Ecclesiastes 9:4 KJV
For to him that is joined to all the living
there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
The hope of every Christian lies beyond this life. The best we may have
it in the earth is but a bauble in comparison to the lowest of blessings in
glory. To be saved yet so as by fire is so much better than to not be saved at
all it is hardly worth comparing. Death is a graduation exercise for the
believer.
But for the
unsaved, hope lies in this life alone.
- If the circumstances are poor, as long as they are alive they might
hope for an improvement
- If he is lonely, so long as he is alive, he might still find
companionship
- If his name is soiled, as long as he is alive, he has opportunity
to redeem it
- As a lost man, as long as he is alive, he may hear God's Word and be saved
To the saved man
life now merely prepares him for eternal life. The saved man lives for the day
when this life becomes life beyond. For the lost man, all he has is the few
years given him in this world. His only hope is for one more day.
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