讀 經：羅馬書8章18－25節
金 句：「他們轉眼之間成了何等的荒涼！」（詩篇73篇19節）
全年讀經：使徒行傳10－12章
沒有比一個拒絕主的人面臨死亡更悲慘。沒有基督做救主即走向死亡的人要面對最可悲的命運：永恆的絕望。
甚至連最成功的人－無論他們做過多麼偉大和了不起的事情，如果他們在生前沒有信靠耶穌基督為救主，都會喪失他們生命中的一切的美好的東西。
二十世紀前期，著名的佈道家瓦特‧梅爾（Walter A. Maier）曾經舉過兩個例子，他提到兩位名人所說出的「迷失」的名言。億萬富翁杰‧古德（Jay Gould） 在臨終悲嘆：「我是世界上最悲慘的人。」 法國思想家伏爾泰在臨終大聲喊叫：「真希望我從來沒有來到過這世上！」
你臨終的時候會說什麼呢？"平安"還是"絕望"？你可以在上帝的饒恕中得到喜樂，並確知死亡不但無法將你和基督的愛隔絕（羅馬書8章38-39節），反而將使你與他同在。
你可以擁有這些，如果你將信心放在基督身上。相信基督的死、埋葬與復活，以及你的罪得赦免。當你切望與基督同在的永恆，你最後的遺言將會是得勝的凱歌。JDB
我們的主親自擔當了死亡的刑罰，
在痛苦殘酷的十字架上；
而那些信靠他的人
將得到永恆的生命。Johnson
*死亡是今生的末頁、永生的首篇。
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Famous "Lost" Words
Read: Romans 8:18-25
Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment! –Psalm 73:19
Bible In One Year:
Acts 10-12
No tragedy can compare with the death of a person who has rejected Christ. To die without Jesus as Savior is to face the saddest fate possible: a hopeless eternity.
Even the most successful people–no matter what great and admirable things they have accomplished–forfeit all of life's goodness if they die without having trusted Jesus Christ as their Savior.
Walter A. Maier, a renowned preacher of the first half of the 20th century, gave two examples of well-known people who came to life's end and uttered what amount to famous "lost" words. Maier said that Jay Gould, a multimillionaire, lamented on his deathbed, "I am the most miserable man on earth." Maier also cited the French thinker Voltaire, who cried out, "I wish I had never been born."
What will mark the end of your life? Peace or despair? You can rejoice in God's forgiveness. You can have the assurance that death will not separate you from God's love (Rom. 8:38-39) but will bring you into His presence.
That can happen if you put your faith in Christ–trusting that because of Jesus' death, burial, and resurrection your sins are forgiven. Your last words can then be triumphant as you look forward to eternity with Christ. –JDB
Our Lord took death upon Himself
On that cruel cross of pain,
And those who look in faith to Him
Eternal life shall gain! –Johnson
Death is the last chapter of time, but the first chapter of eternity.
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