it may be with tears and great heaviness of heart and sorrow to families of the deceased and bereaved.
what I say is may the comfort of the Holy Spirit locate you in Jesus mighty name.

The lord Jesus Christ is taken many beloved through deaths because the churches and a lot of ministers have all failed God in upholding the standards of His holiness and defending his Faith!!!

Let me make it clear that many of the people dying now are dying at shocking ages !!!
It is not because they have sinned, it is because Jesus Christ is taking them away before the evil day and also taking them away when their righteousness is complete!!!!

Most of these deaths are peaceful and are not violent but they are also painful because nobody wants to die but let us see where the hope of a Christian lies .

1 Corinthians 15:1 Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;


15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;
15:12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
15:16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
15:19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

Those who are dying now are in paradise and have left this wretched world full of sin and misery.
Just as painful as it is to loose a loved one, on the other side, in Heaven, they rejoice that someone has come to the Eternal Home!!!
one thing we who are alive and remain should note is that we must live
1)A Holy life- God's nature is Holiness and christians are going to be raptured to meet a Holy God .
Enoch the first man was so holy that God took him alive into paradise.
Genesis 5:24 And Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him.
1 Peter 1:16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy.

If the body we are carrying is going to be dissolved and eaten up by worms and maggots when we die, then we seek a heavenly home and body which cannot be corrupted.
If also this present world we are in is going to be melted , and the elents burnt with a great fire and dissolved then we seek a continuing city where in dwells righteousness!!!
2 Peter 3:11 Seeing then that all these things shall be dissolved, what manner of persons ought ye to be in all holy conversation and godliness,
Just as people on earth talk about going to their homes on earth when they are in a travel so also we Christians on earth must continue to preach and talk about the kingdom of God!!!!
One message that should be paramount now is about the coming Rapture !
This is how we should live for the remaining days of our lives before Death or the Rapture comes.
Romans 12:1 I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service.
Ephesians 1:13 In whom ye also trusted, after that ye heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation: in whom also after that ye believed, ye were sealed with that holy Spirit of promise,
2) In soberness: To be sober means to be gentle , mild and calm at all time and in all situations knowing that at any moment something can happen to us or what happen to us should not make us become riotous and lousy.
1 Peter 4:7 But the end of all things is at hand: be ye therefore sober, and watch unto prayer.
Since a lot of christians don't know that the end of the world is at hand, they also don't know that at any time their lifetime on earth can end!
we can only know this and have it at the back of our mind when we are sober and vigilant regarding our present state and condition!
It is pertinent to note that the end of all things is truly at hand and Jesus Christ is about to sound the trumpet and take the saints away.
A Christian also must be sober at all OCCASSIONS knowing that Satan the adversary lurks about seeking whom to destroy.
This soberness is to be also at heart!!!
Guarding our heart for out of it are the issue of life!
Proverbs 4:23 Keep thy heart with all diligence; for out of it are the issues of life.
To also be sober involves discipline, taking ones cross up and denying ungodly lusts and all forms of pleasures.
it is a choice not to become lousy and boastful or boisterous no matter the level of excitement because of Satan hunt.
Many Christians throw caution to the wind at ceremonies ,exposing themselves to satanic traps and attacks.
some eat food to stupor forgetting that godliness with contentment is a great deal.
Many others also forget their identity as christians when given a privilege.
They go overboard and don't know when to take a bow when the occassion is the loudest!
some. love attention they get from men and the loudest ovations.
This is why they are not sober in this vain world.
Are you the type that likes to do things without moderation eg you dress , talk, walk, eat, drink, sleep out of proportion
you take too much comfort out of proportion?
you forget whom you represent is Jesus Christ!
some even become selfish and proud and show off too much out of proportion!!!
Spiritual pride is one of the ways one can never be sober!
we fail to see our faults and errors but continue to pick on others with hateful rebukes!
Romans 12:3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.
no Christian must think for once that they are better than others!
We must all think selflessly knowing that the lord is whom we live for and die for at any time.
2 Corinthians 5:13 For whether we be beside ourselves, it is to God: or whether we be sober, it is for your cause.
our course of action must be filled with soberness.
1 Timothy 3:2 A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach;
1 Timothy 3:11 Even so must their wives be grave, not slanderers, sober, faithful in all things.
Titus 1:8 But a lover of hospitality, a lover of good men, sober, just, holy, temperate;
Titus 2:2 That the aged men be sober, grave, temperate, sound in faith, in charity, in patience.
Titus 2:4 That they may teach the young women to be sober, to love their husbands, to love their children,

Titus 2:6 Young men likewise exhort to be sober minded.

