What’s Going to Happen After you Die ?
What’s going to happen after you die?
God’s Word tells us that the dead know nothing. (Ecclesiastes 9:5)
Death seems like the end, but after it can be a new beginning. In God’s eyes there are two types of people in the world. Those who are living in accordance with His Word and those who are not. The outcome of the first group of people is resurrection when Jesus Christ returns. This means no more death or sorrow or pain etc. (Revealtion20:6) The outcome of the second group is judgment by God at an unknown future time. (Revelation 20:13)
Those in the second group will then experience one of two outcomes. The first will be to be counted worthy and be allowed to enter into the New Jerusalem. (Revelation 21:27) The second will be cast into the lake of fire. (Revelation 20:15) The Bible does not tell us what happens next.
Salvation & God’s Plan for all mankind
We believe the directive to
repent, be baptised, and receive the Holy Spirit
Peter the Apostle told the crowd clearly what must be done for Salvation. Peter
specified the response they should have to their newly-found knowledge that
Jesus had died for them and was risen from the dead.
Repent and be baptised… receive the gift of the Holy Spirit
He told them to “…repent, and be baptised every one of you in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit…” (Acts 2:38).
Repent
To repent is to think again, to reconsider; to change your mind. Accept that Jesus died on your behalf and recognise His love for you. Determine that, no matter what others think, you will do what He requires. Many people never get to this point. They don’t take a moment to consider: what if there is a God? What if His Son really did die for me? Should I do something about that? And some don’t get past this point. However, there is a definite next step.
Be baptised
Baptism means to be
fully immersed in water. This is a step of faith. It is the result of your “good
conscience” towards God (you wanting to do what is right). Paul the Apostle
likens baptism to a symbolic burial of your old life; and you coming up out of
the water as symbolic of rising from the ‘dead’, into your new life.
Christening is not
baptism. Jesus was baptised in the river Jordan. All baptisms in the Bible were
by full immersion in water. No babies were baptised in the Bible – baptism is
for people old enough to make up their own minds.
You can be baptised by full immersion at a Revival Centres meeting.
Receive the Holy Spirit
The Bible (Acts 2) tells us that it is Jesus who sends the Holy Spirit. In the Bible, when people received the Holy Spirit they spoke in new tongues (languages they had not learned). It was this that drew the crowd to whom Peter spoke on the day of Pentecost.
Receiving the Holy
Spirit is something definite and unmistakable, and nothing has changed since
the Holy Spirit was first poured out. As happened on the day of Pentecost, you
too will speak in tongues. God will provide confirmation to you through this
supernatural experience. The tiny spark of belief (and hope) you had at
repentance is now overwhelmingly strengthened as you receive your personal
“Pentecost”.
Why do I have to be saved?
Salvation means ‘rescue’. In our unsaved state we are dying, but maybe don’t recognise it. We learn to accept that we will die one day, and many of us just hope for the best about what comes next. But God’s answer is clear: accept God’s rescue now – not just for a future life, but for a blessed life now.
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