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WHAT IS THE MOST
IMPORTANT THING
YOU SHOULD DO
BEFORE YOU DIE
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Most people would say to make a will...
others might say to get your affairs
straight ... some might say to be sure and
purchase a cemetery lot. As you read thru
this short note, you will come to the same
answer I found in my life in 1950. I have
found it to be so wonderful that I want you
to know it is the most imperative thing in
your life, and it should be attended to at
ones May you continue to read to the last
word.
1. God loves you and this fact alone is
exciting. “For God so loved the world, that
he gave his only begotten Son, that whoso-
ever believeth in him should not perish, but
have everlasting life.” John 3:16
2. You are a sinner and condemned to
death as such. Romans 3:23 tells us “For
all have sinned and come short of the glory
of God.” Romans 6:23 tells us “The wages
of-sin is death; but the gift of God is eter-
nal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.”
The Bible warns us over and over this eter-
nal death is in a lake of living fire.
3. As sinners we are separated from God
and cannot experience this love that he has
for us. Therefore the question now is; how
can we be reconciled to God and what can
we do about this sin problem. Can we work
our way into the grace of God by our talent,
good works, money, intellect, or by our good
looks . . . we can try the best we can but
each of us must come to the fact that
what we do ourselves is temporary and not
lasting. We find in John 14:6 Jesus tells
us “I am the way, the truth, and the life;
no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.”
We find in Romans 5:8 “But God commend-
eth his love toward us, in that, while we
were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”
4. It would be well for you to now read
John 3:1-8, for in this passage Jesus tells
Nicodemus three times in eight verses “Ye
must be born again.’’ Now keep in mind
Nicodemus was a very religious man, a good
man, a wealthy man, a well educated man
and a good family man... but Jesus told
him “Ye must be born again.” What Jesus
told him was that he had been born the first
time physically and in sin, and that he
needed to be born again spiritually. With
this new birth he would be entirely new, not
made over. In fact a new baby.
5. Now for the answer to the question,
“What is the most important thing you
should do before you die?” The answer is
to accept Jesus Christ as your personal
Lord and Saviour, asking Him to come into
your life, to forgive your sins by washing
them in the blood He shed for you, to be the
Lord of your life, that you surrender your
will, emotions and intellect fully to Him.
Not just to know about Him, or to think the
church can take you to heaven; but in hav-
ing this personal relationship with Him and
in inviting Him into your heart. John 1:12
tells us “But as many as received him, to
them gave he power to become the sons of
God, even to them that believe on his
name.’?
Revelation 3:20 tells us, and this is Jesus
speaking, “Behold I stand at the door and
knock [this is the door of your heart]: if
any man hear my voice, and open the door,
I will come into him, and will sup with him,
and he with me.” Won’t you do it?
Have you invited Jesus into your life, to
be the Lord of your life? If not, why not
do it right now. Bow your head, talk to
Him as you would your very best friend,
tell Him you are a sinner, ask Him to for-
give you, to come into your heart to be the
Lord of your life, that you surrender your
will, emotions and intellect to Him. Now
thank Him for coming in.
Did He come in and how do you know?
He said He would come in (Rev. 3:20) not
by feeling but by faith. It is by the testi-
mony of the Word of God.
“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. These things have I written unto
you that believe on the name.of the Son of
God; that ye may know that ye have eter.
nal life, and that ye may believe on the
name of the Son of God.” I John 5:11-13
Buck Talman