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Text: Matthew 26:17-20 . Matthew 26:39 . Matthew 27:50
Introduction.
We are well prepared to keep on living.
We have a great difficulty in thinking about death.
Jesus is our example in everything, including this subject.
01. If I died tomorrow... I would have a banquet with my friends.
Matthew 26:17-20. It was Thursday, end of the day.
Got together with friends, even taking the risk of being betrayed.
A difficult time had come.
John 2:4, John 7:30, John 16:32. Jesus was referring to the moment of his death.
In the Bible, a table set up for a meal appears 200 times.
02.If I died tomorrow...I would spend some time on my own.
Matthew 26:39.
He brings 12 to the Gethsemane, chooses 3 and ends up alone.
"How to have a Mary's heart in a Martha's world"
Let me speak a little of physical hunger.
In the 1974 World Conference about Food, they set a goal : get rid of famine in the world by 1984.
- About 815 million people are chronic victims of poor nutrition and most of them are women and children.
- A child dies of hunger in the world every seven seconds.
I think it is the same when it comes to the spiritual hunger.
Amos 8:11 brings a prophecy even more tragic.
Isaiah 55:6 The advice of the Word of God.
03. If I died tomorrow... I would pray placing all my confidence in the Lord.
Matthew 27:50
I Would follow the great servant's example, Stephen. Acts 7:59
Illustration " Father, I am ready".
Conclusion.
Yes; I would meet friends. Even taking the risk of betrayal. Judas and Peter.
I would spend time with God. Repentance in Heaven, for lack of more prayer.
I would place my confidence for the last time in the Lord. Job's example.
Life is short. II Timothy 4:6-8 (Paul)
But the great challenge today is: I am going to do this now. I am going to start doing this right away.
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