{"id":4468,"date":"2022-02-24T20:32:31","date_gmt":"2022-02-25T01:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.actonschurch.com\/church\/?page_id=4468"},"modified":"2022-03-19T09:18:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-19T13:18:14","slug":"what-happens-to-be-after-i-die","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.actonschurch.com\/church\/what-happens-to-be-after-i-die\/","title":{"rendered":"What happens to me after I die?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What happens to me after I die?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All people are divided by God into one of two groups.\n<ul>\n<li>The Saved, and the unsaved.\n<ul>\n<li>Saved and safe (children under the age of accountability)\n<ul>\n<li>2 Corinthians 5:8, \u201cWe are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Lord.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Philippians 1:20-23, \u201cAccording to my earnest expectation and my hope, that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but that with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ shall be magnified in my body, whether it be by life, or by death. (21)&nbsp; For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain.&nbsp; (22)&nbsp; But if I live in the flesh, this is the fruit of my labour: yet what I shall choose I wot not.&nbsp; (23)&nbsp; For I am in a strait betwixt two, having a desire to depart, and to be with Christ; which is far better:\u201d<\/li>\n<li>John 14:1-3, \u201cLet not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe also in me. (2)&nbsp; In my Father&#8217;s house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.&nbsp; (3)&nbsp; And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto myself; that where I am, there ye may be also.\u201d\n<ul>\n<li>There are many other scriptures that show how that God\u2019s children are ushered into His presence, the moment we close our eyes in death from this world.\n<ul>\n<li>Psalms 116:15, \u201cPrecious in the sight of the LORD is the death of his saints.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Christians have nothing to fear in death, for we have eternal life abiding in us!\n<ul>\n<li>Christians will never taste of death, for Christ already tasted it for us.\n<ul>\n<li>John 11:25-26, \u201cJesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: (26)&nbsp; And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. \u2026\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The unsaved (those who are lost, without Christ)\n<ul>\n<li>The bible mentions hell, more times that it mentions heaven. The reason for this is simple, God does not what you to perish in hell!\n<ul>\n<li>2 Peter 3:9, \u201cThe Lord is not slack concerning his promise, as some men count slackness; but is longsuffering to us-ward, not willing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Bible records a story of a rich man, who died without Christ. It is a sad, but very sobering account.\n<ul>\n<li>Luke 16:19-31, \u201cThere was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: (20)&nbsp; And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores,&nbsp; (21)&nbsp; And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man&#8217;s table: moreover the dogs came and licked his sores.&nbsp; (22)&nbsp; And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abraham&#8217;s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried;&nbsp; (23)&nbsp; And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.&nbsp; (24)&nbsp; And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame.&nbsp; (25)&nbsp; But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented.&nbsp; (26)&nbsp; And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence.&nbsp; (27)&nbsp; Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father&#8217;s house:&nbsp; (28)&nbsp; For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.&nbsp; (29)&nbsp; Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them.&nbsp; (30)&nbsp; And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.&nbsp; (31)&nbsp; And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>This next text reveals the reason people have to go to hell, it is because the refused to obey the gospel message of Jesus Christ.\n<ul>\n<li>2 Thessalonians 1:6-9, \u201cSeeing it is a righteous thing with God to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; (7)&nbsp; And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,&nbsp; (8)&nbsp; In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:&nbsp; (9)&nbsp; Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power;\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>If you would like more information on this topic, please contact us.<\/li>\n<li>If you would like to know how to be saved, select the topic titled, \u201cHow can I be forgiven of my sin and gain Christ as my Saviour\u201d.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What happens to me after I die? All people are divided by God into one of two groups. The Saved, and the unsaved. 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