THE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD AND DEATH
By Paul Hume
Scripture Reading: James 4:13-17;
Psalms 31:15; Job 14:5
"The clock of life is wound but
once,
And no one has the power
To tell just when the hands will stop
At late or early hour."
When will I die? When will you die? No
one has answer to these questions because our blessed, all-wise, sovereign
Lord, who is "the God of the spirits of all flesh" (Num. 16:.22; Heb.
12:9), holds the number of our very months and days, as well as years, in His
power. We are not born of mere natural accident--even though many are born out
of wedlock and the like. We are born to fit into the purposes of God. Our time
of birth as well as I time of our death is in His counsels. Little wonder the
devout Psalmist could state, "My times are in thy hand" (Psalms 31:15).
Therefore, how pointed is the inspired
advice James: "Come now, you who say, 'Today or tomorrow we are going to such and such a city and stay a
year, go into, business and make money,' although you do not have the slightest
knowledge of tomorrow. What is the nature of your life? It is really nothing
but a mist which appears for a little while and then disappears. Instead, you
ought to say, 'If the Lord is willing, we shall live and do this or that.' But, as it is, you boast of your proud
pretensions. All such boasting is wicked" (William Trans.).
"Unto God the Lord," declared
the Psalmist, "belong the issues from death" (68:20). Since HE
"giveth and taketh away" (Job 1:21), what can we do but live in holy,
submission to His will, and live a day at a time, seeking to be wise,
"redeeming the time" for "the time is short" (Eph. 5:15,16,
1 Corinthians 7:29)? Are YOU ready should the Lord be pleased to remove YOU by way of
death TODAY?
(A 10 Minute Video)
How
God Saves Men
Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
Read
Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-10 and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
(A 10 Minute Video)
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