important things: <\/p>\n
(1) \u2018Your brother will rise again.\u2019<\/i> (John\u00a011:23\u00a0NASB) <\/p>\n
(2) \u2018Everyone who lives in Me and believes in Me will never ever die. Do you believe this?\u2019<\/i> (John\u00a011:26\u00a0NLT) So, what\u2019s going to take you beyond death and into your heavenly home? Sterling character? Charitable giving? Going to church? No. While those are all commendable, only by placing your trust in Christ can you have the assurance of resurrection and eternal life. <\/p>\n
You see, Jesus conquered death and the grave for you. You may be reading these words today fighting tears of sorrow. Perhaps you have lost your spouse of many years, or your child to a tragic accident, or a loved one to some dreaded disease. Like no other, Jesus understands your grief. He is touched with the feelings of our infirmities (see\u00a0Hebrews\u00a04:15). <\/p>\n
Or perhaps you sense that death is near to you. If you haven\u2019t placed your trust in Christ, you must take care of that right away. Don\u2019t wait for a more convenient time. Do it today, and you will be saved; that means that when you breathe your last breath, you will pass from death to life\u2014heavenly life. When you trust in Christ (click here), there is no reason to fear what lies beyond the grave. He is already there. And He has prepared a place for you. It\u2019s ready! Inexplicable, unending joy will be yours forever, thanks to Jesus. You can exclaim with Paul, \u2018Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?\u2019<\/i> (1\u00a0Corinthians\u00a015:55\u00a0NIV)<\/p>\n
Think about it: immediately following death\u2014glory!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At the graveside of His friend Lazarus, Jesus told his grieving sisters Mary and Martha two all-important things: (1) \u2018Your brother will rise again.\u2019 (John\u00a011:23\u00a0NASB) (2) \u2018Everyone who lives in Me and believes in Me will never ever die. Do you believe this?\u2019 (John\u00a011:26\u00a0NLT) So, what\u2019s going to take you beyond death and into your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1871"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1871\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1871"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1871"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ucbmedia.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1871"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}