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:

3)In Humility- Pride is the opposite of humility!
To be humble in service as a leader means to serve others than to be served!
Mark 10:44 And whosoever of you will be the chiefest, shall be servant of all.
The sons of Eli who behaved like children of Belial in their time we're always after the chiefest things and we're unwilling to serve others.
They made the sacrifices of God a reproach to the people of God.
1 Samuel 2:29 Wherefore kick ye at my sacrifice and at mine offering, which I have commanded in my habitation; and honourest thy sons above me, to make yourselves fat with the chiefest of all the offerings of Israel my people?
Eli also couldn't rebuke his proud sons !
Luke 22:26 But ye shall not be so: but he that is greatest among you, let him be as the younger; and he that is chief, as he that doth serve.
when the disciples strove along the way, Jesus Christ spoke to them about how to be humble.
To receive the kingdom of God as a child means to also accept everyone who is coming to Jesus Christ and not to prevent or hinder anyone who comes to Jesus Christ!!!
Matthew 18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Spiritual PRIDE will never allow a Christian or a Christian leader to accept others or submit to any one younger than them!
Since Humility- is the greatest height of RIGHTEOUSNESS, pride is the greatest height of unrighteousness!
This is because a proud person is far from God!
God cannot answer the proud or prayer of the proud.
Psalms 138:6 Though the LORD be high, yet hath he respect unto the lowly: but the proud he knoweth afar off.
some people will claim to know God, but God doesn't know them not does Jesus Christ recognize them because of their pride!!!
Since Jesus Christ says that many people have failed him it is clear that they were not humble in serving him and in serving others.
Pride also is self seeking attention and recognition of men than Gods seeking glory and honour!!!
Luke 16:15 And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Spiritual pride is inward to outward , whilst abomination is outward to inward.
Those who have spiritual pride think onwards about themselves and it manifest outwards .
When Satan thought of himself, this thought manifested outward and pushed him to lead a rebellion against God.
That thought was an iniquity in his once perfect heart.
The action became a treachery and unpardonable sin.
sometimes when we look at what makes people pride today we still factor it as , beauty, position, power, influence and prosperity.
A lot of people become proud when they prosper and don't become humble again.
Jeremiah 22:21 I spake unto thee in thy prosperity; but thou saidst, I will not hear. This hath been thy manner from thy youth, that thou obeyedst not my voice.
Anyone who does not listen to rebukes, correction, instruction and reproof from anyone is proud !
They are not humble and willing to learn.
such people are spiritually novice and will fall into the condemnation of the devil.
1 Timothy 3:6 Not a novice, lest being lifted up with pride he fall into the condemnation of the devil.
The pride of life today is how people get things extra large and also how they are entertained and entertain others to the detriment of their soul just like the rich fool who boasted in his carnal security!!
1 John 2:16 For all that is in the world, the lust of the flesh, and the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life, is not of the Father, but is of the world.
pride doesn't save but it destroys the soul.
The rich fool had no answer to a righteous God after dwelling on his carnal security!
Proverbs 16:5 Every one that is proud in heart is an abomination to the LORD: though hand join in hand, he shall not be unpunished.

Proverbs 21:4 An high look, and a proud heart, and the plowing of the wicked, is sin.
Proverbs 28:25 He that is of a proud heart stirreth up strife: but he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.
Isaiah 16:6 We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.
4)In meekness:meekness is one of the fruits of the spirit without no law.
To be meek means to be softness of temper; mildness; gentleness; forbearance under injuries and provocations; unrepining submission.
Jesus Christ was lowly and meek.
When a fellow Christian commits a trespass or transgressions or sins or iniquity we who are not in such category must consider the fallen one to restore and lift them up in meekness!!!
Galatians 6:1 Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
since two are better than one, we must remember to also consider that we can be also in such a similar position.
However, when many people fall nowadays , how do fellow Christians handle such?
some revert to doing the work of the accuser! ie slander and gossip or backbite or evil speak about the fallen man of God or fellow church member!
They are not meek at all and do not pray for restoration and healing of such wounded Christian!
it's better to lift one up than make see them fall!
Though the righteous man will fall seven times, yet. he will rise again!
Colossians 3:12 Put on therefore, as the elect of God, holy and beloved, bowels of mercies, kindness, humbleness of mind, meekness, longsuffering;
Titus 3:2 To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, shewing all meekness unto all men.
1 Peter 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts: and be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear:
4)Restitution: Some Christians need to perform restitution personally or collectively.
Exodus 22:5 If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
in lay man's terms it means returning things that need to be returned!
Returning things not ones own!
Exodus 22:6 If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
someone who is the cause of making things lost will return it also.
Jesus Christ will be received in heaven until the restitution of all things.
Acts 3:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
6) Sanctification: constant washing of onesself by the blood of Jesus Christ and by the word of God always.
Revelation 1:5 And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
Revelation 16:15 Behold, I come as a thief. Blessed is he that watcheth, and keepeth his garments, lest he walk naked, and they see his shame.
when a Christian sins, they are naked at that instant!
when we are washed in the blood of the lamb is also when we have constant fellowship with God the father and the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from all our unrighteousness!!
1 John 1:7 But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin.
Without continuous confession of sins, fellowship with God , a believer cannot work in the light or walk with God.
Revelation 7:14 And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
sometimes when we depart from God or do not fellowship with God he father, it's like us returning back to our vomit or the old nature of the flesh which is carnal to God!
2 Peter 2:22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
we go back again to the old nature.
Revelation 3:17 Because thou sayest, I am rich, and increased with goods, and have need of nothing; and knowest not that thou art wretched, and miserable, and poor, and blind, and naked:
3:18 I counsel thee to buy of me gold tried in the fire, that thou mayest be rich; and white raiment, that thou mayest be clothed, and that the shame of thy unclothedness do not appear; and anoint thine eyes with eyesalve, that thou mayest see.
I pray that the love God will continue to wax strong in us and keep. us until the end in Jesus mighty name. Amen.