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Sinful Men Have Corrupted Burial Ceremony

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Sinful Men Have Corrupted Burial Ceremony

Saturday 18th April 

Text: Isaiah 1:1- 4
Key Verse: Isaiah 1:4 “Ah sinful nation, a people laden with iniquity, a seed of evildoers, children that are corrupters: they have forsaken the Lord they have provoked the holy one of Israel unto anger, they are gone away backward.”
Many have missed what God ordains burial ceremony to be and to achieve in the hearts of men. God says, “It is the house of mourning.” God expects people to go there to cry and mourn but today, culture, custom, tradition and churches have turned burial ceremony into feasting. It is a house to go in with sorrow and sober reflection. You are to go to burial ceremony with these questions: 
Did he make it to heaven? 
Where is his soul now? 
Did he live righteous and holy in this world before his death? 
If he died in his sins, he is not with God now, but in hell fire. Another thing that should come to your mind is, “If I die now, where will I go?” Alas, the church has gone the way of the world and has turned the bereaved home to a place of feasting: eating, dancing and rejoicing. They have no consideration that a soul has left the earth for eternity, and most probably, eternity in everlasting fire.
Some reasons we sorrow over the dead: (i) His loved ones shall not see him on earth again. (ii) His contribution to the blessing of his family, church and society shall not continue. (iii) Many people may go into suffering for his permanent absence. (iv)  His wife becomes a widow and may suffer (v) His children shall be fatherless. (vi) His good work in society shall not continue. (vii) If he died a sinner, he shall enter everlasting judgment of God in hell fire (viii) If he died a believer, his ministry and kindness among believers have come to an end. (ix) He might have died untimely due to some unfortunate incidents; hence, people mourn over him for his misfortune in life. (x) If he died after a long sickness or hazard, people mourn over him in pity for what he suffered. (xi) If he died young, people mourn because he did not live his full years and so, has contributed little or nothing to his family, the church and human society.  (xii) There are other reasons people go into sorrow for the dead.

Thought For The Day: Consider your ways and think of eternity

Song For The Day: Fading away like the stars of the morning

Bible Reading For The Day: 2 Kings 1-3 
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