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“I am leaving the land of the living and will soon be with the dying.”
“I am leaving the land of the dying and will soon be with the living.”
Living with Dying
Living with Dying
Better off dead!
“I don’t
want to be
a burden.”
“Why doesn’t God just call me home?”
Living with Dying
GOOD
NEWS!
We can honor Christ in both our living and our dying for He enables us both to live and to die in joyful faith.
Living with Dying
“so that in me you may have ample cause
to glory in Christ Jesus, because of my coming to you again”
Living with Dying
“God will decide when I should die, and the time will be just right … because God is very wise.”
We may live!
Living with Dying
Christ isn’t exalted because of what we do.
Power of
God!
He is exalted because of
what He does in us!
Living with Dying
Power of
God!The less we are able to do, the more Christ is exalted as He works
through us!
Living with Dying
“It was not that this man sinned, or his
parents, but that the works of God might be
displayed in him.”(John 9:3)
Living with Dying
“Truly, I say to you, as you did it to
one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.”
(Matthew 25:40)
Living with Dying
We can and should allow the dying to die.
We should never cause the death of the living.
Living with Dying
ALLOW her to die?
CAUSE her to die?
Autopsy report: “Cause of death: Severe dehydration.”
Living with Dying
“I am with
you
always...”
(Matthew 28:20b)
“Let not your hearts be troubled.”
(John 14:1a)
Living with Dying
“Hold thou thy cross before my closing eyes. Shine through the gloom and point me to the skies. In life, in death, O Lord, Abide with me.”