Pre-believers are given a warning to repent and receive Jesus' salvation before it is too late. How one died is no indication of one's badness as most people thought. All are sinners and need repentance for salvation.
After salvation, we need to live the new life and bear good spiritual fruit such as love, patience, kindness, goodness etc. With the fruit, we can be confident.
Lessons:
For Pre-believers
- #1 Don't worry about how you die. Make sure you can live forever by repentance, which means to turn away from sin and turn towards God.
- #2 A reminder that God's judgment is coming for all, and we should be prepared. Repent now, seize the opportunity of salvation.
- #3 to live each day to the fullest, because we don't know when our time will come.
Lessons:
For Believers
Is Your Faith real?
- #1 God expects us to bear fruit - See Gal 5:22-23 the fruit of the Spirit.
- #2 We are given many chances and help, even so, there is no escape from final judgement.
- #3 Christians are to bear fruits and if not, there will be no rewards. If no fruit, we are to reflect on whether we truly believe Jesus and is really saved. James 2:18 says, "But someone will say, 'You have faith and I have works.' Show me your faith apart from your works, and I will show you my faith by my works".
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