To Live is Christ, To Die is Gain - 51st Prophetic Memoir 2nd-Series#29

To G3D’s Special Remnant
~ Terrestrial humans are afraid of death. Believing they will be nothing more than worm dirt. However, followers of Jesus Christ know death is their key to eternal life. ~

“For to me, to live is Christ, and to die is gain. But if I live on in the flesh, this will mean fruit from my labor; yet what I shall choose I cannot tell. For I am hard-pressed between the two, having a desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better. Nevertheless, to remain in the flesh is more needful for you” (Philippians 1:21-24 NKJV).

To say, “to live is Christ” means that we proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ, we imitate His example, we pursue the knowledge of Christ, we surrender anything preventing us from having Christ, and Jesus Christ is our sole focus and one desire.

When Paul spoke of the gain in death, he had already suffered greatly in his ministry for the sake of Christ. We know that Paul was mocked, beaten, stoned, and left for dead, and at this point in Philippians, he was imprisoned.

To die means more of Jesus and He is better than anything this life can ever offer. Everything else that we experience in this life goes away except Jesus. And He is most magnified in us when we are most satisfied in Him. Besides, when we go to be with our Lord we receive our rewards and to hear Him say, “Well done My faithful friend.”

There is no sting in death, no pain to carry through the veil for there is no suffering in heaven.
Then John, saw the holy city, New Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband. And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away” (Revelation 21:2-4 NKJV).

Testimony of Andrea’s passage from life to the life hereafter.
“O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?” (1Corinthians 15:55 NKJV)

“What then if you should see the Son of Man ascend where He was before? It is the Spirit who gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and they are life. But there are some of you who do not believe” (John 6:62-64a NKJV).

“There is therefore now no condemnation to those who are in Christ Jesus, who do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made me free from the law of sin and death” (Romans 8:1-2 NKJV).

For to be carnally minded is death, but to be spiritually minded is life and peace. And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness. But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you” (Romans 8:6_10-11 NKJV).

Jesus said, “It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceeds from the mouth of God” (Matthew 4:4 NKJV).
“I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me” (Galatians 2:20 NKJV).
What do you want to be known for doing for the kingdom of our Lord?