For Real~Death is a Hard Topic

Keep the Heart

Francie Taylor

Religion & Spirituality:christianity, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 24 March 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Welcome to episode 3 of the four-part series: "For Real." These mini-episodes are in collaboration with Podbean, the podcast host for Keep the Heart. Podbean selected Keep the Heart as their Podcast of the Week for March 7-13, 2022! To repay their kindness, Keep the Heart is giving them a brief shoutout at the end of each segment in this four-part bonus episode series. If you'd like to try a free 30-day trial, visit Podbean and use our promo code: PODCAST21 I heard a pastor say this as he was presenting the Gospel: “We all have a 10 in 10 chance of dying.” Such a reality check, isn’t it? Then why do we still act surprised when people pass away? Is it because we’ve forgotten the truth about how death is part of life? Let’s face it: Death is a hard topic. With so many of us having experienced the passing of loved ones, we still seem shocked by death, as if it somehow isn’t supposed to happen. In this episode, we'll consider three reminders to help us to become less out of touch about this real-life event. Many of you listening to this podcast are born again believers, and you know where you're going when it's your turn to leave your earthly shell. For others, this question is still unanswered and causes fear. If you don't know what would happen if you were to pass away suddenly, here are four things you need to know: 1. God truly loves you, and many of you already know the verse about this truth: "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16) 2. We are all sinners. No one can claim to be perfectly sinless but Christ. "As it is written, There is none righteous, no, not one: ... For all have sinned, and come short of the glory of God;" (Romans 3:10, 23) 3. Christ truly died and rose again to pay for our sins. "But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8) 4. We can confess our sins, believe and receive Jesus Christ as our Saviour. "That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved. For with the heart man believeth unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation." (Romans 10:9-10) If you have never taken this step of faith, here is an example of a simple prayer: "Dear Lord, thank you for sending Your Son, Jesus Christ to pay the penalty for my sins. I am sorry for all the wrong that I have done, and I want to walk in newness of life. Please forgive me. I accept Your free gift of salvation and eternal life. In the name of Jesus, Amen." For more information about life after death, visit this link: A GOOD QUESTION Blog: How Many Days Do We Have? Shop the "Mall of Keep the Heart" Elegant Pink & Brown Leaf Motif Compact Bible Follow Keep the Heart on Instagram "Like" Keep the Heart on Facebook Follow Francie on Facebook

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0:00.0	Welcome to the third episode in the four-part series, For Real. These many episodes are in collaboration with
0:06.3	Podbean, the podcast hosts for Keep the Heart and many others. I'll say more about Podbean later.
0:12.6	I heard a pastor say this as he was presenting the gospel. We all have a 10-10 chance of dying.
0:25.3	That is such a reality check, isn't it? Then why do we still act surprised when people pass away? Is it because we've forgotten the truth about how death is part of
0:32.1	life? Let's face it, death is a hard topic.
0:43.9	Thank you for joining Keep the Heart for today's podcast with Francie Taylor.
0:47.3	Francie is an author, conference speaker, and teacher.
0:53.4	She is passionate about teaching what to do with what we learn from God's Word.
0:56.2	Now back to today's valuable study.
1:07.8	I asked this question at a recent conference. How many of you have had someone pass away within the past two years? It looked like over 75% of the room had their hands
1:13.2	raised. With so many of us having experienced the passing of loved ones, we still seem shocked
1:19.6	by death, as if it somehow isn't supposed to happen. In this mini episode, let's consider three things we can remember to help us to become less out of touch
1:31.1	about this real life event. First, we are all terminally ill. I was sitting in a hospital room
1:39.5	waiting for my husband to come out of surgery years ago. This reality of his diagnosis, the two forms of
1:45.8	cancer, had hit me full force. We were told that even with the surgery, he was terminally ill.
1:52.4	The nurse walked in and asked me why I was sitting there crying, and when I told her, she said
1:57.5	this, oh, honey, we are all terminally ill. You know it's true. Each time we awake from
2:05.2	sleep, we're one day closer to leaving this earthly existence. That's good news to a born-again
2:11.4	believer, but it's terrifying to those who don't know Christ's Savior. I'll be including a link in the show notes online for those who
2:19.5	are interested in settling this very personal matter about eternal life. As sure as you have a soul in
2:26.0	your body, you know that that body one day will fail and your soul will be separated from that
2:32.6	carriage. Everyone deserves to know how to have eternal life, which is in Christ Jesus.
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