From newsletter at rgc-chat.net Tue Apr 22 00:06:22 2008 From: newsletter at rgc-chat.net (RGC News) Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:06:22 -0700 Subject: [Newsletter] Daily Devotional In-Reply-To: <000001c82ad0$5cff79b0$6c01a8c0@hplaptop> References: <000001c82ad0$5cff79b0$6c01a8c0@hplaptop> Message-ID: Please delete me from email. To: newsletter at rgc-chat.netDate: Mon, 19 Nov 2007 12:19:32 -0500From: newsletter at rgc-chat.netSubject: [Newsletter] Daily Devotional Death Cannot Divide Us Read: John 11:14-27 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live." - John 11:25 Although writers and philosophers have done their best to marshal weighty arguments in favor of life after death, they have not succeeded in bringing comfort to aching, anxious, questioning hearts. Jesus, however, does not fail to satisfy us. He brings forth no philosophical arguments. He does not try to prove the reasonableness of immortality; he simply declares it! He speaks of what he knows, and answers with the authority of having: "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he may die, he shall live" (John 11:25). This resurrection has two aspects. The bodies of the believers will be raised, and their spirits will also live in heaven. What does this mean for grieving Christians whose believing loved ones have died? Death does not sever our love for them, for love belongs to the spirit and does not to the body. And when those we love go on a journey, their thoughts can span the distance as though it were a step, and their love enfolds us as though they stood beside us. So it is today with our dear departed ones. Are you sorrowing over one who has been called to have been? Jesus promised that we will be reunited one day, when God gives us back our precious loved ones. -M. R. De Haan M. D. When from the dead God raises his son And called him to the sky, He gave our souls a living Hope That they should never die! - Watts Thought for today: Christ has replaced the dark door of death with the shining date of life. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://rgc-chat.net/pipermail/newsletter_rgc-chat.net/attachments/20080421/f53bd916/attachment.html