The funeral of all his sorrows!

Charles Spurgeon

(Be sure to LISTEN to the Audio, as you READ the text below. This one is longer, but its message is vital!)

Matthew 25:46, "They will go away to eternal punishment--but the righteous to eternal life."

There is an essential difference between the decease of the godly--and the death of the ungodly:

Death comes to the ungodly man, as a punishment.
Death comes to the godly man, as a summons to his Father's palace!

To the lost sinner, death is an execution.
To the saint, death is removal of his sins and infirmities!

Death to the wicked, is the "King of terrors".
Death to the saint, is the end of terrors and the commencement of glory!

William Gurnall:
"Let your hope of Heaven, master your fear of death!"

Richard Sibbes:
"Death is only a grim porter to admit us into a stately palace."

John Trapp:
"He who rides to be crowned, will not be much bothered with a rainy day."

Thomas Watson:
"Eternity to the godly, is a day that has no sunset.
 Eternity to the wicked, is a night that has no sunrise."

Thomas Watson:
"We spend our years with sighing--for life is a valley of tears.
 Yet for the Christian, death is the funeral of all his sorrows!"

King Solomon:
"The day of one's death, is better than the day of one's birth!" Ecclesiastes 7:1