WHO CAN FACE THE "KING OF TERRORS?"

WHO CAN FACE THE "KING OF TERRORS?"

Wisdom demands: In life think death. It is never too soon to prepare for that unwanted caller described in Arabian folklore as a black-hooded galloping horseman whose night visits may stop your way. You never know, he comes unannounced, with fateful finality, an unwelcome but irresistable visitor.
"But i dont want to think of death!" thats true, but death may be thinking of you. Years ago, my former student, also a gynaecologist, said to me, "Dr Tow, I have learnt a lesson from my late father. He worked himself to death, at fifty-seven, delivering babies day in day out - whats the point? I am going to go slow, take it easy, enjoy life."
So he joined the famous Singapore Island Country Club. One day, taking it easy, he went for a jog in the early morning dew. After that a hot shower, then off to office, he thought. Stepping out of the shower, he collapsed with a massive heart attack, at thirty-six. That's life.
In life think death: be prepared!
HOW SHOULD ONE PREPARE?
Let me put it simply: death is not the end.Beyond death there's more, much more in store for the departing soul. Man is not the master of his destiny, no, not at all. We were all sent into Planet Earth without our consent or knowledge. One day we depart the same way. Question: Who really is in charge? Answer: The Giver of Life, our Creator, is in charge. One day He will call us to give an account of our doings in this life. "As it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this is judgement." (Heb 9:27).
For that, be prepared. How? Just three steps.
1)Acknowledge the Giver of Life
Listen to Him: "I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father but by me"(Jn 14: 6)."I am come that (men) might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly" (Jn10:10)
Apart from Jesus, the Son of God and Savior of the world, there is no life, no true life, no desirable life. He alone gives life that overcomes death. How do we know? Simply because He came from heaven for that purpose: to lay down His life on the cross, to die and be buried, and to rise from the grave on the third day, triumphant over death.
Now He offers that life to whosoever will. He says, "I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?" (Jn11: 25, 26)
2)Believe on the Giver of Life
The way of life is now freely offered to all who are afraid of death, who are concerned about life's destiny, who are seeking the true meaning of life. The Gospel of John says,"...as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name."
The same writer adds: "And this is the record, that God hath given to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son. He that hath the Son hath life; and he that hath not the Son of God hath not life."(1Jn 5:11,12)
Question: Have you received Jesus, the Son of God, as your savior? In Him, you have victory over death.
3) Live for Him daily who died for you
Believing on Jesus and receiving Him into your life admits you into the service of the Most High. In His service, there is the promise of an everlasting abode with God in heaven. Then, like the apostle Paul, you can say,"For to me, to live is Christ, to die is gain...and to be with Christ; which is far better."(Phil 1:21, 23)
Furthermore, you may live each day confident and rejoicing, that"...to be absent from the body"is "to be present with the Lord"(2Cor 5:8)
Conclusion: In Christ death has lost its sting