I SHALL GO TO HIM
“I shall
go to him.” (2nd Samuel 12:23) King David declared this
upon the death of his infant son. This tells us that when that infant
boy died, he went into Paradise, and later entered Heaven. This teaches us that
God, by His Rich Grace and Mercy, takes little ones unto Him in Heaven, who die
before they reach “the age of accountability”, a term we use that is not in the
Bible.
I do not believe that any of us Christian believers can definitely “fix” this “age of accountability”.
Likely, it varies with individuals, depending on…
1. How they respond to their conscience convicting them,
from very early on, say…2 years old or so.
2. How much Light concerning their Creator God, they
receive during their formative years.
And, 3. How positively or negatively the child
responds to God’s Light that reveals God unto them, exposes their sins and
sinful nature, and guides and draws them to repentance and to God, during their
growing period, as they steadily mature mentally.
Likely, the time frame when a human soul reaches that
“age of accountability”, is higher than most Christians think, possibly between
ages 12 and 18, or so.
Considering “the age of accountability”, think on what
the Lord God decreed in the Old Testament book of Numbers, Chapter 14 and Verse
29, to the Israelites who murmured against Him during their wilderness
journey. “Your
carcasses shall fall in this wilderness, and all that were numbered of you,
according to your whole number, from
twenty years old and upward, which have murmered
against me.”
I conclude from that Scripture, that God decrees that
human adulthood begins at age 20. So…, having mused on “the age of
accountability” to this extent, this sermon is to parents who have lost a
maturing child in death before that child reached adulthood.
My Christian Parent Friend, upon whom this lot
has fallen, the death of your precious, maturing child, naturally brings
grief and sadness to your heart. So, you please thank God that He is the God of
All Comfort, and that His Grace is always sufficient for all
adversity that comes our way in this life.
Consider that you do not know how that child’s life would
have turned out, had that son or daughter lived to old age.
“Train
up a child in the way he should go: and when he is
old, he will not depart from it.” (Proverbs 22:6) That is a definite
promise. But I believe the following 2 sentences to be just as definite.
1. If the much evil available
on a high tech screen, is available to your maturing
child’s fingertips, you are NOT training up your child in the way he or she
should go.
2. Also, if you send your children to public (federal)
schools, and/or allow them to freely associate with sinful children their age,
that is not training them up in the way they should go.
Also, with death, dangers, and suffering steadily
increasing in these end-time days, it should comfort you, to know that
your child is in a glorious, perfect, safe Heaven, instead of being amidst the
increasing troubles that surround each of us on earth. If you are walking
according to God’s Spirit, likely with each passing month of increasing
“destruction” on earth, you more strongly harbor the thought of “I’m glad that
“Bobby” (or “Susan”) is safe in Heaven, instead of here with us in this
dangerous, deadly world.”
Now, my Friend who has not trusted in the Saviour of all mankind, the Lord Jesus Christ, and death
has taken a child of yours (during childhood), and you didn’t teach Christ to
that child; consider the Grace of your Creator God. If that child was quite
small, I believe that we can know of a certainty, that your precious son
or daughter is now in Heaven.
If your son or daughter died as a teenager, there is a good
possibility that they are now in Heaven. Does not that thought make you most
eager to sincerely repent to God the Father, and to trust in the
Lord Jesus Christ to save you from the punishment of your sins in never-ending
Hell fire, and instead take you to the perfect bliss of God’s Heaven to
join your child there? Think on the great joy that reunion would bring
unto you!
Perchance, you listen to, or read this sermon, but then,
so foolishly and tragically, adamantly go on in sin, rejecting salvation and
eternal life offered freely to you in Christ. Then your Creator God is
soon to bring you before His Great White Throne Judgment Seat. There, you will
stand guilty, but silent, because you have absolutely no defense
to proclaim before this Righteous Judgment Seat. God will condemn you to the
eternal torments of Hell fire. And likely He will have your child appear then,
with final words to speak to you.
Right now, picture rivers of tears flowing down your
face and your child’s face at that time, as that child sobs to you…
“My dearest Mother (or Dad), how I so wish you had
sincerely prayed that simple prayer that Missionary Richard put so
conveniently before you, so that you would be saved from everlasting fiery
torments, and rather be with me in this eternal glorious bliss!!”
Dearest Dad or Mom, here is the prayer. Your Creator God
and all the heavenly hosts are on your side, wanting you to sincerely pray it.
Your child now in Heaven is LIKELY THE MOST DESIRIOUS OF THEM ALL, that you NOW
call on God to save you and give you a Home in Heaven. Please pray thus wise.
“Almighty
God, my Creator, right now, please enable me to cease sinfully rebelling
against Thee. Convict me of my sins against my Righteous Creator God and
against mankind. Please work Godly sorrow into my heart over my sins, and enable me to truly repent and to fully
trust in God’s Saviour, Jesus Christ, to save me to
the utmost. I so much want to join my child who is with You in Heaven. Please
save me right now, making me into Thy child, and thus wise giving me the
hope of Heaven. Amen!”
Fellow Christian, please invite everyone you can, to
listen to, or read, this sermon, especially people you know who have lost a
“growing” child in death. As a Soul Winner, encourage the parents who are
without Christ, to pray the above prayer. These sermons are on my website;
Christ is all (dot) US. Separate those 3 words with 2 dashes. Christ (dash) is
(dash) all (dot) US.
Now, join us in singing of the glorious Hope of
Heaven, that all of us Christian believers have.
When
We All Get To Heaven
1. Sing
the won-drous love of Jesus,
Sing
his mercy and His grace;
In
those mansions bright and bless-ed
He’ll
prepare for us a place.
2. While
we walk this pilgrim pathway
Clouds
will over spread the sky;
But
when traveling days are over,
Not
a shadow, not a sigh.
Chorus. When
we all…get to Heaven,
What
a day of rejoicing that will be.
When
we all… see Jesus,
We’ll
sing and shout the victory.
3. Let
us then be true and faithful,
Trusting,
serving every day;
Just
one glimpse of Him in Glory
Will
the toils of life repay.
4. Onward
to the prize before us!
Soon
His beauty we’ll behold.
Soon
the Pearly Gates will open,
We
shall tread the Streets of Gold.
Chorus. When
we all …get to Heaven,
What
a day of rejoicing that will be.
When
we all… see Jesus,
We’ll
sing and shout the victory.
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