A Driver For A Funeral Home Got Pulled Over Driving His Delivery Van In An HOV Lane, But When Protesting

A driver for a funeral home got pulled over driving his delivery van in an HOV lane, but when protesting to the police officer, he said “But I’m not in violation! There are three people back there!”

While a humorous story, the fact is that whatever 'people' WERE back there are no longer there because their souls have “Departed.”

Many people often use the term 'THE DEPARTED' when people die, but the question is, DEPARTED TO WHERE?!?

You see, we are all spirits with souls that are currently (very) temporarily inhabiting a body, but one day your soul will leave your body and depart. When it does, do you know where your soul is going and why it is going there?

This is a question that everyone must answer, and if you don’t know the answer, consider this...

You are a spirit, and who you are (your 'soul') will LIVE FOREVER! You have the choice to where it will go! And it’s NOT reincarnation (because earth eventually will end) and it’s NOT to 'nothingness' because and you cannot 'depart' to someplace that doesn’t exist.

Friend, I am not going to fill-in-the-blank the answer for you because deep down you know what I am talking about. The question is, What Will You Do About It? After you depart, where will you go? And why?

Consider carefully, because eternity is too Long to be Wrong.

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In today’s scripture God is asking Job if he has seen the gates or the shadow of death. Like Job, the answer as we walk down the road of life is 'no' but if you look over your shoulder, silently behind all of us the shadow of death gets closer and closer each day with every step we take.

We can never out-run the shadow of death. It follows in our footsteps, and one day the shadow of death will catch up to us, but despite this ominous fact there is a way to escape it!

David wrote in Psalm 23 that “Thou I walk in the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,” but those that do NOT walk with and toward God have a much different outcome as Jesus said:

“These will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life.” Matthew 25:46

Friend, while all of us will come to the door of Physical Death, God has provided a way of escape from SPIRITUAL DEATH and the everlasting fate of it through salvation in Christ.

Will you choose today to escape and walk towards and with God in His righteousness, or will you let the shadow of eternal death catch up to you?

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The difficult part for people that have been deceived is that they don’t realize that they have been deceived, and even more difficult is convincing them they Are Deceived.

You see, TRUTH is truth, and that means it’s not what you think is truth, what someone is telling you is truth, or what everybody else believes is truth. It is not determined by popular vote, popular culture, or popular movements. When what is believed to be truth is not true, it is a LIE, and once you believe the lie, you are and have been deceived, and in fact so well deceived that it becomes a lie to believe that you have been deceived.

If that is the case, how is it possible to know what is true and not a lie? And the answer is 'Consider The Source.'

Jesus said a good tree puts out good fruit, but a bad tree evil fruit. Jesus also said that Satan is “The Father of LIES” and that he does not stand for truth nor is there any truth in him. If you want to tell truth from lies, look at the people, principles and practices that surround that idea. Are they Good & Righteous? Productive & Profitable? Are they bearing forth fruits of peace and wholeness - or diversity and division?

Friend, if you are deceived, the only way you can see truth is to turn your ears to the father of truth, and away from the father of lies.

This short message can’t do that, but you can if you decide to change your mind about what you believe and why you believe it.

There is a reliable source of truth out there, and it is from the tree that always bears GOOD FRUIT.

Seek the fruit from that tree, and you’ll always find THE TRUTH. (John 10:10)

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At one time or another we’ve all just missed the last bus, plane, or train because we were distracted or simply waited too long deciding when to leave. Regardless, we knew the right thing to do was to make a thoughtful decision to plan our departure so as not to miss our appointed time.

Departing from this life is just like that too.

We will all die a physical death, but for those that did not accept the call to get on board the way to heaven because they ignored 'LAST CALL!' or procrastinated, there is no 'later train' or “Second Chance.” As the Bible exhorts us:

Behold, NOW is the accepted time; Behold, NOW is the day of salvation. 2 Corinthinans 6:2

Friend, the train to eternity will leave at an appointed time. You know the right thing to do.

Please make sure you do not miss this MARK.

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n today’s volatile world, we never know what calamity or catastrophe might happen next. But with such uncertainty about an unpredictable future should we be frightened?

The answer is NO — and here’s why…

Jesus warns us in Matthew chapter 24 that just like the time before the great flood, people would be living life to the fullest amidst a time so full of evil that the world would have to be destroyed. All had a chance to escape into the safety of the ark — But That Time Was Limited. Then the Bible says “…the door to the ark was shut” (Genesis 7:16) and those taken away were SAVED in time, but those left behind were LOST in Borrowed Time.

The Bible says that those that enter into the safety of the ark of salvation by seeing, heeding, and redeeming these evil times will be taken up in a supernatural event called “The Rapture.” This event can and will happen at ANY TIME, and while you’re still alive, you are on Borrowed Time. However, God is gracious, merciful and compassionate toward sinners! His great gifts to humanity are Grace & Mercy, and TIME to repent, TIME to believe in Him and His Son, and TIME to make a decision to do so. While His patience is long suffering — But Be Forewarned! the time that you are now living in is BORROWED TIME.

Friend, as today’s scripture verse reminds us, God is indeed slow to anger and loving, but he won’t wait for you forever. We all have only so much time left and it is indeed borrowed time.

If you have not given your life to Jesus, please do it NOW. He is waiting on you to make the most important decision you will ever make. Your time is currently borrowed.

Don’t let your time run out.

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Most people have a mistaken idea of what it takes to get into heaven. Their formula is simple: Do a bunch a good works, be kind to people, and live a moral life as best as you can and you will go to heaven.

...but that ’s not what the Bible teaches.

As today’s verse — and many others like it says — it is not by our good deeds or right-living that we do in this life that saves us, but God’s mercy on our lives. But then the question is 'How do you receive God’s mercy?' and that answer is simple.

It’s not just saying the so-called 'sinners prayer,' going forward at a church service, or getting baptized. It is a commitment to turning away from living a life that accepts a sin here-and-there as 'ok' and living life as you see fit. Instead it is placing God truly first as the head and LORD of your life, living based on and by God’s Word and not by what a church teaches or popular opinion about the bible or god.

What is at stake here is YOUR ETERNAL DESTINY. I would not be your friend if I did not tell you the alternatives are HEAVEN -or- HELL. Don’t buy into the popular lie that Hell is where the party is. The exact opposite is true.

2 Parts Good Works over MORAL LIVING does NOT equal “ETERNAL LIFE.” God is offering His MERCY to all those that desire it. You cannot earn it.

Will you seek it?

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