Around 125 A.D., a Greek by the name of Aristeides wrote to one of his friends, trying to explain the extraordinary success of the new religion, Christianity. In his letter he said, “If any righteous man among the Christians passes from this world, they rejoice and offer thanks to God, and they accompany his body with songs and thanksgiving as if he were setting out from one place to another nearby.”
That should be the testimony of the Church in the 21st century. Have we lost something?
He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”
And He said to him, “Truly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in paradise.”
And everyone who lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
Give it some thought.
Gary